This is a reprint of Geerhardus Vos‘ article, “‘True’ and ‘Truth’ in the Johannine Writings”, The Biblical Review 12 (1927):507-520. We are accustomed to say that there is but one truth, and that what is not true is ipso facto false. And yet the New Testament knows of two kinds of “truth.” It may be …
Category Archives: Gospel of John
What do dying people ask for?
Jesus washed the feet of his disciples (John 13:5), and then he explained to them the union of self denial with the Kingdom of God. In that explanation, he said some strange, wonderful and necessary things about prayer and how he would grant what we ask: Whatever you ask in my name, this I will …
God is like this: Jesus washed feet
The Incarnation (Jesus is God in Flesh) is God being what God is like. He was always like what he is like, and in the incarnation he was being the same way as he has always been – now in human flesh. Jesus washing the feet of his disciples is not God saying, “See, I …
Why do we make mistakes in interpreting the Bible?
Do you remember that part of the Gospel of John where the Jews took palm branches and went out to meet Jesus and called him King? That episode is recorded in John 12. It made me wonder: Why palm branches? What do palm branches signify?