John 4:1-3 (Baptizing)

Jesus knew the Pharisees had heard that he was baptizing and making more disciples than John (though Jesus himself didn’t baptize them—his disciples did). So he left Judea and returned to Galilee. (John 4:1-3) Read: Deuteronomy 1:1 – 3:20 Relate: At the end of Matthew sits one of the final, and one of the most famous, commands of Jesus.…

Baptized (John 1:24;25)

Read: Genesis 45:16-47:27 Now the Pharisees who had been sent questioned him, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?” (John 1:24-25) Relate:  React: The Pharisees ask why John is baptizing and in the gospel of John gives a shortened version.  In John’s response to this question in the…