WEBVTT NOTE This file was generated by Descript 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.870 Henry: Welcome To Immerse: The Daily Bible Reading Experience. 00:00:02.978 --> 00:00:03.778 Day 68. 00:00:04.251 --> 00:00:08.331 after this, Jesus crossed over to the far side of the Sea of Galilee, 00:00:08.601 --> 00:00:10.851 also known as the Sea of Tiberius. 00:00:11.451 --> 00:00:15.771 A huge crowd kept following him wherever he went because they saw his 00:00:15.776 --> 00:00:18.291 miraculous signs as he healed the sick. 00:00:19.041 --> 00:00:23.241 Then Jesus climbed a hill and sat down with his disciples around him. 00:00:23.601 --> 00:00:26.601 It was nearly time for the Jewish Passover celebration. 00:00:27.276 --> 00:00:31.116 Jesus soon saw a huge crowd of people coming to look for him. 00:00:31.776 --> 00:00:36.576 Turning to Philip, he asked, where can we buy bread to feed all these people? 00:00:37.236 --> 00:00:38.856 He was testing Philip for. 00:00:38.856 --> 00:00:40.896 He already knew what he was going to do. 00:00:41.796 --> 00:00:45.756 Philip replied, even if we worked for months, we wouldn't 00:00:45.756 --> 00:00:47.196 have enough money to feed them. 00:00:48.096 --> 00:00:51.066 Then Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, spoke up. 00:00:51.906 --> 00:00:55.956 There's a young boy here with five barley loaves and two fish. 00:00:56.436 --> 00:00:58.926 But what good is that with this huge crowd? 00:00:59.946 --> 00:01:01.656 Tell everyone to sit down. 00:01:01.776 --> 00:01:05.556 Jesus said, so they all sat down on the grassy slopes. 00:01:05.976 --> 00:01:08.316 The men alone numbered about 5,000. 00:01:09.096 --> 00:01:14.016 Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks to God and distributed them to the people. 00:01:14.856 --> 00:01:19.896 Afterward he did the same with the fish, and they all ate as much as they wanted. 00:01:20.661 --> 00:01:24.981 After everyone was full, Jesus told his disciples, now gather the 00:01:24.981 --> 00:01:27.171 leftovers so that nothing is wasted. 00:01:27.861 --> 00:01:33.231 So they picked up the pieces and filled 12 baskets with scraps left by the people 00:01:33.231 --> 00:01:35.631 who had eaten from the five barley loaves. 00:01:36.411 --> 00:01:40.101 When the people saw him do this miraculous sign, they exclaimed. 00:01:40.341 --> 00:01:42.471 Surely he is the prophet. 00:01:42.471 --> 00:01:43.561 We have been expecting. 00:01:44.601 --> 00:01:48.561 When Jesus saw that they were ready to force him to be their king, he 00:01:48.561 --> 00:01:51.321 slipped away into the hills by himself. 00:01:52.671 --> 00:01:57.681 That evening, Jesus disciples went down to the shore to wait for him, but as 00:01:57.681 --> 00:02:02.451 darkness fell and Jesus still hadn't come back, they got into the boat and 00:02:02.451 --> 00:02:04.701 headed across the lake toward Capernaum. 00:02:05.301 --> 00:02:09.441 Soon a gale swept down upon them and the sea grew very rough. 00:02:10.116 --> 00:02:14.286 They had rode three or four miles when suddenly they saw Jesus walking 00:02:14.286 --> 00:02:15.816 on the water toward the boat. 00:02:16.296 --> 00:02:20.196 They were terrified, but he called out to them, don't be afraid. 00:02:20.496 --> 00:02:21.576 I am here. 00:02:22.326 --> 00:02:26.316 Then they were eager to let him in the boat and immediately they 00:02:26.316 --> 00:02:28.026 arrived at their destination. 00:02:29.706 --> 00:02:34.446 The next day, the crowd that had stayed on the far shore saw that the disciples 00:02:34.446 --> 00:02:39.006 had taken the only boat, and they realized Jesus had not gone with them. 00:02:39.666 --> 00:02:43.446 Several boats from Tiberius landed near the place where the Lord had blessed 00:02:43.446 --> 00:02:45.396 the bread and the people had eaten. 00:02:46.116 --> 00:02:49.986 So when the crowd saw that, neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, 00:02:50.316 --> 00:02:53.976 they got into the boats and went across to Capernaum to look for him. 00:02:54.606 --> 00:02:56.946 They found him on the other side of the lake and asked 00:02:57.306 --> 00:02:59.016 Rabbi, when did you get here? 00:03:00.066 --> 00:03:05.616 Jesus replied, I tell you the truth, you want to be with me because I fed you. 00:03:06.231 --> 00:03:11.451 Not because you understood the miraculous signs, but don't be so concerned 00:03:11.451 --> 00:03:13.611 about perishable things like food. 00:03:14.151 --> 00:03:18.681 Spend your energy seeking the eternal life that the son of man can give you. 00:03:19.251 --> 00:03:19.821 For God. 00:03:19.821 --> 00:03:22.821 The father has given me the seal of his approval. 00:03:23.781 --> 00:03:27.501 They replied, we want to perform God's works too. 00:03:27.681 --> 00:03:28.671 What should we do? 00:03:29.601 --> 00:03:33.891 Jesus told them, this is the only work God wants from you. 00:03:34.431 --> 00:03:41.211 Believe in the one he has sent, they answered, show us a miraculous sign. 00:03:41.211 --> 00:03:43.941 If you want us to believe in you, what can you do? 00:03:44.511 --> 00:03:47.151 After all, our ancestors ate manna. 00:03:47.151 --> 00:03:48.891 While they journeyed through the wilderness. 00:03:49.161 --> 00:03:53.091 The scriptures say Moses gave them bread from heaven to eat. 00:03:54.141 --> 00:03:59.241 Jesus said, I tell you the truth, Moses didn't give you bread from heaven. 00:03:59.721 --> 00:04:00.711 My father did. 00:04:01.371 --> 00:04:04.281 And now he offers you the true bread from heaven. 00:04:04.911 --> 00:04:08.301 The true bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven 00:04:08.301 --> 00:04:09.831 and gives life to the world. 00:04:10.551 --> 00:04:14.241 Sir, they said, give us that bread every day. 00:04:15.231 --> 00:04:18.921 Jesus replied, I am the bread of life. 00:04:19.491 --> 00:04:22.251 Whoever comes to me will never be hungry again. 00:04:22.701 --> 00:04:25.311 Whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. 00:04:26.121 --> 00:04:29.841 But you haven't believed in me even though you have seen me. 00:04:30.606 --> 00:04:35.556 However, those the father has given me will come to me and I will never reject 00:04:35.556 --> 00:04:41.586 them for I have come down from heaven to do the will of God who sent me not to do 00:04:41.591 --> 00:04:48.186 my own will, and this is the will of God that I should not lose even one of all 00:04:48.216 --> 00:04:53.616 those he has given me, but that I should raise them up at the last day for it is my 00:04:53.616 --> 00:04:59.526 father's will that all who see his son and believe in him should have eternal life. 00:05:00.066 --> 00:05:02.196 I will raise them up at the last day. 00:05:03.156 --> 00:05:07.596 Then the people began to murmur in disagreement because he had said, I am 00:05:07.596 --> 00:05:09.426 the bread that came down from heaven. 00:05:10.086 --> 00:05:13.986 They said, isn't this Jesus, the son of Joseph? 00:05:14.526 --> 00:05:16.176 We know his father and mother. 00:05:16.296 --> 00:05:21.996 How can he say, I came down from heaven, but Jesus replied, stop 00:05:21.996 --> 00:05:23.736 complaining about what I said. 00:05:24.216 --> 00:05:28.926 For no one can come to me unless the father who sent me draws them to me 00:05:29.406 --> 00:05:34.266 and at the last day, I will raise them up as it is written in the scriptures. 00:05:34.416 --> 00:05:36.906 They will all be taught by God. 00:05:37.536 --> 00:05:42.036 Everyone who listens to the Father and learns from him comes to me. 00:05:42.756 --> 00:05:44.736 Not that anyone has ever seen the Father. 00:05:45.156 --> 00:05:48.576 Only I who was sent from God have seen him. 00:05:49.566 --> 00:05:50.766 I tell you the truth. 00:05:51.141 --> 00:05:53.931 Anyone who believes has eternal life. 00:05:54.321 --> 00:05:56.841 Yes, I am the bread of life. 00:05:57.441 --> 00:06:01.641 Your ancestors ate manna in the wilderness, but they all died. 00:06:02.301 --> 00:06:06.141 Anyone who eats the bread from heaven however will never die. 00:06:06.771 --> 00:06:09.921 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. 00:06:10.581 --> 00:06:13.311 Anyone who eats this bread will live forever. 00:06:13.851 --> 00:06:18.741 And this bread, which I will offer so the world may live is my flesh. 00:06:19.986 --> 00:06:23.256 Then the people began arguing with each other about what he meant. 00:06:23.826 --> 00:06:26.676 How can this man give us his flesh to eat? 00:06:26.946 --> 00:06:27.666 They asked. 00:06:28.446 --> 00:06:33.876 So Jesus said Again, I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the 00:06:33.876 --> 00:06:38.286 son of man and drink his blood, you cannot have eternal life within you. 00:06:39.006 --> 00:06:44.766 But anyone who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will 00:06:44.766 --> 00:06:46.866 raise that person at the last day. 00:06:47.466 --> 00:06:51.516 For my flesh is true food and my blood is true. 00:06:51.516 --> 00:06:52.146 Drink. 00:06:52.656 --> 00:06:58.506 Anyone who eats my flesh and drinks, my blood remains in me and I in him. 00:06:59.346 --> 00:07:03.696 I live because of the living father who sent me in the same way. 00:07:03.966 --> 00:07:07.416 Anyone who feeds on me will live because of me. 00:07:07.986 --> 00:07:10.806 I am the true bread that came down from heaven. 00:07:11.376 --> 00:07:15.036 Anyone who eats this bread will not die as your ancestors did. 00:07:15.366 --> 00:07:18.936 Even though they ate the manna, but will live forever. 00:07:19.866 --> 00:07:23.496 He said these things while he was teaching in the synagogue in 00:07:23.501 --> 00:07:29.136 Capernaum, many of his disciples said, this is very hard to understand. 00:07:29.376 --> 00:07:31.086 How can anyone accept it? 00:07:31.986 --> 00:07:35.616 Jesus was aware that his disciples were complaining, so he said 00:07:35.616 --> 00:07:37.656 to them, does this offend you? 00:07:38.226 --> 00:07:42.246 Then what will you think if you see the Son of Man ascend to heaven again? 00:07:42.861 --> 00:07:45.591 The spirit alone gives eternal life. 00:07:45.921 --> 00:07:50.601 Human effort accomplishes nothing, and the very words I have spoken 00:07:50.606 --> 00:07:55.641 to you are spirit and life, but some of you do not believe me. 00:07:56.751 --> 00:08:00.471 For Jesus knew from the beginning, which ones didn't believe, and 00:08:00.476 --> 00:08:02.331 he knew who would betray him. 00:08:03.021 --> 00:08:07.371 Then he said, that is why I said that people can't come to me 00:08:07.431 --> 00:08:09.501 unless the father gives them to me. 00:08:10.566 --> 00:08:14.706 At this point, many of his disciples turned away and deserted him. 00:08:15.396 --> 00:08:20.016 Then Jesus turned to the 12 and asked, are you also going to leave? 00:08:20.826 --> 00:08:21.246 Simon? 00:08:21.246 --> 00:08:25.206 Peter replied, Lord, to whom would we go? 00:08:25.836 --> 00:08:28.356 You have the words that give eternal life. 00:08:28.866 --> 00:08:32.796 We believe, and we know you are the holy one of God. 00:08:33.996 --> 00:08:39.546 Then Jesus said, I chose the 12 of you, but one is a devil. 00:08:40.506 --> 00:08:45.936 He was speaking of Judas son of Simon Iscariot, one of the 12, who 00:08:45.936 --> 00:08:48.906 would later betray him after this. 00:08:48.966 --> 00:08:50.856 Jesus traveled around Galilee. 00:08:51.396 --> 00:08:55.296 He wanted to stay out of Judea where the Jewish leaders were plotting 00:08:55.296 --> 00:08:59.706 his death, but soon it was time for the Jewish Festival of Shelters, 00:09:00.036 --> 00:09:01.716 and Jesus' brothers said to him. 00:09:02.091 --> 00:09:06.591 Leave here and go to Judea where your followers can see your miracles. 00:09:07.161 --> 00:09:09.741 You can't become famous if you hide like this. 00:09:10.281 --> 00:09:14.181 If you can do such wonderful things, show yourself to the world. 00:09:15.081 --> 00:09:17.361 For even his brothers didn't believe in him. 00:09:18.531 --> 00:09:24.351 Jesus replied, now is not the right time for me to go, but you can go anytime. 00:09:25.011 --> 00:09:26.511 The world can't hate you. 00:09:27.081 --> 00:09:30.591 But it does hate me because I accuse it of doing evil. 00:09:31.446 --> 00:09:32.286 You go on. 00:09:32.826 --> 00:09:38.106 I'm not going to this festival because my time has not yet come after saying 00:09:38.106 --> 00:09:43.596 these things, Jesus remained in Galilee, but after his brothers left for the 00:09:43.596 --> 00:09:48.816 festival, Jesus also went though secretly staying out of public view. 00:09:49.656 --> 00:09:52.656 The Jewish leaders tried to find him at the festival and kept 00:09:52.656 --> 00:09:54.516 asking if anyone had seen him. 00:09:55.296 --> 00:09:57.906 There was a lot of grumbling about him among the crowds. 00:09:58.401 --> 00:10:03.921 Some argued he's a good man, but others said he's nothing but a fraud. 00:10:03.921 --> 00:10:09.081 Who deceives the people, but no one had the courage to speak favorably about him 00:10:09.081 --> 00:10:13.191 in public for they were afraid of getting in trouble with the Jewish leaders. 00:10:14.901 --> 00:10:19.551 Then midway through the festival, Jesus went up to the temple and began to teach. 00:10:20.241 --> 00:10:22.281 The people were surprised when they heard him. 00:10:22.971 --> 00:10:25.641 How does he know so much when he hasn't been trained? 00:10:25.791 --> 00:10:26.451 They asked. 00:10:27.246 --> 00:10:30.906 So Jesus told them, my message is not my own. 00:10:31.326 --> 00:10:33.066 It comes from God who sent me. 00:10:33.846 --> 00:10:37.146 Anyone who wants to do the will of God will know whether my teaching 00:10:37.146 --> 00:10:39.186 is from God or is merely my own. 00:10:39.996 --> 00:10:44.796 Those who speak for themselves want glory only for themselves, but a 00:10:44.801 --> 00:10:50.316 person who seeks to honor the one who sent him speaks truth, not lies. 00:10:51.006 --> 00:10:54.366 Moses gave you the law, but none of you obeys it. 00:10:54.771 --> 00:10:57.381 In fact, you are trying to kill me. 00:10:58.281 --> 00:11:02.691 The crowd replied, your demon possessed who's trying to kill you. 00:11:03.561 --> 00:11:08.601 Jesus replied, I did one miracle on the Sabbath, and you were amazed. 00:11:09.261 --> 00:11:13.401 But you work on the Sabbath too when you obey Moses law of circumcision. 00:11:14.211 --> 00:11:17.991 Actually, this tradition of circumcision began with the patriarchs 00:11:18.051 --> 00:11:19.821 long before the law of Moses. 00:11:20.661 --> 00:11:20.961 Four. 00:11:20.961 --> 00:11:25.851 If the correct time for circumcising, your son falls on the Sabbath, you go ahead and 00:11:25.851 --> 00:11:28.821 do it so as not to break the law of Moses. 00:11:29.421 --> 00:11:33.441 So why should you be angry with me for healing a man on the Sabbath? 00:11:34.071 --> 00:11:37.521 Look beneath the surface so you can judge correctly. 00:11:38.931 --> 00:11:43.131 Some of the people who lived in Jerusalem started to ask each other, isn't 00:11:43.131 --> 00:11:45.081 this the man they're trying to kill? 00:11:45.561 --> 00:11:48.921 But here he is speaking in public and they say nothing to him. 00:11:49.746 --> 00:11:55.566 Could our leaders possibly believe that he is the Messiah, but how could he be 00:11:56.016 --> 00:11:58.056 for we know where this man comes from. 00:11:58.536 --> 00:12:01.146 When the Messiah comes, he will simply appear. 00:12:01.176 --> 00:12:02.976 No one will know where he comes from. 00:12:04.176 --> 00:12:08.286 While Jesus was teaching in the temple, he called out, yes, you 00:12:08.286 --> 00:12:13.536 know me and you know where I come from, but I'm not here on my own. 00:12:14.286 --> 00:12:17.946 The one who sent me is true and you don't know him. 00:12:18.621 --> 00:12:23.241 But I know him because I come from him and he sent me to you. 00:12:24.141 --> 00:12:28.071 Then the leaders tried to arrest him, but no one laid a hand on him 00:12:28.521 --> 00:12:30.861 because his time had not yet come. 00:12:32.001 --> 00:12:34.701 Many among the crowds at the temple believed in him. 00:12:35.331 --> 00:12:40.131 After all, they said, would you expect the Messiah to do more miraculous 00:12:40.131 --> 00:12:41.811 signs than this man has done? 00:12:43.206 --> 00:12:47.706 When the Pharisees heard that the crowds were whispering such things, they and 00:12:47.706 --> 00:12:54.156 the leading priests sent temple guards to arrest Jesus, but Jesus told them, I 00:12:54.156 --> 00:12:58.896 will be with you only a little longer, then I will return to the one who sent me. 00:12:59.586 --> 00:13:04.506 You will search for me, but not find me, and you cannot go where I am going. 00:13:05.496 --> 00:13:08.076 The Jewish leaders were puzzled by this statement. 00:13:08.961 --> 00:13:10.431 Where is he planning to go? 00:13:10.551 --> 00:13:13.821 They asked, is he thinking of leaving the country and going 00:13:13.821 --> 00:13:15.351 to the Jews and other lands? 00:13:15.981 --> 00:13:17.901 Maybe he will even teach the Greeks. 00:13:18.381 --> 00:13:22.311 What does he mean when he says, you will search for me but not find me 00:13:22.371 --> 00:13:25.191 and you cannot go where I'm going? 00:13:26.721 --> 00:13:30.741 On the last day, the climax of the festival, Jesus stood 00:13:30.741 --> 00:13:32.241 and shouted to the crowds. 00:13:32.691 --> 00:13:34.881 Anyone who is thirsty may come to me. 00:13:35.511 --> 00:13:39.381 Anyone who believes in me may come and drink for the scriptures. 00:13:39.381 --> 00:13:43.401 Declare rivers of living water will flow from his heart. 00:13:44.421 --> 00:13:49.401 When he said living water, he was speaking of the spirit who would be given 00:13:49.401 --> 00:13:54.231 to everyone believing in him, but the spirit had not yet been given because 00:13:54.231 --> 00:13:56.961 Jesus had not yet entered into his glory. 00:13:57.831 --> 00:14:02.061 When the crowds heard him say this, some of them declared, surely this man 00:14:02.061 --> 00:14:03.861 is the prophet we've been expecting. 00:14:04.671 --> 00:14:10.701 Others said he is the Messiah, still, others said, but he can't be. 00:14:11.091 --> 00:14:13.131 Will the Messiah come from Galilee? 00:14:13.581 --> 00:14:17.271 For the scriptures clearly state that the Messiah will be born of the 00:14:17.276 --> 00:14:22.101 royal line of David in Bethlehem, the village where King David was born. 00:14:22.971 --> 00:14:24.861 So the crowd was divided about him. 00:14:25.281 --> 00:14:29.061 Some even wanted him arrested, but no one laid a hand on him. 00:14:29.991 --> 00:14:33.261 When the Temple guards returned without having arrested Jesus, 00:14:33.321 --> 00:14:37.791 the leading priests and Pharisees demanded, why didn't you bring him in? 00:14:38.631 --> 00:14:41.091 We have never heard anyone speak like this. 00:14:41.301 --> 00:14:43.971 The guards responded, have you been led astray? 00:14:43.976 --> 00:14:46.041 Two, the Pharisees mocked. 00:14:46.521 --> 00:14:51.081 Is there a single one of us rulers or Pharisees who believes in him? 00:14:51.531 --> 00:14:55.371 This foolish crowd follows him, but they are ignorant of the law. 00:14:55.491 --> 00:14:57.141 God's curse is on them. 00:14:58.326 --> 00:15:03.096 Then Nicodemus, the leader who had met with Jesus earlier, spoke up. 00:15:04.056 --> 00:15:07.326 Is it legal to convict a man before he is given a hearing? 00:15:07.536 --> 00:15:08.196 He asked. 00:15:09.036 --> 00:15:11.466 They replied, are you from Galilee? 00:15:11.471 --> 00:15:11.946 Two. 00:15:12.546 --> 00:15:15.126 Search the scriptures and see for your yourself. 00:15:15.276 --> 00:15:17.826 No prophet ever comes from Galilee. 00:15:19.806 --> 00:15:25.386 The most ancient Greek manuscripts do not include John 7 53 through eight 11. 00:15:27.741 --> 00:15:30.951 Then the meeting broke up and everybody went home. 00:15:32.091 --> 00:15:35.661 Jesus returned to the Mount of Olives, but early the next morning, 00:15:35.661 --> 00:15:37.251 he was back again at the temple. 00:15:38.001 --> 00:15:43.431 A crowd soon gathered and he sat down and taught them as he was speaking, 00:15:43.761 --> 00:15:47.391 the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees brought a woman who had 00:15:47.391 --> 00:15:49.191 been caught in the act of adultery. 00:15:49.821 --> 00:15:52.821 They put her in front of the crowd, teacher. 00:15:53.241 --> 00:15:57.021 They said to Jesus, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. 00:15:57.561 --> 00:16:01.221 The law of Moses says to stone her, what do you say? 00:16:02.301 --> 00:16:06.171 They were trying to trap him into saying something they could use against him. 00:16:06.801 --> 00:16:10.731 But Jesus stooped down and wrote in the dust with his finger. 00:16:11.661 --> 00:16:15.141 They kept demanding an answer, so he stood up again and said, 00:16:15.381 --> 00:16:20.211 alright, but let the one who has never sinned throw the first stone. 00:16:21.066 --> 00:16:23.496 Then he stooped down again and wrote in the dust. 00:16:24.546 --> 00:16:29.106 When the accusers heard this, they slipped away one by one, beginning with 00:16:29.106 --> 00:16:33.576 the oldest, until only Jesus was left in the middle of the crowd with the woman. 00:16:34.596 --> 00:16:39.066 Then Jesus stood up again and said to the woman, where are your accusers? 00:16:39.516 --> 00:16:41.466 Didn't even one of them condemn you? 00:16:42.396 --> 00:16:48.486 No, Lord, she said, and Jesus said, neither do I go. 00:16:49.176 --> 00:16:50.376 And sin no more. 00:16:52.266 --> 00:16:55.146 This concludes today's Immer reading experience. 00:16:55.266 --> 00:16:56.496 Thank you for joining us.