So far, we have summarized 52 of St. Thomas’ 145 lectures on the Gospel of St. John. That covers the first seven chapters: roughly one-third of the gospel. If you would like to continue studying these lectures by reading my summaries, please drop me a line at dkustra@holyapostles.edu or magyir3@aol.com and I will be happy [...]

While at the Sukkoth festival in Jerusalem, Christ answered two of His detractors’ accusations: first, that He broke the Sabbath by healing the lame man in Jerusalem (vv. 19-24), and second, that He committed blasphemy by claiming to be God’s Son (vv. 25-36). In the course of His defense vis-à-vis the second accusation, we have [...]

Now that Christ had answered the accusation that He broke the Sabbath by healing a lame man at the temple in Jerusalem (vv. 19-24), He next answered His detractors’ second accusation: namely, that He committed blasphemy by claiming to be God’s Son (vv. 25-36). In the course of His answer, He revealed His divine origin [...]

In the previous section, the Evangelist had begun to discuss the setting in which Christ revealed the origin of His spiritual teaching. He had recounted how certain wicked “brothers” of the Lord had attempted to coerce Him to go up with them to Jerusalem for the feast of Sukkoth. But Jesus wisely refused, and chose [...]

In chapter three, the Evangelist began a discussion of the spiritual regeneration of fallen man. He showed how this is offered to the Jews, as illustrated in the story of Nicodemus. In chapter four, he showed how spiritual regeneration is offered to the Gentiles, some of whom are converted by the teaching, as illustrated in [...]

Now that Christ had responded to the two objections of the people, one concerning the origin of spiritual food (vv. 41-52), and the other concerning the eating of spiritual food (vv. 53-59), He then addressed the doubts of His disciples (vv. 60-71). Some of His disciples were so scandalized by His statements concerning living bread [...]

Now that Christ had responded to the peoples’ objection concerning the origin of spiritual food (vv. 41-51), He then addressed their second objection, which concerned the eating of spiritual food (vv. 52-59). “The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, ‘How can this man give us his flesh to eat?’” (Jn 6:52). The fact that they [...]

Some of the Jews who had witnessed Christ’s miraculous feeding of the five thousand raised two questions: one concerned the origin of spiritual food (vv. 41-51), and the other concerned the eating of spiritual food (vv. 52-59). In the previous lecture, we had seen how Christ began to address their first concern. In what follows, [...]

Previously Christ had laid out His teaching on spiritual food (vv. 27-40). Next, He answered two objections from the people, one concerning the origin of spiritual food (vv. 41-51), and the other concerning the eating of spiritual food (vv. 52-59). “The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, ‘I am the bread which came [...]

We continue with Christ’s discourse on the meaning of spiritual food. Christ had said to the people that the Son of man wished to give them “food which endures to eternal life” (v. 6:27a). But they demanded a sign to prove that Christ could make good His claim (v. 30), and they further implied (v. [...]