Translation and commentary on John’s Gospel JOHN 11 Now a man was ill, a certain Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. It was that Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill. So the sisters sent to him, saying, […]

“My father loves me for this reason: because I lay aside my life so that I may lift it up again. No one takes it way from me but I lay it aside of my own free will. I have power to lay it aside and power to lift it up. I received this instruction from my […]

Translation and commentary on John’s Gospel JOHN 11 “Amen, amen I tell you whoever does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and an outlaw. But the one who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. The gatekeeper opens up for him, and […]

Translation and commentary on John’s Gospel JOHN 9   As he passed by, Jesus saw a man blind from birth. And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”   Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned; it happened so that God’s work could be […]

Translation and commentary on John’s Gospel JOHN 8: 31- Then Jesus said to the Judeans who had put their trust in him, “If you abide in my teaching, you really are my disciples; and you will know the truth and the truth will set you free.” They answered him, “We are the seed  of Abraham […]