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You’ll soon overtake me in John 😀. But now I’m intrigued: you’re learning two sections of chapter 7 today, but you’ve left a gap between them. Are you specifically choosing certain passages?

Well, thank you for the analysis :) it shows you care about people in a good way. I'm going in order but I didn't make all of them public. I wanted to highlight how the text says twice that Jesus cried out -- this intrigued me. And the great day of the feast would have been the day with the greatest attendance. Anyway, have a nice day :)

Peter, What part of the gospel of John are you currently working on? I think you wrote about it before but I've forgotten :)

I hadn’t thought about that. In ESV it says ‘proclaimed’ in v28 and ‘cried out’ in v37. But now you’ve drawn my attention to it, much stronger than ‘said’ or ‘answered’ which implies a discussion in normal voice. ‘Cried out’ sounds much more like a prophetic declaration to get people to listen.
I’ve just added the first half of John 8, so I’ve got the rest of 8 to do, and chapter 9 will be my final one to complete the gospel.

Yes, thanks for clarifying that in greater detail.

That was from me. I have another identity here for practicing verses and I commented by accident. Anyway, may the Lord bless your memorisation :)

This discussion just caught my eye. Interesting!! The Greek word is κράζω, and refers to the croaking or screaming of a raven. It is used very sparingly with regard to Jesus. As far as I can see, the only other time this term is used referring to Him is His final cry on the cross (Matthew 27:50). The word is used for the crowd's shouting of Hosanna (Mark 11:9), the screaming of the demon-possessed (Mark 5:5), and the demanding cry of the Jews to crucify Jesus (Mark 15:13), among 50 other occurrences. The loud cry of Jesus in John 7:28 is to be contrasted with the people's disbelieving, quiet muttering to each other in verses 25-27. Rather than letting the crowds focus on who they thought Jesus was, He cries out and proclaims who He really is. Thank you for pointing this little nugget out!

That's excellent, treeswallow! you've given us a comprehensive word study which enriches our understanding and helps these verses to come to life. thank you.

Yes, thank you Treeswallow.

good job!

amen, I agree with you. Thank you for making that Psalm public, otherwise I might not have started learning it :)

This Psalm is rich in prophetic and eschatological meaning.
Mind you, I'm not advocating any specific theological or eschatological position here; I'm simply providing some cross references so that those of us who are students of the Bible, like the Bereans, can examine them, study the context, and allow God the Holy Spirit to lead us to greater understanding.
118:10 and 18, compare Luke 21:20, Zechariah 14:1-3
118:20, compare Isaiah 2:2-4
118:22-23, compare Matthew 21:42, Acts 4:11, Luke 20:17, and more
118:26, compare Matthew 23:39 and Luke 13:35

I used this very valuable tool: https://www.openbible.info/labs/cross-references/

congratulations, and keep going strong! although you've already experienced "going strong" on this site :)

I had just returned from a walk in a rather isolated area, and wanted to praise God for all of His creation which I had seen, and lo and behold, when I turned on my computer there was this Psalm! So I started learning it too.

congratulations!

I wish to offer thanks and praise to God for your improved health ... that of both of you. And I relate to what you are saying, "I'm enjoying my new account." I'm not using a new account, but I'm enjoying going in order through the New Testament and working on passages for usually 2-4 days, then moving to the next once the passage has a high enough score. Mostly, it is a wonderful thing to meditate on the Word of God and on God Himself and to let Him draw us near in love. Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you, James said. There are many difficulties of a profound and tragic nature taking place in our current world, but God's Word is a sanctuary and a hiding place for us, and serves to cleanse our mind and to give us confidence and hope for the future.

to read* (typo)

I'm grateful also to ready that the doctors have found an answer :) and that you feel you are back on track to normal health

amen

good work and may the Lord bless you!

it is indeed awesome -- janet23 and WV are the only two people credited on this site with reaching that level.

congratulations on having persisted to that goal, and may the Lord bless His Word to your heart!

good job!

Hi MadieGrace. I'm sorry to hear that, that you haven't gotten an answer. I'm afraid I don't know who I could point you to. I assume the website administrator is kind of letting the website run on its own these days. I noticed the same thing happened with Memverse several years ago. One thought, though, there are people here who have started using a new identity by signing up again using a different e-mail address. Of course then you'd have to leave behind whatever you've achieved with "MadieGrace". I hope that helps a little.

amen

good job!