Author: Dale Ratzlaff

With Dale Ratzlaff   John 21:15-19 Over the years, I have read scholars and heard sermons that build much of their interpretation on the differences of the meaning of the […]

With Dale Ratzlaff   John 21:1-14 Some believe this chapter was added to chapter 20 sometime later. The last two verses of Chapter 20 studied in the last lesson appear […]

With Dale Ratzlaff   John 20:24-31 24 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. John does not tell us why Thomas was […]

With Dale Ratzlaff   John 20:19-23 So when it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were shut where the disciples were, […]

With Dale Ratzlaff   John 20:11-18 All four of the Gospels record appearances of the Risen Christ. Some theories have been developed which try to harmonize the Gospel records. Some […]

With Dale Ratzlaff   John 20:1-10 All the Gospel accounts testify to the empty tomb. However, to harmonize these accounts is not easy. John mentions events and people that the […]

With Dale Ratzlaff   John 19:38-42 In these four verses, coupled with the information in the other Gospels, we can fill in a few of the details of the burial […]

With Dale Ratzlaff   John 19:31-37 31 Then the Jews, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath […]

With Dale Ratzlaff   John 19:23-30 23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His outer garments and made four parts, a part to every soldier and also the […]

With Dale Ratzlaff   John 19:16-22 16 So he then handed Him over to them to be crucified. “To them” should be understood in two ways. It was the Jewish […]

With Dale Ratzlaff   John 19:6-15 6 So when the chief priests and the officers saw Him, they cried out saying, “Crucify, crucify!” Pilate said to them, “Take Him yourselves […]

With Dale Ratzlaff   John 18:33-40 Therefore Pilate entered again into the Praetorium, and summoned Jesus and said to Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?”  Jesus answered, “Are […]