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Sign's in John's gospel - Coggle Diagram
Sign's in John's gospel
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John 20:30
the author of the 4G knows that Jesus performed many miracles. the ones in the 4G have been selected with a particular purpose;
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the signs
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physical healing
according to Jewish belief, illness is the result of your or your ancestors sins - so when Jesus heals people it indicates he is forgiving sin ...
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nature
according to Jewish belief, only God has power over nature - so when Jesus demonstrates he can break the laws of nature ...
... Jewish religious leaders call it blasphemy which is claiming to be God - punishable by stoning according to Jewish law
raising to life
according to Jewish belief, only God has power over life & death - so when Jesus demonstrates he can bring someone back to life ...
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Sabbath
according to Jewish belief only God could has the authority to break the Sabbath law (1 of the 10 commandments) - so when Jesus performs signs on the Sabbath ...
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purpose of signs in 4G
intended result = to bring people to believe in Jesus & understand his identity(linked with 'I am' sayings)
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in each case the author of the 4G seizes the Christological interpretation of the vent (in line with purpose of 4G)
extract 4
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feeding of the 5000
Jesus as the bread satisfies spiritual hunger * the multiplication of loaves & fish is symbolic of eternal life that can fully satisfy all
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