The Great Gospel of John · Volume 5

Read in German · Volume contents [GGJ.05_170,01] But once we were already far out on the sea, I said once again to the disciples, “Wherever we may now end up, be silent and do not reveal Me as Jesus, the Christ!” (Mt. 16:20) [GGJ.05_170,02] And Peter came to Me and asked Me whether I did…

Read in German · Volume contents [GGJ.05_059,01] (Raphael) “It is certainly true that you have heard some things about the famous Nazarene that seem incredible to you, and you would have willingly had an encounter with Him if it could be without much effort; but you have not exactly sought and you thought to yourself:…

Read in German · Volume contents [GGJ.05_171,01] Here I turned again to Peter in the friendliest way and said, “I have not disparaged you in the least if I have shown you in the sharp speech your human side! Everything that is human in this world in a person – his flesh and its various…

Read in German · Volume contents [GGJ.05_060,01] Only now Roklus decided to follow Raphael to Me and to bravely take the thirty steps on. But since I was still sitting with Cyrenius at the table as earlier, and discussing with him some governmental measures and Raphael led Roklus in the direction towards Cyrenius, he (Roklus)…

Read in German · Volume contents [GGJ.05_172,01] A good two hours’ journey below Mark’s present bath house was the great bay which the fishermen also called the ‘White Lake’; we steered into it. It was the shallowest part of the sea and was therefore somewhat difficult to navigate with a larger ship because one needed…

Read in German · Volume contents [GGJ.05_061,01] (The Lord) “But love, again, is a result of the stimulation of the inner life which has been acted on by something. [GGJ.05_061,02] The inner life is love, thus a fire possessing warmth. If this fire is acted upon by a thing which itself has fire within and…

Read in German · Volume contents [GGJ.05_173,01] The host hurries into his hut with his wife and his already grown children, but soon comes back full of joy and thanks and says in the most joyful tone, “Which of you did that for me secretly then? My larder is so superbly filled that we all…

Read in German · Volume contents [GGJ.05_062,01] (The Lord) “Now you may be able to see that man cannot grasp anything spiritual with his pure reason and his ever so clear and keen intellect. He cannot understand life and its basic ultimate goal; for reason and intellect are located in the brain and in the…

Read in German · Volume contents [GGJ.05_174,01] I say to the fisherman, “Aziona, you have a new jug in your house; have it filled with water and bring it here!” [GGJ.05_174,02] Aziona raises high his eyebrows as I speak to him thus, and says, very amazed, “You could certainly have learnt my name somewhere –…

Read in German · Volume contents [GGJ.05_063,01] Roklus and all his eleven companions begin to scratch behind their ears and do not know what they should say to Me now. [GGJ.05_063,02] Roklus goes over and discusses with them in the following way, saying, “I thought this right from the start, when the boy directed me…