The Great Gospel of John · Volume 9

Read in German · Volume contents The circumstances of the family of Hiponias, the father of the 3 thieves (20/89) Nojed said: “O wise Friend, this seems very close to the truth, and it also will be so, because it is written that God’s decrees are untraceable and His guidance and ways inscrutable. But why were…

Read in German · Volume contents The Lord with the Herodians (22/81) After Raphael had said that to the chief, he and his companions were even more amazed. And after a while he said somewhat shyly (the chief): “What? Thus you are a spirit from the world in the beyond? We now and then heard about…

Read in German · Volume contents About the destiny of men (20/90) I said: “Listen, Nojed, and also your brothers Hiponias and Rasan. I am not a Samaritan as you mean and understand it, and yet, I also am a Samaritan, just like I also am not a Jew, and yet, I still am a Jew,…

Read in German · Volume contents The guests leave to their homes (22/82) On this, the chief said: “O Lord and Master, all of us will do that, because we all are all too clearly and thoroughly convinced now who the One is who spoke to us, as no other man has ever spoken to his fellowmen.…

Read in German · Volume contents About the necessity and purpose of temptations (20/91) If this world would not be provided with all imaginable enticements, and would only be for men as a desert is for wild animals, then his free will, that is equal to God, his reason and his mind were given to…

Read in German · Volume contents The chief’s plans (22/68) When the Herodians felt completely alone, the chief said very quietly to his subordinates: “Listen, let tomorrow no one betray – not even by a face expression – why we have actually undertaken this truly unfortunate and wild trip to this place, but let everyone of us…

Read in German · Volume contents The Lord is ahead of the wish of the Herodians (22/69) Then the captain himself went outside and met at once a guard who directly asked him what he was seeking outside of the dormitory. [2] The captain told him straightforward the reason for it, and the guard let…

Read in German · Volume contents The doctor asks for the manna in the desert (22/58) Our residents of Joppe looked at the shore of the lake and were constantly talking about Me. They also looked at the bath house and were very surprised about the many big rooms that were very efficiently equipped, as…

Read in German · Volume contents Raphael’s teaching about the feeding of Israel in the desert (22/59) Raphael said: “Yes, my friend, it really happened that way, and this for a very wise reason, for if God wanted to educate the people for a higher light, when in Egypt they sank down completely into the most…

Read in German · Volume contents The phenomenon of the mirage (22/60) Since the sun was already sinking under the horizon, our Marcus thought that it was somehow time to go down home, because during the autumn the evenings were often cooler. [2] But I said: “Friend, it is at least ½ hour too early for that.…