Born Again: Jesus at the Feasts

The chapters

1. Chapter 1 · 5 min · Free

   Born Again

   A Pharisee comes by night with a question, and hears a word he takes the wrong way.

   Sources: John 2:13–3:30; Numbers 21:4–9; 2 Kings 18:4

2. Chapter 2 · 5 min · Free

   Take Up Your Mat

   Thirty-eight years by a pool, and one sentence to get up. Then a saying so hard that followers walk away.

   Sources: John 5:1–18; 6:22–69

3. Chapter 3 · 5 min

   The Light of the World

   A festival of water and light. Officers sent to arrest him come back empty-handed.

   Sources: John 7:1–52; 8:12–32, 56–59; Leviticus 23:42; Mishnah, Sukkah 4:9–5:4

4. Chapter 4 · 5 min

   I Was Blind

   A beggar sees for the first time, and runs out of patience with the people questioning him.

   Sources: John 9:1–41; Book of Job; 2 Kings 20:20; John Newton, Amazing Grace (1772)

5. Chapter 5 · 5 min

   The Good Shepherd

   Winter, Hanukkah, and a shepherd who knows his sheep by name. Then a last night of goodbyes.

   Sources: John 10:1–42; 14:1–9, 27; 15:1, 12–13; 19:39; 1 Maccabees 1:54; 4:36–59; Josephus, Antiquities 12.325; Talmud, Shabbat 21b

Who’s who

The people you meet. Each one is a hero card you can collect.

• NicodemusPharisee · Council Member · Came by Night
• The Man at BethesdaThirty-Eight Years Waiting
• The Temple OfficerSent to Arrest · Came Back Empty-Handed
• The Blind Man’s ParentsPair · “He Is of Age. Ask Him.”
• Judah the MaccabeeThe Hammer · Hero of Hanukkah
• The Man Born BlindOne Thing I Do Know

What you’ll be able to tell

This story belongs to the journey “Jesus of Nazareth”. By the end of it, you can tell where “no room at the inn”, “turn the other cheek”, “born again” and “cast the first stone” come from.

Stories in this journey

1. The Nativity: No Room at the Inn
2. Fishers of Men: Jesus in Galilee
3. The Sower: Stories Jesus Told
4. The Woman at the Well: Cast the First Stone
5. Born Again: Jesus at the Feasts
6. The Road to Jerusalem: The Good Samaritan