3rd Sunday of Advent (Year B) - John 1: 6-8, 19-28

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🗓️ 16 December 2023

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John 1: 6-8, 19-28 - 'There stands among you the one coming after me.'

Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs:

- 575 (in 'Jesus and Israel') - Many of Jesus’ deeds and words constituted a “sign of contradiction,” but more so for the religious authorities in Jerusalem, whom the Gospel according to John often calls simply “the Jews," than for the ordinary People of God (abbreviated).

- 717 (in 'John, precursor, prophet and baptist') - "There was a man sent from God, whose name was John." John was "filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother's womb" by Christ himself, whom the Virgin Mary had just conceived by the Holy Spirit. Mary's visitation to Elizabeth thus became a visit from God to his people..

- 719 (in 'John, precursor, prophet and baptist') - John the Baptist is “more than a prophet.” In him, the Holy Spirit concludes his speaking through the prophets. John completes the cycle of prophets begun by Elijah. He proclaims the imminence of the consolation of Israel; he is the “voice” of the Consoler who is coming. As the Spirit of truth will also do, John “came to bear witness to the light.” In John’s sight, the Spirit thus brings to completion the careful search of the prophets and fulfills the longing of the angels. “He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit. And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God. . . . Behold, the Lamb of God.”

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0:00.0	Hi everyone. Thanks once again for tuning in to logical Bible study. As always, our goal here is to help you
0:17.0	understand the literal sense of scripture. As Catholics, we have to start there.
0:21.6	What does it mean on the most fundamental level?
0:24.0	How would the original audience have understood this text?
0:27.9	Today we're looking at John chapter 1, verses 6 to 8, and then verses 19 to 28.
0:35.6	Here's the reading. A man came sent by God, his name was John.
0:42.2	He came as a witness, as a witness to speak for the light, so that everyone might believe
0:48.2	through him.
0:49.8	He was not the light, only a witness to speak for the light.
0:55.5	This is how John appeared as a witness.
0:58.3	When the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, who are you?
1:04.1	He not only declared, but he declared quite openly, I am not the Christ.
1:10.4	Well then they asked, are you Elijah? I am not, he said.
1:14.6	Are you the prophet? He answered, no. So they said to him, who are you? We must take back an
1:22.4	answer to those who sent us. What have you to say about yourself? So John said, I am, as Isaiah prophesied,
1:31.5	a voice that cries in the wilderness, make a straight way for the Lord. Now, these men had been sent
1:38.7	by the Pharisees, and they put this further question to him. Why are you baptizing if you are not the Christ and not Elijah
1:46.7	and not the prophet? John replied, I baptize with water, but there stands among you, unknown to you,
1:56.4	the one who is coming after me, and I am not fit to undo his sandal strap.
2:02.5	This happened at Bethany on the far side of the Jordan where John was baptizing.
2:08.0	So the first thing to say here is this text can be a bit confusing to read because it's written
2:13.6	by someone called John, John the Apostle, and he's talking about another guy called
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