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Readers explore why Jesus stayed away from Judea, who encouraged Him to attend the Feast of Tabernacles, and what He declared about God’s authority. Sessions also address amazement in the temple, Sabbath judgment, belief versus unbelief, the identity of Jesus’ witnesses, and teachings about freedom from sin and the source of truth.","John 7-9  \nJesus, the Light of the World  \nEnglish Spiritual  \nJohn 7-9  \nJesus, the Light of the World  \nBy Marlene Custer  \nIllustrations: International Illustrations: Art of Reading 3.0  \nEnglish  \nUSA  \nScripture taken from the Holy Bible, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House . All rights reserved.  \n[www.biblehub.com/commentaries](www.biblehub.com/commentaries)[ ](www.biblehub.com/commentaries)[Art of Reading illustrations are cc by-nd.](Art of Reading illustrations are cc by-nd.)  \nCopyright © 2017, Marlene Custer  \n[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)  \nYou are free to make commercial use of this work. You may adapt and add to this work. You must keep the copyright and credits for authors, illustrators, etc.  \nRead or listen to John 7:1-13  \n1. Why was Jesus staying away from Judea?  \n2. Who encouraged Jesus to go to the Feast of Tabernacles? Why?  \n3. What was Jesus' answer?  \n4. What did Jesus do after His brothers left for the Feast?  \nRead or listen to John 7:14-24  \n1. When Jesus taught in the temple, why were the Jews amazed?  \n2. Where did Jesus' teaching come from?  \nThe people were criticizing Jesus for healing on the Sabbath. But in order to keep the Law of Moses, they were performing circumcisions on the Sabbath. Jesus accused them of not making fair judgment.  \nRead or listen to John 7:25-44  \n1. The people began to wonder if Jesus was truly the Christ. When Jesus declared that He was the One sent from God, what did the people do?  \n2. Why did no one lay a hand on Him?  \n3. What did Jesus do on the last day of the Feast?  \nWhat did the people think?  \nRead or listen to John 7:45-53  \n1. When questioned by the chief priests and Pharisees as to why they had not arrested Jesus, what did the temple guards say?  \n2. Who spoke up in Jesus' defense?  \n3. What do you think about Jesus?  \nRead or listen to John 8:1-11  \n1. What was Jesus doing at dawn?  \n2. What happened as He taught?  \n3. What did these accusers hope would happen?  \nWhat did Jesus do?  \n4. What happened to the accusers?  \n5. What did Jesus tell the woman? 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