tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post7169819459500590382..comments2023-11-03T11:37:04.473+00:00Comments on nothing new under the sun: "In my Father's house": further reflections on John 14byron smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-11990517483729135722008-05-03T11:29:00.000+01:002008-05-03T11:29:00.000+01:00Byron,i've just noticed your comments on John 14 a...Byron,<BR/>i've just noticed your comments on John 14 and thought I'd throw in mine, if belatedly.<BR/><BR/>I think this is the right way to see John 14. it was Raymond Brown's commentary that got me thinking this way first, though he has a view about layers of editing with varying eschatologies.<BR/><BR/>The one thing Jesus does not say is "I will go there and wait for you to get to me"! So we John McCleanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15837827986303976955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-8933100638990359012008-04-16T05:30:00.000+01:002008-04-16T05:30:00.000+01:00Thanks for these two posts, Byron. Your comments w...Thanks for these two posts, Byron. Your comments were very helpful for my sermon last month. It was very hard to get across some of the complexity of this text in a 20 minute sermon. Esp since Jesus is telling his disciples to 'not let your hearts be troubled'. But I came close...Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773963984084893424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-63694686002905795892008-04-10T12:02:00.000+01:002008-04-10T12:02:00.000+01:00Hmmm...I like it. But it makes me feel funny—proba...Hmmm...<BR/><BR/>I like it. But it makes me feel funny—probably means you're right:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-33269887612885659172008-04-10T08:57:00.000+01:002008-04-10T08:57:00.000+01:00That has been my reading of the passage. I fully a...That has been my reading of the passage. I fully agree with you. It is refreshing to hear it from someone else.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03739784110428028221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-42945216733348011552008-04-10T07:49:00.000+01:002008-04-10T07:49:00.000+01:00Wacky-do! What a bizarre reading. You make a good ...Wacky-do! What a bizarre reading. You make a good case for it, but that comes out of left field for my head. I'll need to go back through and read the passage. Do you think he could really mean that? In my Father's house (all of youse) there are many rooms (for others to be included/you to be comforted)? Far out, new thoughts ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com