Discussion Questions 24 June 2023
Discussion Questions:
Today we’re practicing some of the 10 steps of Bible study!
The full 10-steps for Bible Study can be found here: https://melbournecityadventist.org/how-to-study-the-bible
Modified steps for today’s discussion time:
PART 1: All together (10 minutes)
- Prayer
- Read John 9 together, with different voices for each character
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- Narrator
- Blind man
- Jesus
- Disciple
- Neighbour 1
- Neighbour 2
- Pharisee 1
- Pharisee 2
- Parents
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PART 2: In smaller groups of 4-5 people (15 minutes)
Group 1:
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- Read the Introduction to the Gospel of John: https://www.blueletterbible.org/study/intros/john.cfm OR watch the Bible project intro video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-2e9mMf7E8&t=284s
- Read John 8 & John 10
- How did understanding the big picture of the Book of John help you understand John 9? Write down notes.
Group 2:
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- Read John 9 in 3 different translations (NASB, CEB, the Message): https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%209&version=NASB,CEB,MSG
- What did you observe? Write down notes.
Group 3:
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- Annotate the passage on provided paper
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- Circle key words or phrases that you want to explore
- Highlight / underline main ideas
- Question marks for what you don’t understand
- Exclamation point for things that surprise you
- Asterisk for what you want to remember
- Arrow for when you make a connection to another idea or experience
- Write “Ex” for examples
- Draw a picture / diagram / chart / symbol
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- Textual analysis :
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- Look for repeated words or phrases, themes, characters, etc.
- Notice shifts to direct quotations – they are often the heart of the story
- Read the story from each point of view, imagine the sounds/smells/sights/touch
- Pay attention to what is said as well as what is not said that you’d normally expect
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- What did you observe? Write down notes.
Group 4:
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- Write down all your questions about the story in John 9
- Use provided Study Bible notes & commentaries to answer some of the questions
- Write down notes.
PART 3: Sharing & prayer (5 minutes)
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- We will share what we’ve learned with the whole group & then summarise the main points.
- Then we will end with a time of prayer.
by: Jinha Kim
"But those who drink the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life." John 4:14