Easter 4 • 1 John 3:16–24 • April 26, 2015


Easter 4 • 1 John 3:16–24 • April 26, 2015

By Victor Raj Preliminary Considerations Placed midway between Easter and Pentecost, the appointed lessons for the fourth Sunday of Easter cumulatively call for a resurrection living for the Christian faithful in this world. Together, they are an exhortation for the baptized toward the demonstration of God’s righteousness in their daily living as they engage the world ..


Easter 4 • John 10:1–10 • May 15, 2011


Easter 4 • John 10:1–10 • May 15, 2011

By Joel P. Okamoto Notes on the pericope This pericope consists of a paroimia (“parable” or “figure” or “illustration”) and part of Jesus’s explanation. The parable follows an exchange recorded in chapter 9 between Jesus and the Pharisees after he had healed the man who was born blind. Jesus had raised doubts about himself by ..


Easter 4 · John 10:11-18 · May 3, 2009


Easter 4 · John 10:11-18 · May 3, 2009

By Erik Herrmann The Good Shepherd. It’s such a well-known image. It seems to be relevant in every age—from the earliest times in the catacombs where Christ was so often depicted as a youthful Apollonian shepherd, to the modern Sunday school pictures of the gentle Jesus cradling a lamb, the Good Shepherd continues to be ..


Easter 4 · 1 Peter 2:19-25 · April 13, 2008


Easter 4 · 1 Peter 2:19-25 · April 13, 2008

By David I. Lewis, Introduction: In the three year lectionary the Fourth Sunday of Easter is also designated “Good Shepherd Sunday” with readings from John 10 as the Gospel text dispersed over the three years. Today’s Epistle is read on this Sunday perhaps especially because of verse 25 which does relate to this theme—”For you were ..