Answers to May Questions

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1. God is not "an unknown God," because it is written (John 1:18), "The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He hath declared Him." —2. Christ, "the true Bread from heaven" (John 6:32); "the Bread of God" (verse 33) "the Bread of Life" (verse 35). —3. "Son of Man" (John 1:51; 3:13; 5:27; 6:27, 53, 62; 8:28; 12:23, 34; 13:31). —4. “His mother saith unto the servants Whatsoever, He saith unto you, do it." (John 2:5). —5. St. Peter and St. John were among the company assembled "in the upper room" at Jerusalem (Acts 1:13); they went to the Temple together (3:1); they were together before the Sanhedrin (4:13, 19); they were sent together to Samaria (8:14); they were both at Jerusalem after the Herodian persecution, in which "James the brother of John" was killed (12:2); they were together at the first great council at Jerusalem (15:6; compare Gal. 2:9). They considered them unlearned and ignorant men," for they had not been brought up, as St. Paul was, at the feet of a great Rabbi, and they" took knowledge of them that they had been with Jesus."(Acts 4:13,) —6. Places mentioned in St. John's Gospel: Bethany (Bethabara) beyond Jordan (1:28), Bethsaida (1:44), Nazareth (1:46), Cana of Galilee (2:1), Ælnon (3:23), Bethesda (5:2), the Treasury (part of the Temple) (8:20), Siloam (9:7), Solomon's Porch (10:3); Bethany, near Jerusalem (10:40), Ephraim. (11:51), Kedron (18:1), the garden (18:1), the high priest's palace (18:15), Gabbatha (19:13), Golgotha (19:17) —7. In the opening verses of the Revelation, St. John calls himself the Lord's ` servant John." (Rev. 1:1.) He also speaks of himself to the seven churches as their "brother and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ." (Verse 9.)—8. The feeding of the five thousand. (John 6:14.) It was an act of creative power. (Psa. 132:15.)