Six ways to encounter God here
A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in John 7:12, and Living Bread opens it right there.
Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.
The web of Scripture around it
Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 12 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.
- John 9:16
Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do s…
- John 7:40
Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.
- John 7:47
Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?
- John 7:32
The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.
- Acts 11:24
For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.
- Matthew 10:25
It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much m…
- John 10:19
There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.
- Luke 23:47
Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.
- Luke 7:16
And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited his people.
- Luke 18:19
And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God.
- Philippians 2:14
Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
- Luke 6:45
A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth for…
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How it points to Christ
Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.