This is the disciple who testifies to these things and who wrote them down. We know that his testimony is true. And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which, if every one of them were written down, I suppose not even the world itself could contain the books that would be written.

John 21:24-25 CSB

This week I was trying to read a paper written by Sir William Martin in 1851. Some of the language was hard to understand for a reader in 2022. To really understand him, I had to try and get into his shoes, someone living in NZ 171 years ago. 

So as we've got to the end of John's gospel and want to tell John "just say 'I wrote it'", to really understand him we've got to try and understand the person who lived 2000+ years ago in what is now Israel...

And John's final thoughts for us?

There was so much more.

There were conversations and meals shared and people we met and late night talks and tears and laughter and walking...lots of walking...and people and churches and opposition and those who welcomed and blessed and encouraged, and miracles and disappointments, and in in all this was Jesus. 

The person. 

There's more to this story. 

So much more. 

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