A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” (His disciples had gone to the city to buy food.) The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask a drink of me, a woman of Samaria?” (Jews do not share things in common with Samaritans.)...

The slave’s name was Malchus. Who was Malchus? That’s an easy question to overlook amid the drama of Jesus’ encounter with those who have come out to arrest him. But I think it’s also an important question. Because while we don’t know with any certainty who exactly Malchus was – we...

When Jesus had finished saying these things, he left Galilee and went to the region of Judea beyond the Jordan. Large crowds followed him, and he cured them there. Some Pharisees came to him, and to test him they asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause?” He...