TheEmmausProjectSpring20111TheEmmausProjectWeek3–MeaningI. IntroductionA. TheBiblicalWritersexpectedt obeunderstood :Perspicuity.B. TheBiblicalWritersarepoint ingtoChrist: theBibleisChri stocentricC. TheBibleisitsownbestinterpreter 1 D. Interpretation inthecont extoftheMet anarrativeE. UnpacktheO riginalMeaningo fthetextHowdowediscoverthemeaning?II. MeaningJohn3:10‐1510“YouareIsrael’steacher,”saidJesus,“anddoyounotunderstandthesethings?11VerytrulyItellyou,we sp eak of wha t we know, and we te st if y to wha t we ha ve se en, but still y ou p eople do not ac cept o ur testimony. 12Ihavespokentoyouofearthlythingsandyoudonot b el ieve; howthenwil l youbeli eveif I speakofheavenlythings?13Noonehasevergoneinto he aven e xc ep t th e one who came f romhe av en theSonofMan.14JustasMosesliftedupthesnakeinthewi lderness, sot heS onof Manmu st b eli ft edu p, 15thateveryonewhobel ievesmayhaveeterna llife inhim.” Howdowediscoverthemeaning?whatdoIlikeaboutthispassage?(subjective)whatotherpassagesaresimilartothisone?(collective)whatdootherssayaboutthepassage?(commentary)“TheReformersrejectedtheauthorityoftraditional(CatholicChur ch)interpretati onandstrovetorecovert hemeaningintendedbytheor ig inal aut ho rs o f Sc ri pt ure…theReformers recogniz edt ha t Godwas theul ti mate author of Scripture, andthat he, as th eauthor , wa s thesourceofitsmeani ng .Buttheylooked totheoriginal author’ssi tu at ionandintent as thebasis for discoveringmeaning. ” 2 1 McCartneyandClayton,LettheReaderUnderstand,169‐171.2 McCartneyandClayton,LettheReaderUnderstand,23.
