 Okay, the recording has started. So I would like to request someone to lead in a word of prayer and then we will continue with the rest of the class. Anyone, I just leave it open. So whoever feels like you could pray please. Yes, thank you dear heavenly father. Thank you for giving us one more day and week lot. Thank you in this time. Just submit to you Lord. Now we are going to learn your word from the book of John Lord help us understand how you reveal to John Lord your wonder things Lord. I pray each of the student and our mem Lord. Thank you. I submit all things to you Lord. Give us more understanding and knowledge Lord. Thank you. I submit all the classes in your hand. In Jesus name I pray. Thank you. Thank you friends for leading us in a word of prayer. So we will pick up from where we stopped. We stopped at John chapter one verse 14. But before that I thought you know I just go back to the introduction and background of the book of John because in the last class I gave a very brief background. So I'll kind of recap on that and also add some additional thoughts. So from what we saw you know this is one of the books which was written later because we know you know John lived to a good old age and then he wrote his epistles. Now Matthew Mark Luke those are also the Gospels but those accounts were written much ahead. So it's likely that John had an idea of those old Gospels and he presented the story of Jesus in a very different way in the Gospel of John. So some people like to say that it's not four Gospels but it's something like four fold Gospels because it sort of has the same content about the life of Jesus but they're all presenting it in different ways. Now one specialty about the book of John is if you look at the other Gospels they record important events in the life of Jesus like you know the birth of Jesus you have the baptism of Jesus you also have you know the last supper you have Jesus going into the wilderness to fast and pray. Those kind of events are recorded but here very interesting that we start off from the first chapter to study about Jesus being the word of God. So you don't have the events that the other writers of the Gospel cover. So that is a difference that you see and you would notice that when you read about the introduction of the Lord Jesus. Matthew he has the genealogy where he begins right from you know the right from Abraham and the descendants of Abraham and it goes on like that finally you see Jesus in the genealogy. So he is trying to prove and demonstrate that Jesus is the Messiah as promised by the Old Testament you know the son of David and that whole lineage is what he is trying to put out there for us to believe in Jesus as the Messiah. Now Mark he describes Jesus as one coming from Nazareth. So Nazareth you know that people did not have very high regard okay. So you could consider that as more like you know Jesus who has come to serve Jesus who has come to minister. So people say that you know Matthew pointed out that Jesus is the son of David then Mark pointed out that you know Jesus is like the servant who has come from Nazareth. Now Luke points out and he says that Jesus has come from Adam. So that's his way of describing. So excuse me. So here you find that Luke's description fits more of Jesus being the perfect man because you have Adam who failed humanity by sinning. But then you have Jesus who is the perfect man who walked in the will of the Father and all of that. So when you look at John's description of the life of Jesus he kind of goes very directly to show us that Jesus is God. Okay that's how last class we studied so much about Jesus being the word and you know the word coming down to the earth and the focus is that Jesus is God and that is the style in which John actually writes this gospel. So he is very keen on revealing Jesus as God to us. Now people also call the disciples of Matthew, Mark, Luke as the synoptic gospels. These are the synoptic gospels basically synoptic gospels mean see like you see together. So what do you see in these three gospels? In a similar format you just see the life of Jesus, what he did, the events in his life, the teachings of Jesus. So it's more of the story of Jesus unfolding. But if you notice John it's not so systematic you know Jesus was born, Jesus was baptized, this happened, that happened. So he's not covering it in the form of events but he is bringing back the focus on Jesus as God and he uses a couple of stories here and there. There are certain miracles that he points out to the I am statements you know Jesus said I am the light, I am the way. So the I am statements of Jesus is also something that he highlights and we see that there are certain witnesses. Okay we'll study about some of those witnesses in the first chapter itself but even later on you know you would find a few more witnesses. Basically witness means people who are pointing to Jesus as the Messiah and saying hey this is the Messiah. So John is doing his best to help us see Jesus as God, somebody who has come from heaven and somebody who is the Messiah or the anointed one himself. So that is the way in which this gospel is presented and a lot of people also point out and they say that the way, the style in which John has written the gospels. This I mean this particular book, it is simple because you know you will see like as we go ahead from today you will see some events unfolding and in those events it's very simple like you know you read about the wedding feast in Kena and you just understand oh this is what Jesus did. So it's simple like even a child can understand but at the same time the book of John is so heavy with meaning for an intellectual person as well or a philosopher because the first chapter we saw last time the word became flesh. So he is also appealing to a very intelligent audience. Now one of the reasons why he could have done that is because he knew that the Jews and the Greeks had a lot of importance given to the word logos or you know the word became flesh he says John. So the word for the Jews they connected that to Moses and you know how Moses brought the word to them at the mountain he got it from God and he came and gave it. So for the Jews whenever they thought about the word it had to do with Jehovah God so it was very powerful for them the logos in Greek which is the word the revealed word of God was a very deep truth for the Jews. Now for the Greeks as well the word logos held a lot of importance so they believe that you know somehow the word carried power and this word was sustained by word so they had a certain philosophy the Greeks also. So John knew that he has to clear the doubts that these people had and so he presented the Lord Jesus as the word the logos who became flesh. Now in the last class we have gone till chapter till verse 14 so I won't redo it you know verse by verse we won't do it because we've already looked at it quite well. But you know you notice here the focus that John has he just talks about the Trinity he talks about Jesus being the second person of the Trinity. Him being the word and him existing you know at the time of creation itself and how this word of God is God and you know we also saw how everything began with him that nothing that was created existed like it could never exist by itself but it has come out of the word of God. So he points out all these things and he says that the word was the light of men so the word of God that is the life of Jesus and Jesus himself brought illumination guidance revelation knowledge into the lives of the people but we saw how the world did not understand and continue to live in darkness. Then you know we saw that to those who have believed in this word for those who have received this light of God he gave them the right to become the children of God. So how by accepting the Lord Jesus as Messiah we can become his children his sons and daughters. So who were not born it says who were not born not of the blood not of the will of flesh not of the will of man but of God. So we are born of God so remember born of God that's a thing that you see in the epistles also that are possible John has written. So here again he says look this is our privilege when we put our faith and our trust in this word no goes that is the Lord Jesus then we become children of God. We are not born out of the will of man but we are born out of the will of God. This is where we were at last time we stopped at verse 14 where we saw that the word became flesh and dwelt among us and we held his glory the glory of the only begotten of the Father full of grace and truth. So what does John reveal here see for the Jews this was a tremendous truth. The reason being they were used to the tabernacle right Moses's tabernacle they were used to the temple that came about later. And in their understanding John is introducing Jesus as God the second person of the Godhead to think that the word became flesh. That itself was a big thing like you know how can Jehovah become a man. So John is presenting that deep revelation that he already had and he said look the word became flesh. If you look at Revelation that also was written by Apostle John there also he points out you know the word as Jesus I think Revelation 90 he points out and he says look the word is Jesus. So he is very clear about that the word is Jesus and he says the word became flesh. Now the dynamics of how can God become a man that is a big question in itself. Okay and obviously we don't have all the details of how God did it but God did it. So Jesus left behind his heavenly glory and he took on the earthly form. So the word became flesh and I said that the place of worship for the Jews was in a designated place but look at this 12 among us. So can you imagine the temple is walking around next to you or you know the tabernacle the holy of holies is walking around next to you. So that is the scenario which John is presenting and for the people it must have been like what are you saying how is this possible that the word became flesh. Now that is difficult to digest. Second, dwelt among us. So the holy of holies is right here it's like next door. Okay and this is good news you know we talk about the gospel right go and preach the good news. Isn't this good news that God loved us so much that he came he became one among us and you know he lived with us. That's how the term right Immanuel God with us when the Lord Jesus came to be with us and he says we beheld his glory. So what he's saying is we saw his glory. Now glory is the word doxa okay. Glory is the word doxa and basically you know it talks about like God revealing himself that power and you know the person that he is. So we beheld his glory it says okay we beheld his glory he could have used another term like we just saw his glory. But beheld is more of you know you are fixing your eyes on something you're receiving something from it you know that kind of a thing. So we beheld his glory. So this is the sonship glory the Lord Jesus on the earth walked in a different kind of a glory not the heavenly glory. Because in heaven like Philippians 2 says he left behind his heavenly glory he could not have brought that doxa with him because it's different. But here he has become a physical person fully man. So he walked in sonship glory and that's what John is saying. Look we have intently seen do you remember in the gospels in the epistles he says what we have seen what we have heard what we have known what we have understood those things we are telling you. So this is also John's explanation and he is saying we have seen you know can you imagine God became man God is what infinite. We can't we can't put him in one container but this is mind bombing God became the word became flesh dwelt among us and we beheld his glory we have seen it. We have you know observed it keenly then he says the glory as of the only begotten of the father so I told you sonship glory the only begotten son. So the begotten title is only for Jesus we are all sons and daughters we've seen that in verse 12 but we are not called as the begotten of the father only Jesus has that title. Why does only Jesus have the title because you know in Hebrews we see that he is the express image of God meaning exact. You know sometimes you look at fathers and kids and you say oh he's exactly like you he looks like you he behaves like you his mannerisms are like you so that exact representation of the father we see it in Jesus. So he's the only begotten the one that you know the father gave birth to an exact image of the father exact in what the God nature. Yes Jesus had not the God heavenly glory though because he had the sonship glory here or not but in terms of the nature that he carry in terms of the you know the heart that he had the works that he did. Now when you see Jesus it's like Jesus told his disciples right if you have seen me you have seen the father and the best representation you know that you can have of the father. So Jesus is the only begotten of the father and look at this we are told that he is full of grace and full of truth. So that is Jesus for us full of graciousness okay and at the same time he's an upholder of truth. You know sometimes there can be a confusion in our minds when we talk about grace and we talk about truth because you know if we are going to forgive someone for the evil that they have done. We may think that you know we have to forget about the truth okay they made a mistake forget about the truth it doesn't doesn't matter. Let's just be gracious to this individual whatever they did there are no consequences there's no nothing will be gracious very gracious and it's it's fine but you see here there is a combination full of grace and full of truth. So God cannot be a God who can shut his eyes and you know let go of the wrong obviously a price has to be paid for it and thank God in Christ Jesus for our sins he has paid. He has become the you know he has become sin by which he has made us the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. Okay Romans 521 I think so we have become the righteousness of God because Jesus has paid the price so there is a price which God has paid for that grace to be poured out on our lives. Has he forgotten the truth no he has very much upheld the truth as well so there is justice there is truth in God at the same time grace is operating. Now we cannot have grace operating without the truth and we cannot say that don't forget about the evil forget about the consequences nothing no problem you know God is all about grace. But what is it what do we see in the life of Jesus only begotten of the Father full of grace and truth and notice it says full of grace full of truth. Okay so filled to the brim is Christ full of grace and truth and that is the nature that is revealed about the Lord Jesus. Now there's the introduction of a witness I told you there are some witnesses we will see in John chapter 1. John bore witness he says and John over here is we are talking about John the Baptist they're not the Apostle John but John the Baptist. So as a witness he cries out say this was he of whom I said he who comes after me is preferred before me for he was before me. So John the Baptist points out about the existence of Jesus like you know you could just look at this and say okay fine you know maybe Jesus was born before John the Baptist. But we know the reality John was born as a cousin of Jesus John was the one who was born before Jesus. So John what are you saying you're saying that Jesus he was before me. So basically even John the Baptist understood and he knew that Jesus is that self-existent pre-existing. God dating and that is why he's not talking about physical existence on the earth but he's talking about you know the Lord Jesus existing as God and John himself as a mortal human being. And yet he says he who comes after me is preferred before me. So he who comes after me now he's talking about an earthly equation where Jesus was born after John the Baptist in terms of the time of arrival. And he says now that Jesus was made manifest here on the earth we have received and of his fullness we have all received grace for grace. So he says that look the Lord Jesus has come to release that graciousness upon our lives and because of who he is he's remember we said full of grace. And John says that through him how much grace have we received know how much of the goodness of God have we received. There is no end to it and no wonder we have so many songs that people have put out their hearts and talked about the goodness of God. Grace for grace sort of unending goodness of God which has been showered on the lives of the people. Why because God sent Jesus and Jesus is the one full of grace full of truth and through him even John here says we have received. From the fullness we have received grace for grace. And he also points out and he says look the law was given through Moses but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. So it's like an announcement of the new covenant. He says look Moses is like the mediator of the old covenant. Under the old covenant we know there were rules, there were guidelines, there were principles to follow in such a strict manner that if the law was not kept people would be punished. However the grace of God was revealed through Christ Jesus. So he is saying but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. Why because he will pay the price. In the old covenant they had to use animals and sacrifices in the temple to pay up for their sins. And only then the forgiveness of God would come upon their lives. The mercy of God would be something they could enjoy but John knew that here is Jesus. Once and for all as the writer of Hebrews says the perfect sacrifice, the perfect atonement for mankind Jesus is going to provide. He will become the perfect high priest. So John the Baptist knew these things and he was sort of saying in a prophetic way and he was saying look Moses he gave the law but grace and truth. It's a beautiful combination of grace and truth both being upheld. Grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten son who is in the bosom of the Father he has declared it. Now some might argue and say what no one has ever seen God at any time. Is that true because Moses on the mountain when he encountered the presence of God, God showed him a part of him. So he sees the back of God and he is hidden in the cleft of the rock. But you see it was just a glimpse, a small glimpse of who God is. Did Moses really see God and live to talk about it? Not really. He just had like a small glimpse of God and Paul also. Paul he describes in the book of Timothy. I think it's first Timothy where he says that this God he lives in unapproachable light and nobody has ever seen him. So the invisible God, God whom nobody has seen. But what a privilege. Here is Jesus who has come to reveal this God. So he says the only begotten son who is in the bosom of the Father. Now this talks about the relationship within the Trinity. Earlier we said in the beginning was the word, the word was with God, the word was God. So you know word, God, play of words there, the Trinity. You learn that the word is Jesus and God is used for the Father. Again there is a mention of the Trinity here. The only begotten son. So now he is introducing Jesus as the son here, a begotten son. Those are means, it means embrace. It means you know like if you have a Father who is carrying the son and holding the son tight like maybe on his chest or something like that. So that kind of a closeness Jesus maintained with the Father. So how was Jesus's walk with the Father? Very close, very, very close. And we have seen it right like how we in the episode of John he says as he was in this world, so are we. How was he in this world? He was walking very close to the Father. He was revealing the heart of the Father and John captures him in the Gospel. He says that he was in the bosom of the Father. So very close walk with the Father in the embrace of the Father. So when we say that we must walk with the Father the way Jesus walked. It's a very deep relationship that we are looking at. Because Jesus was where? How was his relationship? Not like you know a little distant, okay follow everything, have a little bit of communion with God. That's it. No, no, no. It says, excuse me, in the bosom of the Father. So what happens when Jesus is in the bosom of the Father? He's so close to the Father that he's able to declare him. So declare him is to reveal, to reveal who the Father is. Now how did Jesus reveal the Father? We have seen that. He preached about you know the Kingdom of God, about you know the Father. He did the works of the Father. Remember Jesus, we will look at it again in John 10, the works of the Father. So he did the works of the Father. He healed people. He did miracles for people who needed them. He delivered people who were under oppression. So all the things that the Father would do, Jesus actually did it. And that is why we see here, what is the work that the Son did for the Father? He was close to the Father. He was in the bosom of the Father. Second is, he declared him or revealed, made it public or made it known, proclaimed, you know, preached. You can use a lot of words to explain that. But basically, we come to know who the Father is through the life of Jesus. So, one purpose of the life of Jesus and one of the main purposes of the life of Jesus is to reveal the Father. And that is why in the episode, John says, you also be like that, you be like Jesus, right? Whatever he is, because he is, he is only you be only, he is pure, you be only, you be pure. You know, he walked like this in truth, you walk in truth. He walked in love, let us walk in love. So, when we do what we are called to do, just the way Jesus did it, you know, we are partnering together with God. We are fulfilling our purpose, right? The way Jesus fulfilled his purpose and we can reveal the Father to the world. So, that is kind of the explanation that John the Baptist proclaims. Now, let's continue. I'm in verse number 19. Okay. So, as a witness, what more does John the Baptist have to say about Jesus? He says, this is the testimony of John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him. Okay, this is very interesting because while serving the Lord Jesus, John is being asked this question. Who are you? Okay, who are you? So, it's a question about self-awareness. It's a question about purpose. Now, what if John was confused and he didn't know, oh, why did God create me? What is my responsibility? I don't know. Who am I? I don't know. If John had that kind of an answer. Let's see what he says. Okay, so the priests and Levites, they ask him this question, who are you? So, he confessed and did not deny but confessed. One thing he knew, clear cut. He said, I am not the Christ. I am not the Christ. Okay, so he knows his position as a follower of Christ. And then, you know, they asked him, what then? Are you Elijah? So, they're trying to understand who John the Baptist is. Thankfully, John was clear about many things. John was saying, I'm not. I'm not the Christ. I'm not Elijah. Then they're again asking him, are you the prophet? Okay, and he says, no. So, John is quite aware of what God has called him to do. And that's a very good place to be in. And of course, we know that when he went through some difficulty, we will see later. He got discouraged and he got confused, you know, even about Jesus. So, he sends a question to Jesus and asks him, are you the one who was supposed to come or do we have to wait for somebody else? Even John got confused, you know, when he was going through a lot of difficulty in his life. But of course, Jesus was gracious at that time to give him the proof. But here, as we are starting out in John chapter 1, John the Baptist is quite clear. He says, no, I'm not the Christ. I'm not Elijah. I'm not the prophet. I'm quite clear about who I am so that they continue. They said, who are you that we may give an answer to those who sent us? We want to know. Please tell us more about yourself. What do you have to say about yourself? So, John shares the purpose. So, this is interesting for us, even for us in our lives. It's good to know, like, you know, what is it that God has called me for? And how we might say at this point, I'm not very clear about it. But pray about it. Ask God. Ask God to reveal so that we can move in the direction in which God is pointing us. So he says, John says about himself, I have the voice of the one crying in the wilderness. Make straight the way of the Lord. As the prophet Isaiah said, now those who were sent, as the prophet Isaiah said. So, John's introduction of himself is, I am a voice. Or I am that forerunner of Christ who goes before him. You know, forerunner is somebody who would go before a person saying that this person is coming. So, that's a forerunner. And John was quite clear that he was a forerunner. He was a voice of one crying in the wilderness. Make straight the way of the Lord. So, his ministry was a ministry of calling people to repentance and calling people to look to Jesus. So, he says, what is that voice saying? Make straight the way of the Lord. Align yourself to this Christ. Then these people question him further. The Pharisees, the priests and all, they question him. And they say, why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ? Nor Elijah, nor the prophet. So, obviously John was quite famous at that time. He was baptizing a lot of people, calling them to repentance. He was just doing his part. He was calling people to repentance and then Jesus came and he took over from there. So, beyond repentance, Jesus came. He preached about the kingdom of God. He did the miracles of God and so many other things that Jesus actually did. But John was kind of, you know how you, even before let's say, when we have a path, like in the, how do I put this? You have some compounds, right? Where after a long time, like if you're not clean and if there are plants and trees in that compound, what happens? The leaves fall and the place becomes messed up with foliage. You have all dried up leaves and twigs and all of that. So, when we open the gate to bring in a vehicle or something, first thing we have to do is to clear out at least the basic mess over there. So, maybe from the top you just remove some of the dry leaves and then you kind of get into doing a deeper work. You know, you may want to do some cutting of the grass. You may want to remove some stones. So, you do a deeper work a little later. But initially, you clear out and you make something like a rough path. Okay, now you can take your vehicle on that path. So, John's work was somewhat like that. You know, an initial job where he was calling people to repentance. He was telling people, prepare your hearts because the real work, Jesus is coming. He's going to do it in your lives. So, when the people asked him, why are you baptizing? Basically, it was a call to repentance. That initial work which he did. So, he said, look, I'm just doing the initial work. So, his answer is, I baptize with water. But there stands one among you whom you do not know. It is he who coming after me is preferred before me. Whose sandal strap I'm not worthy to lose. Okay, so John the Baptist, obviously he had importance among the people. That is why the leaders questioned him. Otherwise, they would have never asked him these questions. He was quite famous. A lot of people were following him. They were getting baptized. They were repenting, learning their hearts towards God. And yet, what does John actually say? He's pointing to Jesus. He says, one among you. So, as a witness, he's pointing to this God who has become man. One among you. A Jehovah has become a man. Okay, he recognizes that. And he's saying, you people are the ones who need to know. Priests, Pharisees, people who spend time in the scripture. But you still don't know. He's right here in our midst. And he says, it is he coming after me, which is, I told you, in terms of birth, Jesus was born after John. But he says, he's preferred before me. So, he's giving him the priority. He's giving him the focus. And he's saying, look, I'm a nobody. Yeah, it's true that, you know, Jesus is kind of, he was born after me. Also, in a way, you could say, coming into the picture or into the scene after John the Baptist was recognized. But he says, he's preferred before me. The spotlight should be on this person, not on me. He says, and he goes on to say, his sandal straps, I am not worthy to lose. So, in the times of Jesus, there was this culture of teachers and students. And the way the students used to learn from the teacher, it's not like today. You just hear, you go back, finished. It wasn't like that. But there was a training from the life of the teacher and the student would spend a lot of time and also engage in serving the teacher in different ways. So, there were the rabbis. Under them, students would learn and do many tasks. So, let's say the rabbi says, okay, can you clean this area? They would do it because they would honor the teacher that much. And the rabbis would take advantage of this honor, get them to do all kinds of work. One of the least tasks, you know, was considered making a student tie the sandal strap. These two wear sandals at that time. So, if you tell a student, okay, you tie my sandal strap, it's like very low job. It wasn't a pleasant thing even for a student to do. But John is humbling himself. Now, notice, you know, famous, if you consider it like this, his ministry is going very well. How well the authorities are recognizing John and they're coming and asking, who are you? What are you doing? Are you this? Are you that? They're questioning him. So, his ministry is going very well. Yet, what is the condition of John's heart? He's saying, look, I humble myself. Jesus is the leader. He's the rabbi, the teacher, my master. He's so much higher than me that even a sandal strap, he's saying, if Jesus says tie my sandal strap, I'm ready to, you know, I would like to do it. But he's humbling himself to such an extent. He's saying, I'm not even worthy. I'm not worthy to touch his sandal straps. So, the humility of John the Baptist. You know, it's something for us to learn from. So, it's not even, you know, the ministry that we do and all, but how do we see ourselves when we look at the Lord? He's the Lord at the end of the day and we just take our place and say, God, you know, we worship you, we honor you. And remember Jesus said in the kingdom of God, he gave great honor to John the Baptist. He said, he's come with the spirit of Elijah. So, this man is highly honored, even honored by Jesus. And yet, what is the heart attitude of John the Baptist? He's saying, I'm not worthy even to lose the sandal, like the least task. Even if Jesus says do that, I'm not worthy to do that. So, that is the kind of heart with which you see John had served the Lord Jesus who is the Messiah. Yeah, so this is kind of the interaction that the leaders of that time had with John the Baptist. So, the next day it says, John saw Jesus coming towards him and said, behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. This is he of whom I said, after me comes a man who is preferred before me, for he was before me. So, John the Baptist, when he sees Jesus, again that term behold, right? Behold is like, say, you notice, take a proper look, fix your eyes on this. So, behold, and what is John's introduction of Jesus? It's quite deep. So far, Apostle John has introduced Jesus as the Word, the Light. Then he also said, only we got in son of the Father. Now, John the Baptist is saying Lamb of God. I told you, right? So, this is different from the other Gospels because you have some deep truth. Just that one word, you can go into a, you know, like a research theologically. Why is he saying Lamb of God? What is the meaning of this term, Lamb of God? See, Lamb of God is atoning sacrifice because John also knew that Jesus is going to die on the cross. So, he's proclaiming, he's declaring that and he's saying, finally, the perfect price for our sins is here. This is the Lamb of God. Okay? The Redeemer. Now, any Jew from scriptures like even Isaiah 53, if you read, it's quite clear that the Redeemer, he's going to die for us. So, John introduces Jesus in that way and he says, when this Lamb dies in the temple, the lambs that used to die, they can take away some small sin here and there and all that. But he says, John has the revelation. He says, behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world, that is the power of his sacrifice, the power of his blood, that takes away the sin of the world, the entire system. So, he was introducing Jesus as Messiah. And then again, he uses the same statement. He says, he comes after me, he was preferred before me, but he was before me. So, about the Godhead and about his self-existence of Jesus. You know, John is talking here. Okay, so what I'll do is, I think I'll take a small, I'll pause here. Any thoughts, any comments before we go for a break and we will come back and continue. So far, anything has touched you or you have a question? Why don't you bring that up now? Okay, we've seen so far the witness, right? The witness of John the Baptist. So, anything touched you from that? Okay, no problem. Looks like you are just taking it in. So, do that. We'll come back after the break and let's continue from where we stopped. So, no questions at this point. That's okay. We'll stop now and then we will come back together. Yes, class, you can go ahead for a break and we will connect at 10 o'clock.