When Nicodemus visited Jesus, his first words were,
Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God
Nicodemus was correct -- Jesus is a teacher
- Mark tells us teaching people Jesus' “custom” – his usual response when people showed up
• that is what we witness as we watch Jesus move through this chapter
• Jesus never ran out of things to say
◦ and every word he spoke was enlightenment
- one of his teaching techniques was that he allowed people to ask questions
• and when they did, he typically answered their questions with a question