Why did Jesus…? The hard questions, answered from Scripture.
The fig tree. Judas. A sword instead of peace. These are the sayings and moments people stumble over most. Each answer below starts from the King James Bible and comes with one of our short videos.
Did Jesus Love Everyone Unconditionally?
Jesus loved people deeply, and nobody had to earn it.
Why Did Jesus Curse the Fig Tree?
The fig tree was full of leaves, and on a fig tree leaves promise fruit, but it had none.
Why Did Jesus Wash His Traitor's Feet?
Jesus knew exactly who would betray him, John says so plainly, and he washed Judas's feet anyway.
Why Did Jesus Say “Hate Your Father and Mother”?
Jesus was not telling anyone to feel hatred toward their parents.
Why Did Jesus Call This the Only Unforgivable Sin?
Jesus said every sin can be forgiven except blasphemy against the Holy Ghost.
Why Did Jesus Call a Canaanite Woman “a Dog”?
Jesus's mission began with Israel, and he used a household picture: the children are fed first, not the little dogs under the table.
Why Did Jesus Choose Judas?
Jesus chose Judas knowingly.
Why Didn't Jesus Save Himself?
He could have, he said he could call more than twelve legions of angels.
Why Did Jesus Destroy 2,000 Pigs?
Jesus did not attack the pigs.
Why Did Jesus Call Peter “Satan”?
Peter tried to talk Jesus out of the cross.
Why Did Jesus Say to Gouge Out Your Eye?
Jesus was not commanding self-harm.
Why Did Jesus Say He Came to Bring a Sword?
Jesus was not calling for violence, he told Peter to put away his sword.
Why Did Jesus Say It Would Be Better to Drown?
Jesus spoke some of his fiercest words to protect the vulnerable.
Why Did Jesus Say You Don't Need to Know the Way?
Thomas wanted directions.
Why Did Jesus Say Nothing When They Accused Him?
Jesus was silent because the charges were false, the verdict was already decided, and he had come to give his life, not to save it.
Why Did Jesus Ask Questions He Already Knew?
Jesus did not ask questions to get information.
Why Did Jesus Say “Sell Everything You Have”?
Jesus saw the one thing that held this young man's heart, his great possessions, and asked him to let it go and follow him.
Why Did Jesus Cook Breakfast After Conquering Death?
The risen Lord of all creation lit a fire and cooked breakfast for tired, ashamed fishermen.
Why Didn't Jesus Erase His Scars?
Jesus kept his scars because they are proof, proof that the risen Christ is the same Jesus who was crucified, proof of what our healing cost, and proof to every wounded person that scars do not disqualify us from glory.
Why Did Jesus Use a Whip in the Temple?
Jesus cleared the temple because his Father's house of prayer had become a marketplace that stood between people and God.
Why Was Jesus' Tomb Already Open?
The stone was not rolled away to let Jesus out, it was rolled away to let the witnesses in.
Why Did Jesus Tell People Not to Tell Anyone About His Miracles?
Jesus asked for silence because the crowds wanted a miracle-worker and a political king, not a suffering Saviour.
Why Didn't Jesus Save John the Baptist?
Jesus did not rescue John, but he did not abandon him.
Did Jesus Turn His Back on His Own Mother?
No.