The seven signs precede and foreshadow the great "Eighth Sign" of Jesus' death and resurrection. Next, we find seven "I AM" sayings in which Jesus declares his divinity and Messiahship.

Jesus said, "I am not your teacher. Because you have drunk, you have become intoxicated from the bubbling spring that I have tended." And he took him, and withdrew, and spoke three sayings to him.

In Jesus’ day shepherding sheep was a common and well-known occupation. For us it is not very well-known. Sheep and shepherd ...