Gospel According To John

Mathew, Mark, Luke and John the four Gospels in the Bible all sharing a common view or significant stories except one. The Gospel of John is the most unique and distinct out the four. In difference, none of the parables are documented in John, and only seven of the miracles are highlighted. Alternately, John’s Gospel conveys the meaning of Jesus by giving the readers an extended insight and an extend understanding of him. In John it tells us that Jesus himself is the Jewish Messiah that was prophesized in the Old Testament, who was appointed to earth by God in human flesh, then allows his life to the cross and goes back to God. All with the perspective that we may believe in him and

The gospel of Luke and John are gospels about Jesus and John the Baptist. They have several differences and similarities. The Gospel of Luke describes the conception and birth of John the Baptist and Jesus while the gospel of Luke describes their life after birth. Summaries, variances, and connections of these two gospels are discussed below.

John as we know today was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus. He was also the brother of James, who was also an apostle. John was the son of Zeebee and of Salome. His father was a fisherman while living in Bethsaida in Galilee on the border of the lake Gennesareth. John's mother was one of many women who gave to the maintenance of Jesus Christ. John's parents were very good people, they loved God and his son. It is said that john and his brother James were fishing when Jesus came and chose them. They were soon known as the fishers of men. The John of whom I am talking about is John the Evangelist.

The Gospel of John, the last of the four gospels in the Bible, is a radical departure from the simple style of the synoptic gospels. It is the only one that does not use parables as a way of showing how Jesus taught, and is the only account of several events, including the raising of Lazarus and Jesus turning water into wine. While essentially the gospel is written anonymously, many scholars believe that it was written by the apostle John sometime between the years 85 and 95 CE in Ephesus. The basic story is that of a testimonial of one of the Apostles and his version of Jesus' ministry. It begins by telling of the divine origins of the birth of Jesus, then goes on to prove that He is the Son of

John presents a very different Jesus compared to the synoptic gospels. It is clear that for John Jesus has many complex elements to his personality and without all of these the picture is not complete. The above quote by Käsemann suggests that in the gospel of John Jesus’ divinity is definite and his presence is felt on the entire world through his words and actions. This allows for the human Jesus but implies the divine Jesus is imperative.

All four gospels present Jesus as both the Son of God and son of man. They all record His baptism, the feeding of the 5,000 from five loaves and two fishes, Mary's anointing of the Lord Jesus, His prayer in the garden of Gethsemane, His betrayal, trial, crucifixion, death, burial and resurrection. However, each writer

Their Christology was influenced by the ambient Hellenistic cosmology according to which the cosmic reality consisted of heaven, earth and the underworld (Cf. Phil 2:5-10). This influence results in the threefold division of Jesus’ existence being, his pre-existence (v.6), his becoming flesh in the incarnation (vv.7-8) and his final exaltation following his death and resurrection (vv.9-10). From the Gospel of John the Son of man was portrayed as “ the one who descended from heaven” ( Cf. Jn. 3:13). The proper name for Jesus and the Son of God to this community took on a higher meaning and the title Lord became central in addressing Jesus. With their Greek background, Christ was confessed as the eternal Logos who the author of the Gospel of

This Gospel also gives the location of Bethany, which has not been done. In John 1:30, John the Baptist says to Jesus that he ranks ahead of him because he existed before him, but in Luke, John the Baptist was a few months older than Jesus. In John, was John the Baptist talking about Jesus’s literal age or was he inferring something else? Also in the Gospel of John, I like how John the Baptist sees the dove flying and that is how he knows it is Jesus. In the Gospel of John, John the Baptist has said “Behold, the Lamb of the God” (John 1:36) twice.

1. It seems that from the very beginning of John’s gospel we see a dramatic change in content and in form from all the other gospels. As we discussed in class, John uses the same words or phrases over and over again to make certain points. I decided to focus on the first word that is repeated, which is ironically “word.” The word was eternal, the word was with the divine, the word was divine, and that word became flesh. The question is: what in the world is that word, and why did John choose that word?

John focuses on the metaphors regarding Christ to impress upon, the identity, magnitude, and the ultimacy of Christ' humanity and social values. He is the Lamb of God, the great Shepherd synchronously. In the rest of this scene, John is testifying to the Savior once again, by adovocating for Jesus Christ. John incessantly demotes himself and gains knowledge in (Jn: 32-33 ESV).

The Gospel of John proclaims: “whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him at the last day. For my flesh is true food and my blood true drink” (Jn 6:54-55). The words of Apostle John give us the ultimate assurance of the many blessings that the Cross of Christ has won for us in which, there overflows numerous blessings which come to us whenever we participate in Eucharistic sacrifice, because to receive the Eucharist during Mass, is to receive Christ Himself who has offered himself for us, who promised his disciples eternal life and intimate union with him. The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that, our Christian life has foundation in the Eucharistic banquet and we need daily nourishment from it in our pilgrimage journey until the moment of death, when it will be given to us as viaticum.

“The gospel gives away more to as who Jesus was as person and telling of his teachings in the ministry. John takes us behind Jesus’s ministry, where we get a glimpse of what it means to believe in Jesus as flesh of the eternal and living God, as the source of light and life, and for a believer to be a ‘Son of God.” (Sparknotes

Johannine literature truly portrays Jesus as God, with the theme of His deity interwoven throughout numerous passages. In this respect, John’s style differs from the other four gospels, as Bickel & Jantz (1998) point out that the other three had been written prior to John’s gospel, therefore, “he wasn’t interested in just retelling the events” (p. 222). Since Jesus is the focal point of Scripture, a scholar of the New Testament with uncertainty concerning Jesus’ oneness with God will fail to perceive the crux of Christianity. Therefore, in spite of its importance, John does not focus on Jesus’ entrance into the

The Gospel of John differs in many key areas to the Synoptics,and I will address some differing lines of thought.

The gospel of John does not have the birth story of Jesus as it is documented in the Synoptic gospels instead refers Christ as eternal word which became flesh. Gospel of John lacks records of Jesus’ Baptism by John the Baptist but instead records his baptism activities hence contradicting role of John the Baptist in Jesus’ Baptism. Another difference of gospel of John from the synoptic gospels is that there is no indication of temptation of Jesus by Satan but records that Jesus could not be tempted because of his unity with the Father. John indicates that Jesus taught without parables something contradicts synoptic gospels. There is no accounts of apocalypse in the gospel of John but instead indicates that Jesus completed his messianic role (Harris, 2014).