Gospel Of John

‘Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, with all thy soul, with all thy mind, and with all thy strength. The second is like unto it. Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two precepts hang all the law and the prophets’ (Mathew 22.37, 38, 39, 40). ‘By this all men know that they are my disciples, if ye have love one to another’ (John 13.35) …’He who loveth God loveth his brother also’ (1 John 4.21) …’If any man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar’ (1 John 4.20) …The first thing that takes our attention is the saying of Jesus, ‘Thou shalt love,’ etc. (501-2)

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.

"It appears, that of all the apostle John was especially favoured with our Lord's regard and confidence, so as to be called the

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

All of the Gospels describe the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, but each author illustrates the stories differently. Scholars believe Mark is the first Gospel written and is symbolized by a lion to denote Christ as powerful and fast-paced. The Book of John, understood to be the last gospel composed, is perceived as an eagle because the story differs greatly and is often more developed than the other Gospels. Comparing John 2 to the Gospel of Mark will depict unique themes and characteristics of Jesus.

The passage of Jesus giving a new commandment of love to his disciples describes how he exercises his authority as the Son of God, echoing his Christology from chapter one that identifies Jesus as the Word incarnate (cf Brown 119). This passage from John 15:12-17 was written with the historical context of the Johannine community of Ephesus that John traditionally wrote to in 80-110. As a result, I think it was clever that John has Jesus talking about love and friendship in this passage. There was “growing tension between the early Jewish Christian community and the religious leaders of the dominant majority,” so in mentioning love and friendship I think John intends to strengthen the bonds between the community he is writing to. The audience of John’s gospel would likely be familiar with these growing tensions, and as a result, would find this commandment of Christ’s to be necessary, yet challenging.

The genius of the Apostle John resides in his ability to penetrate to the theological

The Gospel of John is amazing and unique in its own way. There's a lot of different controversies that arises to the surface because of the differences between John and the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke). There are differences in stories, themes, writing styles, and so on. It's like hearing 4 different people tell the same story. You will always get something different; different answers, details, etc.

Jesus is the central figure of Christianity. He was born in Bethlehem, Israel, about 2,000 years ago, and at the age of 30, He began His ministry which lasted 3 1/2 years. He gathered 12 disciples who followed Him throughout Israel as He went around teaching and performing miracles. Eventually His popularity and His views, which conflicted with the legalistic Jewish leaders of the time.

John the Baptist has the privilege of baptizing Jesus therefore he plays an important role in not only the Gospel of Mark, but in Jesus’ life. John proclaimed, “The one who is more powerful than I is coming after me; I am not worthy to stoop down and untie the thong of his sandals. I have baptized you with water; but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.” (Mark 1:7-8) This baptism was showing that we need to “repent for the forgiveness of our sins.” (Mark 1:4) John is aware of how mighty Jesus is, and knows that he is the coming of God, the man of all creation. John baptized Him in the Jordan, where afterwards Jesus “saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit descending like a dove on him.” (Mark 1:10) Evidently, Jesus being baptized

When we place our trust in Him as our Savior, He makes us God’s children, co-heirs with Him. He comes to dwell within us through His Holy Spirit, promising that He will never leave us or forsake us. No matter what we go through, He is there, and His love is ever available to us. He rightfully reigns as a supreme King in heaven, we need to give Him the position He deserves in our lives as well. It is only then that we will experience life as He intended and live in the fullness of His love.

With the changing of tides shortly after Jesus’ ascension, the death of the all the disciples but John and the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem, a new way of sharing the Gospel was needed. The reason for this new means of communicating the Gospel was because no one was left who had actually walked with Jesus. Therefore, John the disciple throws a “rummage sale” in writing his account of Jesus; which was so much different than the other three Gospel writers. His purpose was for people to know what it means to follow Jesus without him being physically present as he was for the twelve. Specifically, John focuses on the personal conversations of Jesus and others (Peterson 2); so much so that 90% of John’s book is unique, contains no parables

This plan includes both Jew and Gentiles by the intention of God so that Jesus is lord of all and the gospel can go to all. In showing how jesus taught this he called people out into the kingdom of god and brought them into discipleship this is what the gospels is about and for. This sets up the ideatheat we see in acts that gentiles are included in this movement without having to become jews first and in that move we see the emergence of the church as the jewish community pushes back particularly on the inclusion of gentiles into the message and concern of the people between the two volumes you've got this emphasis on reconciliation that comes through salvation that is being highlighted and luke is laying the salvation part of that picture of the foundation for that and understanding that by the way he presents who jesus is in the

In the Gospel, Jesus was described as merciful. He was merciful because he offered Simon a miracle of being abundant in fish. Simon was doubtful of Jesus' words due to the fact that he couldn't find any fish that day. Simon cast his net, but he did not believe the lord's word. When Simon found out that Jesus' words were true, he came back to the shore. As soon as Simon came back, he fell on his knees and told the Lord to leave him because he doubted

This essay will show contrasts in views on the Gospel of John regarding authorship,dates, and the relationship between John's Gospel and the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke. Some comparison of thought, concerning composition and life setting, will also be presented.