John The Evangelist Research Paper

John uses the word “logos” at the beginning of his gospel, which roughly translates in English to “the Word.” Our book takes this idea one step further by explaining that “Logos can mean anything from a divine utterance to the principle of cosmic reason that orders and governs the universe” (Harris, 2012: 231). This is to say that John connected Jesus to the Greek idea that He was there at the beginning of when the earth was created and given its form and order. This, therefore, also connects this entity of Jesus to that which was sitting on the right hand of God at the creation of the universe, as told to us in the first chapter of Genesis.

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

Luke the Evangelist is quoted saying, “And so I tell you, keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.” My door opened specifically at the age of five. When I was young, I was consistently at the doctor’s office or the hospital or the ER. The medical history is colorful and still progressing. However, the sicknesses I endured have assisted in shaping my personality and outlook as well as given insight on my future plans.

The logos understanding in the New Testament has influence from the way Heraclitus used it. With all these translations and interpretations of the word, it conveys a theological meaning in John 1:1, 14, as well as Revelations 19:13. In these scriptural texts, logos is traditionally translated as “Word.”

It’s the day of the Holy Apostles track meet for my 8th grade year and the air was very brisk and breezy. The only running event I had for that day was the 800m race. I started running the 800m in 4th grade. It was my best race and the race I liked the most. I had never won the 800m against these schools before, and I definitely wasn’t expecting to win that day. My rivals in this race were from three other schools St. Leonards, St. Joan of Arc, and MQS . The girl from St. Leonards, Sydney Bartz, was a girl who I have beaten and have raced against since I was in 5th grade. My other two rivals were from St. Joan of Arc and MQS ,Zoey Goodman, who was the girl who I have been up against since 5th grade and I have never beaten her because she has

As briefly stated in the previous section of this paper, John was writing to both Jewish and Gentile Christians, post the First Jewish-Roman war. The era of his writing and the audience to which he was writing greatly affected what he was communicating with this passage of Scripture. The logos in the 90’s CE would have been understood by Greeks through a Platonic and Stoic worldview as a mediatory means between the divine and human realms or as the “reason”, the force by which the universe was structured. Philo, a first-century philosopher combined this understanding of the logos with the Jewish conception of “wisdom personified.” Before the writings of John’s Gospel, the Jewish writings personified Wisdom as a divine mediator of God’s person and intent (see Proverbs 8:27; 29-30; 35-36). One can see how language like this shapes and forms the understanding of Jesus that John wanted to convey to his audience. The Hellenistic audience, influenced by Plato would see Jesus as the mediating agent between heaven and earth, which was confirmed by Jesus in John 1:51, while Jewish readers would understand the Word of God through an Old Testament worldview as God in action, specifically in creation, revelation and deliverance. Craig Keener talks of John’s usage of logos in this way,

I was first introduced to Jesus Christ through several Korean missionaries from America, who came to my orphanage in Russia one day. A bright green church, which is my favorite color to this day, was implanted right behind my orphanage and the people of the church went around inviting and encouraging people to join them on Sunday mornings. We were told there would be donuts and other food. Of course that would lure any orphan right off the bat. I among other children, joined the church on Sunday mornings. Maybe it was simply the donuts, but I felt accepted right away. Although I was very fond of the things we were told and taught, they appeared to be only stories to me. The stories did not become an entity or reached my heart until after I got adopted into a Christian family three years later.

John 10:10 The thief does not come except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life and may have it abundantly. - John 10:10 HOLY SPIRIT: "What is the meaning of the word thief!" ME: In the Greek word that is translated thief there are two basic meanings: (1)

I really like how John the Baptist is so humble. He knew someone greater was coming soon and he embraced that. He did not label himself as a great prophet, but he highlighted greatly how one much more important is coming. That would be Jesus. John the Baptist said, "Behold, the lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. He also didn't even no who Jesus was or what he would be like. He seems a lot like us. We do not know that Jesus truly existed, it we still believe that he does and celebrate mass.

It appears that Jesus's baptism had no purpose at all. Jesus was sinless and pure. John the Baptist was surprised to see Jesus come to him. John the Baptist knew he was a sinner, and asked Jesus to baptize him because someone like himself was not worthy to baptize Jesus. "I need to be baptized by you and you come to me?" (Matthew 3:14) Jesus replied that it was to be done because “it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness” (Matthew 3:15).

The four Gospels all tell the same story, but they differ in the small details and the way in which the story is told. The “Gospel Authors” spent much of their time with Jesus and I’m sure the events they witnessed were truly remarkable. These Apostles did have flashbulb memories, which are memories of exciting or shocking events that can be clearly remembered, but they also had much more going on. To remember the events that happened and record them for Scripture, the authors had to encode, store, and retrieve these memories. Encoding would be when the Apostles are first experiencing the event. Their brains are taking in information and processing them in unique ways. They then stored these memories in order to retrieve them later. Finally,

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.

The ministry of Jesus began when Jesus was 30 years old, after his baptism in the river Jordan. Within three and a half years of his ministry Jesus did more miracles than any man in the world could have accomplished. He preached about the ways of changing lives and often gave parables to educate people. Even though he was rejected Jesus continued to spread the gospel in different cities around Israel, including Capernaum and Bethsaida.

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

John the Baptist is a significant and familiar character in the Bible. Even as significant and familiar as he is, very little is known about him. We are told that he was born to Zechariah, a temple priest, and his mother, Elizabeth, was a cousin to Mary, the mother of Jesus. From other bits and pieces within the Bible, we know he was an unusual character. He chose to live a rugged life in the mountainous area of Judea between the city of Jerusalem and the Dead Sea. His clothes were made out of camel’s hair and his diet consisted of locusts and wild honey. Yum! Even though little is known of him, his coming was foretold over 700 years prior by the prophet Isaiah. Isaiah said, “A voice of one calling: ‘In the desert prepare the way for