READING RESPONSE:
JOHN
Nathaniel Loper
CS 101: Bible Survey
November 7th, 2016
John: Summary
The book of John is a narrative history, containing teachings and prophesies of Jesus. It is the fourth book of the New Testament, fourth of the gospels, and forty-third book in the Bible. According to church tradition, it was written sometime around A.D. 85-95 by the Disciple/Apostle John. (Whitlock 2016) The book begins with a statement of Jesus’ divinity, gives examples of His ministry, and concludes with John dispelling tales that he would not die until Jesus’ return.
Chapter 1 opens with the verse; “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” [ASV John 1:1] John is trying to make it abundantly clear that Jesus is much more than a man. The expression “Word” is used for Jesus, who is the living mouthpiece of God. (Whitlock 2016) The rest of the beginning verses go on to tell us that Jesus is fully human, but he is also fully and infinitely God.
Chapters 2 through 12 tell of specific events in Jesus’ ministry. Jesus turned water into wine [ASV John 2], healed a Capernaum nobleman’s son [ASV John 4], caused a lame man to walk on the Sabbath (and was challenged by the Pharisees for it) [ASV John 5], and stopped those same Pharisees from stoning a woman caught in adultery [ASV John 8], along with many other happenings in these chapters. This section also contains the world’s most famous Bible verse, John 3:16. In chapter 3,
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
Book Summary: Revelations were written around A.D. 96 by John. It is an apocalyptic book describing the revelation Jesus Christ gave to John. It was written for all Christians.
God (1:1, 18; 20:28). Here, too, Jesus makes a series of important "I am" statements
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.
One of the major themes of the Book of John is to prove that Jesus is the Messiah and the Son of God. What makes these miracles so special is the difficulty faced to create them and what each is trying to teach. There are seven main miracles, seven being a significant number throughout the bible, that are used to help better understand Jesus and his true identity. We can also find a last miracle in His resurrection, which in itself is simply put that Jesus is a part of God because of how impossible this action seemed. The last miracle is sometimes skipped as a sign that Jesus is the Christ and Messiah. This book was written from true events which is why it is made important and allows people to see who Jesus is. The reason
John, on the other hand, has a much different focus. It opens similarly to Mark with the beginning message of John the Baptist and his purpose to “make straight the way for the Lord” (1:23). Jesus enters the book towards the end of the first chapter and remains the focus for just about the remainder of the book. John is incredibly different than Mark because it depicts more of a personal and detailed view of Jesus. It excludes many of his core teachings and focuses on how he
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 Synoptic Gospels were written altogether almost 30 years prior to John. The Gospel of John was written under much different conditions, for a different audience, with a different purpose, and with a greatly different theme and emphasis (HENRY MORRIS). Many details and stories found in the Synoptic Gospels are omitted from the book of John. The Fourth Gospel has no report of Jesus’ birth, his baptism, the Last Supper, his temptations, and nothing of the ascension and Gethsemane. John does not cover the many healings of possessed people.
There is also a major difference between the gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke versus that of John. For the former three, it is hypothesized that Mark was the first gospel to be written, and that Matthew and Luke wrote their accounts with the gospel of Mark and a lost document, referred to as Q, as sources (Oxford Christian Dictionary, 2005). This
For many years, people have tried to approximate which year the Gospel of John was finished. Many scholars believed that it was written sometime between 140-170 CE, and many would also agree that John was the last written of the four Gospels. It is very hard to set a date for this Gospel because of how the theological nature has developed. However, most scholars believe now that it was
The Gospel of John is the fourth book of the New Testament. Apostle John, also known as the disciple whom Jesus loved, is credited with the authorship of this Gospel. John’s Gospel was written to prove and give acknowledgement to the fact that Jesus is the Son of God as well as the promised Messiah. There is no record of Jesus’ genealogy, birth, or childhood, however, John describes Jesus as being “in the beginning”, and “the word” (John 1:1). This gives evidence that Jesus is an eternal deity, the Son of God. John 1:3 reveals Him to be the creator. John 1:29 announces Jesus as “The Lamb of God, whom takes away the sins of the world”. Jesus himself reveals his own God nature when He unveils the seven “I Am” qualities of His character. Seven
The gospel of John, one of the ultimate, miraculous and wonderful Gospel on beside of the first three other Gospels recorded in the books of the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke) to be called as known” the Synoptic Gospels.
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.
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).