The Gospel Of John 4: 5-42

The writer John gives to us a portrait of Jesus as a social boundary buster, by recording “his longest conversation, which takes place with a woman, as well as recovering her character and circumstances in spite of her marital issues.”

In the Gospel of John 18-33B-37 Pilot and Jesus are having a conversation. Pilot asks Jesus if he is the King of the Jews. Jesus asks Pilot in return if he asked that question because he thought Jesus was the King of the Jews, or because he was told that. Pilot responds to Jesus and said that he was not a Jew and it was his own people who turned in. Pilot then asks Jesus what he has done to make them turn him in. Jesus answers and tells Pilot that his kingdom does not belong to the people of this world. He continues saying that if it did the people would be defending him instead of turning him in as they had done. Pilot asked Jesus for the second time if he was the King of the Jews. This time

Discipleship within the Gospel of John is multifaceted. Discipleship cannot alone be described as follower of Christ because such an individual must be chosen by God, believe in Christ, witness publically about Jesus, be open to and/or be persecuted for the faith, and participate in the reception of the Body and Blood of Christ. Since discipleship is not a vocation that humans can choose for themselves, God must call and pick his chosen peoples. An example of Christ choosing those whom would be His disciples is seen in John 1:37-39 in which Jesus invites two of John of the Baptist’s disciples who had been following Him to “Come and …see” (John 1:39). This invitation for the two disciples to join was extended by God and this discipleship is divinely initiated. This divine invitation to Andrew and the other disciple is also extended to Simeon Peter (John 1:41-42), Philip (1:43-44), and Nathanael (1:45-51). With each call to “Follow me” (1:43), Christ gains another disciple, thus discipleship is not possible by human will, but only through divine initiative. An example of how human will cannot be a cause for discipleship is seen in Nicodemus’ human desire to believe and be a disciple (3:1-13). Because Christ has not called him by name to be a disciple, Nicodemus cannot grasp the idea of being reborn because he views this a problem to be solved rather than a mystery to encounter (3:4). Faith beyond the worldliness of his reality was impossible for Nicodemus, without divine

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

In comparison to many of the initially accepted books of the Biblical canon, John’s book of Revelation was written decades later, around 96 CE, and was forced to address the failure of the kingdom’s arrival. Many earlier Biblical books argued that God’s kingdom was imminent and would arrive swiftly, but the passing of time may have led to a gradual decrease in this sense of urgency and, by extension of this, religious faith in Jesus and his teachings. In response to this, John’s contemporaries faced him with a unique challenge to renew their eschatological beliefs and answer the mystery behind the delayed coming of the kingdom of God. Within the book of Revelation, John encourages his readers to strengthen their belief in the urgency behind

If you are at all familiar with the story that precedes the one in chapter ten of the Gospel of John you may remember early in chapter nine when a blind man was confronted by Jesus Christ. Most often in the Gospel stories it was Jesus who was normally confronted. Either with requests, questions or accusations. The requests ranged from ‘pleas to be healed’ or ‘please come to dinner’. The questions were numerous and at times tumultuous. The accusations increased as time drew nearer to His eventual death on accusations worst assault, the cross.

that he was also writing to the people who did not believe. John focuses on the divinity of Jesus Christ. The

Throughout the Gospel of John glorifying the cross brings light to it being the source of life through Jesus. This is evident, especially, in the story of the Samaritan Woman (at the well). In Chapter four verse 14 it says, “but whoever drinks the water I shall give will never thirst; the water I shall give will become in him a spring of welling up to eternal life.” From this verse, one can see how Christ is the Source; he quenches the thirst of the world if they believe in and seek him. Later on this chapter, the readers of John can see how this relates to the Cross, because in verse 34 it goes, “Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to finish his work.” Jesus was sent by the Father to give life and be humanity’s refuge. This goes back to the Cross, because the Son was sent by the Father to die on the Cross for Salvation.

One of the views against John is the church writers did not mention that his Gospel actually existed. After this some of these writers believed it to be his work while others believe it to be the work of Cerinthus who was a Gnostic teacher. It also never mentions the authors name in the text. They thought that it might be John the Elder but there is no information that connects him to the different writings. The argument for John the disciple of Jesus is that he was supposedly called the Beloved Disciple. There is nothing that says that John was the Beloved Disciple but it is inferred that this is the case. The Beloved Disciple did not come into the picture till late in the Gospel of John and took over Peter's spot has one of Jesus' favorite

In the Gospel of John we see in the first four verses that he makes a very powerful statement linking the Word, God, Life and the Light as all being one, a person. He does this by saying, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came to be through him and without him nothing came to be. What came to be through him was life, and this life was the light of the human race.” (JN 1:1-4). Jesus is the light that is spoken about in the first chapter of the Gospel of John. Without this light we are lost, but if we follow the light we will be saved from our evil ways and have hope.

In the Gospel of John 10:27-30 Jesus is speaking about how his people are like a flock of sheep. Jesus says that he knows all of his sheep by name, and that they are all followers of him. Since he has given his sheep eternal life, they will not suffer. Jesus’ sheep cannot be taken away from him and as long as they are with him they are in good hands. God the Father, who gave these sheep to Jesus, could not be separated from his sheep either. They both love us so much that it would cause them great suffering if they were ever separated from us. Jesus said that he and his father are one and that they are same person.

John chapter 1: In the first chapter the bible talks about how Jesus is the word he was in the beginning and will be there to the end, the chapter also talks about a person named john the Baptist, he was the man that was the first disciple, he was there and witnessed all the things God did and could go out and tell people about the wonders, he was also the one that got baptized to show people that it wasn’t just for the priest and so he kind of sent the bar for Christians. John chapter 2: In the second chapter, it talks about how God first went to the wedding In Cana and when he was there the wine ran out so he instructed the servants to go fill the jars with water so they did and it turned to wine, Jesus then when on to cleanse the temple and he then after that found out what was really in man.

The Disciple named John is the author of the New Testament book John. This is the disciple whom Jesus loved, and he was prominent in the early church. John knew the Jewish life style very well and knew the hostility between the Jews and the Samaritans. John has appeared to reflect on what an eyewitness would see during the events that took place while Jesus was on this earth. In John chapter 4 he tells the stories of “Jesus and a Samaritan Women” and “Jesus Heals on Officer’s Son”.

The original intent of this story still is confusing. Part of the reason the original intent is confusing, is because people focus more on the issue of whether the passage belongs in the book of John or not and how the passage functions. Yet Scott has come up with a way that this passage is probably intended: “The reader becomes increasingly aware that the trial is not about any form of justice, but is a put-up job.” When scholars begin to look at the story in this manner, scholars begin to see that the woman was being humiliated for someone else’s gain. This knowledge makes the Pharisees turn into a bully, as the Pharisees are possibly humiliating her for no important reason. Even in Jesus’s day bullies were looked down upon and were hidden from. So instead of the woman breaking the law, more likely the Pharisees broke the law when the Pharisees began to bully others . However, the Pharisees are the law enforcers so the Pharisees are not going to punish themselves for the wrong doing that the Pharisees have done.

The book of John expresses that the Word of God has always existed.This is illustrating that God has been here forever. He is an everlasting God. The Word is revealed as Jesus Christ. He, the Word, was with God and was God. Everything was created through Him. All aspects of life have light through the Word.