The New Testament Book of John: An Analysis

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.

It is also interesting to note that even though John makes it very clear that the author is Jewish, the Gospel is written primarily for a Greek audience. Because of his knowledge of the Old Testament, which he continually quotes, his understanding of Jewish ritual and culture and he knew and understood the prophesy of the coming Messiah, there is no doubt that either John was Jewish himself or he studied Judaism very well. However, the lack of concern for proving the prophecies set down in the Book of Isaiah supports evidence that this was not a testimony to a Jewish audience. Throughout the gospel, Jesus is shown as being both fully God and fully human, a concept that is more synonymous with Greek culture. Also, the very beginning of John states that Jesus was with God

In the New Testament, more specifically in the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus ushers in a new way of thinking centered around Earthly suffering and the reward of Heaven. John the Baptist, a man of much faith, plays an important role in representing this theme; in Chapter 14 of the Gospel of Matthew, John, faces Earthly Suffering when he is unjustly put in jail and killed. Though the New Testament is an elaboration of the Old Testament, it carries different themes and teachings. Noticing this shift, Italian painter Michaelangelo Merisi da chose to depict the scene of John the Baptist’s death, elaborating on the bible verse and using his dramatic painting in order to provoke more emotion from his audience.

name of the author. There are no other indications in the bible either. There are two important factors that tell us that John is the author. In the Gospel of John it identifies the author as the disciple whom Jesus loved. This likely pointed to John and there are three reasons. First, John was one of the twelve disciples, he was a witness of the actual events (John 21:14). He was part of the inner circle of the disciples because Mary told him first of the resurrection (John 20:1-10). John was distinguished from others in the book. The Gospel of John was discovered around AD 135. However, some scholars think that it was written (AD 70) when Jerusalem was destroyed. This writer believes that AD 85-90 is the more accepted time for the writing of the Gospel of John.

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.

To understand the connections between the Gospel of John and the three articles together one must first understand the importance of each book separately. The beginning of the Gospel, Jesus is immediately referenced as the Word in fleshly form. The gospel was meant as a testament of Jesus’s signs in hopes that people might understand and believe that he is the true Messiah. In the Old Testament Genesis 1:1, ‘the beginning there was nothing but darkness until the Lord said let there be light and it was given’. In 1 John 1:5 John speaks that “God is light and there is absolutely no darkness in Him” if we understand that from the beginning of time there was the Word of God who spoke light (life) into darkness in the beginning of Genesis and continues to speak light (life) throughout the darkness (sin) that still continues to plague humanity.

The book of John is the 4th of the gospels. It follows the first three pretty well but also differs from them in many ways. It was said to be written by John but they also say that John was never truly mentioned as the author and that he constantly refers to himself as the “disciple whom Jesus loved”. A lot of scholars say that there were multiple authors to this book and there are even scholars who think that because he never refers to himself as John, that it was never written by him at all. This book was written around AD 90-710. The biggest debate over the authorship of this book is due to the fact that the book of John is very slandering towards the Jewish community. It focuses a lot on how much the God disliked the Jews and how they were constant opponents to Jesus. Scholars have even gone as far to say that John was anti-Semitic and have tried to have the book removed because of its hateful tone. For example, in chapter 8 it states the Jews father is Satan. However, a lot of people will go on to say that this is just a literary example of the constant conflict the Christian church had with the Jewish community. With all that being said there are plenty of people that think this gospel is the best because John spent the most time with Christ and went on to write other books such as Revelation.

Finally, the Book of John concludes the Gospels within the New Testament. The Book of John is broken down into four sections. The first section serves as a prologue. Subsequently, the second section accounts for the miracles Jesus’s performed. Following the second section, the ascension to the third section entails the glory of God. Conclusively, the fourth section finishes off with epilogue, including the reappearance of Jesus after his resurrection. Similarly to the other books of the Gospels, the Book of John introduces Jesus’s baptism performed by John the Baptist and concludes with Jesus’s death and resurrection. On the contrary, the Book of John focuses on literal elements and symbolic elements. The Book of John included seven miracle

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.

John became the apostle of love. I will discuss the hermeneutic of and show how John’s view of love-God’s and Christians- is different from that of the world. I will explain how his power was used to bring love while respecting values of Jews and Gentiles.

John 3:6 says that flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to Spirit. Christ is the Spirit, and because of that we could be united in Spirit and could be purified. The relation between the virgin birth and the salvation work, now clearly showed. Because of Christ is the Spirit and could not be touched by sins, then He is also born from the pure one. He must be born from the sanctified womb, to keep the purity and avoid Him from sins, otherwise He will not able to save us because He is also captivated by sins.

The book of 1 John is defense his teaching of the history of Jesus's physical humanity. John uses the type of language that would imply the Christ was amongst him in existence. An example of this is when John says 'we have seen it with our own eyes" and "felt it with our own hands".

John's relationship with Jesus was exceptional. As one of the first disciples that Jesus picked, John was one of the three in Jesus’ inner circle. He was one of the few that were with Jesus from the beginning of His teachings, he was present during Jesus’ crucifixion and was a witness to His resurrection. "When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: 'Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. I am the Living One; I was dead', and behold I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades", which comes from one of the five Gospels John wrote, (REV 1: 17-18), King James Bible 2005.

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