What Is The Gospel Of John

John presents a very different Jesus compared to the synoptic gospels. It is clear that for John Jesus has many complex elements to his personality and without all of these the picture is not complete. The above quote by Käsemann suggests that in the gospel of John Jesus’ divinity is definite and his presence is felt on the entire world through his words and actions. This allows for the human Jesus but implies the divine Jesus is imperative.

The Gospel of John is a persuasive argument for the deity of Jesus. It concentrates on presenting Jesus as the Word (Logos), that is, God (1:1) who became a man (1:14). Thus John meticulously records the statements and describes the miracles of Jesus that can only be attributed to God Himself. Jesus called Himself the bread of life (6:35, 41, 48, 51), the light of the world (8:12; 9:5), the door for the sheep (10:7, 9), the good shepherd (10:11, 14), the resurrection and the life (11:25), the way, the truth, the life (14:6), and the true vine (15:1, 5). Each of these statements begins with the words, “I am,” recalling God’s revelation of His name, “I

The book of John was written in AD 90, and it was written by John himself “the beloved disciple.” The main characters of the book of John were of course John and Jesus. The book of John was one of the four Gospels of the New Testement. However, it was different than the others. “John’s Gospel is different by nature from the other three. It is an interpretation of the facts of Jesus’ life with an emphasis of His deity” (Hindson & Towns, 2013, p. 342). The book of John first tells us about Jesus’ preexistence and that this child would be born unlike any other child and that child would not depend on a mother, but He would depend on His father; God. This book tells us about all the miracles that He did. He fed thousands with five loaves of bread and two fish, he healed a lame man, and calmed a storm. Then the book of John goes to tell us about Jesus being arrested and the trials that He went through. Also, about Pilate trying to release Him, but could not. It was made up that He was to be crucified. He then was crucified and to make sure that He was dead they pierced his side. In the last chapters of John, it tells us that Jesus was buried in a tomb and He lay there for three days. After the third day, the tomb had been opened and Jesus was gone. He had risen!

The central theme of the Book of John is “Jesus is the divine Son of God who reveals the Father, providing eternal life to all who believe in him” (Strauss, 2011, 6749). John highly emphasizes Jesus’ identity by providing extensive reports of Jesus’

The first four books of the New Testament, collectively referred to as “The Gospels,” are Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Defined, gospel means “good news” (BD, 682). Together, these gospels written by distinctly different authors, each with a different perspective, offer marvelous insight into the life and ministry of the Savior and Redeemer, Jesus the Christ. Through their similarities and differences, they provide a beautiful testimony of his teachings and works to provide a dynamic and living picture of who Jesus is: a King, Christ in action, a human, and as the light and life of the world. Each author is striving to bring the good news of who the Son of God is and his amazing and infinite Atonement, to all mankind.

Christians across the globe have different ideas about Jesus and his story. The Gospel of John and the way it tells Jesus' story is quite different from the other three Gospels primarily because of its author. Even though it is not precisely known who the author of this Gospel is, it is very apparent that he was likely in very close relationship with Jesus himself. Identified only as the beloved disciple, or the disciple whom Jesus loved, we can see this close relationship with Jesus throughout the entire narrative of this Gospel (John 20:2). Therefore, the perspective that this author has of Jesus is one with no negativity whatsoever while also seeing him as both the Messiah and the son of God.

While numerous scholars say that John is the Gospel to the world (and Matthew to the Jews, Mark to the Romans, and Luke to the Greeks), a Jewish scholar such as Israel Abrahams might very well believe that the Gospel of John is the most Jewish Gospel of the four by the way it reflects Jewish traditions and symbolisms. According to David Wenham[i], there is more attention given to Jesus as the Messiah in the Gospel of John than in any of other Gospels. In John, from chapter one onwards people are directly talking about Jesus as Messiah, and then there is intense public debate about whether Jesus is Messiah or not in John 7:25-31, 41-44[ii], which indicates that John is quite mindful of Jewish issues.

The Gospel of John Our knowledge of Jesus comes to us in large part through the reading of the Gospels. The Gospels give us great information in regards to the life, ministry, public life, death as well as the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The Gospels present four different images of Jesus Christ. These four Gospels belonging to the New Testament talk about Jesus Christ from different perspectives, but at the same time they are complementary of each other. The differences in them exist due to differences in time, location, sources, audiences and theology.

Johannine literature truly portrays Jesus as God, with the theme of His deity interwoven throughout numerous passages. In this respect, John’s style differs from the other four gospels, as Bickel & Jantz (1998) point out that the other three had been written prior to John’s gospel, therefore, “he wasn’t interested in just retelling the events” (p. 222). Since Jesus is the focal point of Scripture, a scholar of the New Testament with uncertainty concerning Jesus’ oneness with God will fail to perceive the crux of Christianity. Therefore, in spite of its importance, John does not focus on Jesus’ entrance into the

The four Gospels all deal with the earthly life of Jesus Christ, but each one portrays him in unique ways. Mark presents the Lord Jesus as the Servant of Jehovah and the perfect Workman of God. Matthew portrays Christ as the Son of David and the Heir of Israel’s throne. Luke presents him as the Perfect Man. John portrays Jesus as the Heavenly One and the eternal Son of the Father (EXPOSITION).

The Prologue of John’s Gospel makes John’s view of “high christology” evident through John’s choice of words and portrayal of Jesus. Jesus is identified as the Logos, the Greek word meaning word or reason, for God’s creation of the world. In the opening lines of the Prologue, John shows Jesus to be identical

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.

John illustrates a different side of Jesus that the synoptic gospels do not portray in the bible. Over ninety percent of John's material put emphasis on Jesus first coming and illuminating his stature; he was known as the apocalyptic prophet who announced God's dawning while expelling demons (Harris, 2014). The Gospel of John was written for differently from the synoptic gospels for a reason.   John wanted to create a different perception of Jesus, so that people would know he was the son of God and that no one would falter in their faith for him (Harris, 2014). And in order to do so he wrote of Jesus in a strong virtue, so no one would forget his holiness.

For the Fourth gospel, the evangelist unveils Jesus’ ministry as “to make God known.” This implies that Jesus is the only one who is perfectly identified as the full revelation of God. He is the Word made flesh (cf. Jn. 1:14). He is the one as said in John 14:8 (Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us), and his response in verse 9 “[…] anyone who has seen me has seen the Father.” It attests to the fact that Jesus is “the Father’s only Son” John. 1:18 and also reveals the unique relationship that exist between God the Father and Jesus. The second person of the Trinity through whom creation came to be becomes incarnate. Jesus who is identified as the Word in the Gospel of John takes on flesh to communicate to

John, in the synoptic Gospel writings, showed that Christ was deity with the referencing of Jesus’s “I AM” statements. These statements are given for the believer. Unless one knows who they are in Christ, they cannot know who He is through the spirit. Knowing this brings about salvation in Him and faith through Him. John referenced seven emphasis of Jesus being deity, in the book of John, which are: