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Mar 14, 2024 · The author was an eyewitness to the events (see John 21:24), and, based on the fact that he was the disciple “leaning back against Jesus” at the Last Supper (John 13:25), he was likely one of Jesus’ inner circle, with Peter and James.
Aug 13, 2024 · The author of John also knew Jerusalem well, as is evident from the geographic and place name information throughout the book. He mentions, among others, the Sheep Gate Pool (Bethesda), the Siloam Pool and Jacob’s Well. The geographic specificity lends credence to the John’s account.
Jul 21, 2024 · John the Apostle, the brother of James and son of Zebedee, is the John who wrote the three New Testament letters and the book of Revelation. There is proof that as early as 130 AD, John the Apostle was considered the author of the Gospel of John.
The author is the apostle John, "the disciple whom Jesus loved" (13:23; 19:26; 20:2; 21:7, 20, 24). He was prominent in the early church but is not mentioned by name in this Gospel - which would be natural if he wrote it, but hard to explain otherwise.
- John and Redemptive History
- Universal Themes in John
- The Global Message of John For Today
At the beginning of time, the word of God brought light and life out of nothing as the created order sprang into being. Writing his account of the ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus, the apostle John uses precisely these themes. “In the beginning,” John writes (John 1:1), using the same opening words as Genesis 1. John then speaks of the Wo...
The Surprising Welcome of Gentiles
Right from the start of John’s Gospel we learn that the Jews generally rejected Christ and that God was extending his grace to any who would receive him (John 1:11–13). Then, early in Christ’s ministry, John tells about Jesus extending grace to a sinful Samaritan woman, who was obviously an outsider. Thereafter in John’s Gospel we see hostility toward Jesus on the part of the very people who ought to have understood and embraced him—his own fellow Jews (John 5:16–18; 6:41; 7:1; 8:59; 9:22; 10...
Christ’s Extension of His Worldwide Mission through His Disciples
Jesus was sent to earth on a mission by God the Father, and in glad response Jesus sends his disciples out on a mission to the world, empowered by the Spirit: “As you sent me into the world,” Jesus prays to his Father, “so I have sent them into the world” (John 17:18; compare John 4:38; 15:16; 20:21–23). Christians from that time on, down to the present day, have acted as the hands and feet of Jesus as they have proclaimed the good news of salvation throughout the world.
God’s Concern for the World
The word “world” (Greek kosmos, from which we get our English word “cosmos”) occurs 186 times in the New Testament, and 78 of these occurrences are in John’s Gospel. The meaning of this word in John’s Gospel shifts slightly from one passage to the next. Sometimes it refers to the realm of darkness and sin (John 7:7; 12:31; 14:30; 17:16; 18:36). More often, however, the “world” in John simply refers to all the people who live on this planet. John tells us many times of God’s loving, saving att...
The Gospel of John awakens Christians around the globe today to the cosmic scope of salvation in Christ, and the eternal scope of God’s work in accomplishing this salvation, beginning in eternity past (John 1:1–3; 8:58). In John we see Christ reversing the curse of the fall as, for example, he heals the lame (John 5:1–9) or the blind (John 9:1–7). ...
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Feb 6, 2019 · The Apostle John (also known as Saint John) was one of Jesus Christ’s 12 disciples, and a prominent leader in the early Christian church. Along with James and Peter, John was one of Jesus’ closest confidants, and he is traditionally considered the author of the Gospel of John.
