The Gospel of John exemplifies the divinity of Jesus in various ways that differentiates itself from the three other synoptic Gospels. There is added detail about his love and compassion for his disciples and the people of the Earth. He describes himself as being like God multiple times throughout the story of John. This specific… Continue reading →
John stands alone when compared to the other three Gospel stories. His story functions to portray and elevate his status as well as God’s in this particular story, describing himself multiple times as synonymous with God and the imperative nature of belief in Him. John’s gospel story immediately starts out differently than Mark’s, as John… Continue reading →
Around the time of the epistles that were written by “John” (possibly John, son of Zebedee), a rift began between some Christian believers that is referenced in 1 John 2:19 when it says, “But by going out they made it plain that none of them belong to us.” The controversy that the Johannine community faced… Continue reading →
The Gospel of John stands out widely from the first three Gospels, Matthew, Mark, and Luke. These three gospels, which are called the synoptic gospels, are very similar to one another compared to the Gospel of John. The themes in John stand out in contrast to those in other early Christian writings. John says that… Continue reading →
The main crisis that affected the John group was the question of whether or not Jesus was human. John’s group believed that he was, and they thought it offensive that other’s believed that he wasn’t. This was mainly because it would mean he didn’t actually die on the cross (because if Jesus was divine, he… Continue reading →
Ten to twenty years after the production of Johns gospel sparked some controversy that led to conflict and ultimately created a division within the Johannine community. Scholars reconstruct these events into three stages, the pre-gospel stage, the gospel stage and finally the Letters stage. In the pre-gospel stage the Johannine community developed as a palestinian… Continue reading →
1) John illustrates that Jesus is “a God striding over the face of the earth” through his Gospel writings. He talks about passion, an empty tomb and the resurrection stories. In chapter 18 Judas betrays Jesus, but Jesus already knew this was going to happen in Chapter 13. Jesus knows that one of his disciples… Continue reading →
In the opening prologue to John’s Gospel there is a description of what John calls the “Word.” From the very first the “Word” is associated with God both approximately (with) and literally (was) and this association was established in the beginning before the creation of all else, of which the “Word” was involved in. The… Continue reading →
In the Gospel of John, miracles are used to convince people that Jesus is God and that his promises are real. John wants his readers to know that Jesus is something special and something different, and we see this from the beginning of the book: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was… Continue reading →
