Team 1: Question 1B

Besides the differences in synopsis, The Gospel of John as a significantly different discourse when talking about Jesus. Also his claims are much more grand than any other of the Gospels. His prologue asserts that Jesus, was always the Son of God, even before his arrival on Earth. He is also the word and the light, and with all of these things together, without explicitly saying it, John refers to Jesus as the Logos. This eternal Jesus becomes the sole mediator between the divine and the earthly world. This discourse is why scholars refer to The Gospel of John as “high Christology”, because he is more divine here than any other gospel. However it is important to note that John makes the distinction that even though Jesus is Logos, he is still subordinate to God; which will help develop the tradition of the holy trinity.
Later, John attributes Jesus to saying very divine things. Unlike in the Gospel of Mark, Jesus here elaborates his own divine role. These are referred to as the “I am” passages, which all include quotes of Jesus making declarations about himself. the first, in John 6:35, Jesus compares himself to the bread of life, in which through him their lives will be fulfilled. One of the most quoted John Verses is 8:12, in which Jesus claims he is the Light of the world, and again whoever finds him (the light) will not wander in darkness. Then, Jesus uses another incredibly similar analogy, begging he question why are these statements so evenly spread apart? In 10:7 Jesus compares himself to a gate for sheep, once again being the middle man to salvation, and without him there will be none. In John 14:6, Jesus doesn’t use an analogy to explain his divinity, but finally blatantly says that he is the way in life, and anyone that knows him will also know God. This is interesting how many times he had to say the same thing, and eventually say upright and obvious. because then John 15 starts off with the same message of high Christology, but once again Jesus uses an equivalent analogy, of him being the vine, and God being the vine grower. Meaning God has set in place the opportunity to flourish spiritually, but you must go through Jesus.

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