Subject Index

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Z

A

Aaron, 459

abba, 462

abide, see remain

Abraham, 260–61

absence (of Jesus), 158–59

adulterous woman, see woman (adulterous)

adultery, 241–44

Aenon, 120

agency (Christology), 178, 223–24, 400–401

amen, amen formula, 78

Andrew, 120

angels, 555

anger (of Jesus), 318

Annas, 493–94, 513–15

anointing (of Jesus), 336–40

anti-Semitism, 264–65, 489–90, 511

aporia, 31–39

Arius, 31

arrest (of Jesus), 492–95

assurance, 427–28

Athanasius, 31

authority, 223, 324, 328–29

authorship, 25–27

B

Baptism, 71, 115–16, 120–21

Barabbas, 502

belief, see faith

beloved disciple, 21–22, 25–27, 75, 372–73, 494, 533–34, 553, 589–90, 596–97

Bethany (across Jordan), 73, 313

Bethany (in Judea), 312

Bethel, 78

Bethesda, 173

Bethsaida, 77

betrayal (Peter’s), 377

biblical literacy, 83–85

blasphemy, 297

blind man, 271–77

blindness (spiritual), 275–77

blood and water, 531–32

Book of Glory, 43–44, 363–64

Book of Signs, 41–43, 88–90

born again, 114–18, 124

bread from heaven, 197–202

bronze serpent, 117

brothers (of Jesus), 93, 222

C

Caiaphas, 95, 321, 490, 513–15

Calvary, 525

Cana, 90, 98, 108, 152

Capernaum, 93, 152, 196–97

capital punishment, 247–48

chiasm, 488

Christ, see Christology

Christology, 31, 51–61, 62–64, 65–66, 71, 74–75, 78, 81–82, 101–2, 123–24, 127, 132–34, 176–78, 184–85, 197–201, 223–26, 275, 278, 296, 324–25, 392–93, 400, 403–4, 443, 475, 545, 575

church, 103, 107, 112, 157, 292, 402, 465–69, 477–78, 563, 592–600

church and state, 520

civil disobedience, 184

cock crow, 497

comforter (Holy Spirit), see Paraclete

counselor (Holy Spirit), see Paraclete

courage, 444, 455–56

creation, 55–56

cross, 125, 201–2, 203–4, 258, 291, 321, 325, 330; see also crucifixion

crown of thorns, 503

crucifixion, 508–9, 524–36, 589; see also cross

D

Darkness, 118–19, 280

date (of John), 28–29

Dead Sea Scrolls, see Qumran

death, 326–29

death (sacrificial), 97, 325; see also crucifixion, cross

demon-possession, 259, 262, 293–94

denials (of Peter), 495–96, 520

determinism, 470

diabolical theology, 132

discipleship, 69–86, 75, 82–83, 85–86, 124, 149, 156–57, 344, 349–51, 371, 415–20, 423–45, 447, 465–66, 474, 548, 589, 593–94

dispensationalism, 409

divine birth, 58, 67, 114, 125

dualism, 55–56, 63, 128

E

Eagle, 15, 51

Eilat, 128–30

Elijah, 72

Ephesus, 21, 120

Ephraim, 322

epiphany, 492–93

eschatology, 33, 178

eternal security, 427–28

ethrog, 227

Eucharist, 202–3, 214–15, 364–67, 428–29

evangelism, 149–50, 156–57, 161, 306, 321, 479–80

F

Faith (and belief), 104, 159, 165–66, 201, 259, 261, 276, 281, 295, 316, 320, 327, 394, 456, 553–54, 562–64, 567, 576–77, 599

Farewell Discourse, 374–456

Father (God as), 462

festivals (of Judaism), 170–71, 220

filioque, 411

fishing miracle, 582

flesh, 58, 205, 256

food, 149

footwashing, 367–371, 378–79

forgiveness, 242–244, 561, 586–88

friend (of Caesar), 506

friend (of God/Jesus), 419–20

G

Gamaliel, 28, 230

general revelation, 58

Gentile, 292, 304–6, 321, 342–43, 352, 357–58

Gerizim, 146

Gethsemane, 344, 460, 474

Gihon Spring, 226

glorification, 59, 102, 204, 229, 258, 313, 342, 345, 375, 436, 442, 462, 465, 468, 476, 517–18, 588–89

glory, see glorification

Golgotha, 525

Gospel of Phillip, 23

Gospel of Truth, 24, 28

grace, 59

Greeks, 342

grumbling (or murmuring), 200

H

Hanukkah, 286–98

healing, 272–73, 280, 593, 598–600, 596

heavenly rooms, 403, 390–91, 406–7

hell (and theology), 283

Heptapagon, 594–95

hidden Messiah, 225

history (John’s church), 39–40

holiness, 466–67

Holy Spirit, see Spirit, Holy

hope, 63–64

hour, 92, 147, 257, 298, 343–44, 363, 442–43, 462

humanity (of Christ), 142, 532

humility, 369–70

I

I am (sayings), 148, 156, 195–96, 198–99, 252, 258, 262, 417, 492

incarnation, 29, 32, 51–61, 64, 134–35, 311, 393, 403, 408, 443, 463, 475–76

Irenaeus, 24, 27, 411

irony, 143, 172, 218–19, 223, 225, 275, 314, 322–23, 451, 512

J

Jacob, 78–79, 141–42

Jerusalem, 124

Jews, see Judaism

John Mark, 26

John the Baptist, 31, 56, 60, 69–76, 80, 115–16, 119–123, 126–27, 179, 298

John, son of Zebedee, 26, see authorship

Joseph of Arimathea, 113, 534–35

joy, 418–19, 556, 558

Judaism, 30, 71, 78–79, 102, 182–83, 260–61, 264

Judas (not Iscariot), 398

Judas Iscariot, 63, 200, 339, 368, 371–72, 379–80, 383–85, 491, 505

Judean ministry, 139–40

judgment, 179–80, 239, 349–50

K

King (of the Jews), 500–507, 511–12

kingdom of God, 114

kingship (of Jesus), 516–17, 525–26, 539, 541

know, knowledge, 463, 470

L

Lamb of God, 73–74

land (of Israel), 430–32

Lazarus, 26, 311–20

leadership, 133–35, 286–93, 513–16, 594

liberation theology, 211

life, 315–317, 325–26, 392–93

light, 119, 221, 255–56, 314–15

Lightfoot, J. B., 16–17

literary structure, 34–45

living water, 143–44, 228–30

Lord’s Supper, see Eucharist

love, of Father and Son for each other, 292; of God and Christ for us, 291, 319, 587; one another, 376, 380, 386–387, 426–27

lulab, 227

M

Malchus, 492

Martha (of Bethany), 312–20

martyrdom, 589, 600

Mary (mother of Jesus), 90–91, 528

Mary (of Bethany), 312–20, 336–40

Mary Magdalene, 528, 552, 555–56, 573–74

mashal, 289

Matthew, 77

Merlin, 517

messiah, 71–72, 96, 134–35, 146–48, 194–98, 295

ministry, 595–600

miracle, 92, 104, 166–67, 311, 327, 394; see also signs

misunderstanding (ironic), 112, 115, 156, 162, 202, 206, 222, 229, 258, 278, 313, 342, 345, 370, 393, 442, 505, 512

Moses, 60, 72, 117, 179, 224, 281, 459

mourning, 315

mysticism, 207, 213–14, 236, 423–24, 426, 477

N

Nag Hammadi, 28

name, naming, 76, 464

nard, 338–39, 354–55

Nathanael, 75, 77–78

nationalism, 105–6

new look on John, 25

Nicea, 31, 132, 408

Nicodemus, 58, 63, 111–19, 124–26, 230, 349, 535

night, 113, 373

O

Obedience (of Christ), 292, 345, 372

obedience (of Christians), 304, 386, 394–95, 418

objectivity, 408–9

omniscience, divine knowledge, 313

Origen, 73

P

Palm Sunday, 340–41, 356

palms, 341

Paraclete (Holy Spirit), 395–96, 398–400, 421–22, 436, 560; see also Spirit (Holy)

passion story, 485–86

Passover, 73, 95–96, 191–93

Perea, 140

persecution, 181–83, 185–86, 231–32, 265, 420–22, 424–25, 429–32, 466

Peter (Simon), see Simon Peter

Pharisees, 113, 249, 320

Philip, 75, 77, 150, 393

Pilate (Pontius), 490, 498–502, 513–14

pluralism, 407

political dissent, 105–6

politics (and religion), 519

Polycarp, 27

prayer, 319–20, 345, 394, 427, 442–44, 458–80

preexistence (of Christ), 62, 54–57

Presbyterian Church, 432

priests, 71–72

Prison Fellowship, 106

prologue (of John), 51–61

Promise Keepers, 105–6

prophet, prophecy, 194, 439–40, 449–50, 451–52

purification, see washing (ritual)

Q

Qumran, 25, 72, 97, 144, 173

R

Rabbi, 113, 124–25

Rachel’s tomb, 164–65

rapture, 409–10

realized eschatology, 331–32, 390–97

rebellion, 215

rebirth, see divine birth

remain, 415–16, 418

remembering, 399

remnant, 464

replacement motif, 88–90, 154–55

resurrection, 103, 293, 316–17, 320, 331, 397, 410, 440–41, 452–54, 552–63, 566–70

revelation, 29–30, 57–60, 61–62, 116–17, 122, 125, 127–28, 135, 143–44, 162, 205–7, 258–59, 323, 342, 397–98, 399, 407, 450–51, 464–65

S

Sabbath, 171–78, 224–25

sacraments, 31

sacrifice, 95, 201–2, 291, 321, 325, 461, 467, 526–29, 539, 543–44

salvation, 123, 125

Samaria, 138–53

Samaritan woman, 111, 139–59

sanctification, 297

Sanhedrin, 113, 320–21

Satan, 268, 373, 401, 449, 466

Sea of Galilee, 192, 582

Sea of Tiberius, see Sea of Galilee

Second Coming, 391, 404–5, 409, 590

see, 343, 452–53

sent (Jesus), 273–74

sexual sin, 249–51

Shechem, 141

shepherd, 286–88, 492, 588

shepherd (the good), 290–91, 301–2

signs, 92, 98, 153, 159, 165–66, 323–24, 327, 475–540

Signs Source, 151

Siloam (pool of), 226–27

Simon of Cyrene, 509

Simon Peter, 75, 492, 520, 553, 586–87, 597–99

sin, 57, 66, 74, 130, 175, 199, 215, 233–34, 246–48, 260, 272, 276–77, 437–39, 505, 561; see also Paraclete

Son of God, 74, 96, 123, 177–78, 297–98, 504; see also Christology

Son of Man, 79–80, 258, 276, 345–46, 374; see also Christology

sovereignty (of God), 200, 300–310, 306, 359, 463, 505, 517–18

Spirit (Holy), 32–33, 74–75, 116, 123, 126, 144, 147, 204, 228–30, 232–36, 405, 410–13, 530, 539, 544–45, 558–61, 575, 599; see also Paraclete

Spirit of Truth, 147, 421–22, 450; see also Paraclete

spirituality (of Jesus), 473–74

stumble, fall, 203–4, 422

suffering, 272, 313, 447

Sychar, 141

Syriac History of John, 23

T

Tabernacles (Feast of), 220–30

Tatian, 34

temple, 93–98, 99–101

Tertullian, 31

testimony, see witness

theology (of John), 51–602

Thomas, 26, 104, 314, 392, 562–63, 572

tomb (rolling stone), 315–16, 553

tradition, 163–64, 213–14, 265–66

tragedy, 518

transcendence, 477–78

treasury (of temple), 256–57

trial motif, 171–73, 181–87, 231, 396, 445, 495–96, 515

Trinity, 55, 132

triumphal entry, 341

truth, 59, 260–62, 392, 478, 501, 514

U

Unbelief, 347–49, 562

unity, 465–66, 468

Upper Room, 557–58

V

Venture Middle East, 209

vine, vineyard, 416–18

W

Washing (ritual), 72, 92, 102

water, 115, 141–45, 221, 227

way, 392

wedding, 90–92, 122

weeping, 317

wine, 92, 98

wisdom, 226

withdrawal (of Jesus), 298, 301, 306–7, 321–22, 346

witness, 57, 70–75, 80–83, 117, 148–50, 179, 181–82, 590–91

woman (adulterous), 237–51, 256

women, 332

word (logos), 54–55

world, 57–58, 63, 118, 150, 266–67, 380–81, 396–97, 420–21, 424, 429–32, 437, 444, 447, 448–49, 465, 470

World Vision, 209

worship, 147–48, 158–59, 164, 338

Z

Zealots, 100