Contents

CONTENTS

General preface

Author’s preface

Chief abbreviations

Select bibliography

Commentaries on the Gospel of John

Other commentaries, books, monographs and articles

1. Significance

3. Some distinctive features of the Gospel of John

4. The Gospel of John and the Letters of John: a scenario

5. Literary genre

6. Composition of the Gospel of John

7. Purpose and readership

9. Date and place of writing

10. Historical reliability

11. Recent trends in the interpretation of the Gospel of John

12. Theology of the Gospel of John

13. Structure of the Gospel of John

1. The prologue (1:1–18)

A. The Word as he was in the beginning (1:1–5)

B. The ministry of John (the Baptist) (1:6–8)

C. The true light comes into the world (1:9–11)

D. Those who receive the Word become children of God (1:12–13)

E. The coming of the Word into the world (1:14)

F. The testimony of John (the Baptist) (1:15)

G. The Word makes the Father known (1:16–18)

2. Jesus’ work in the world: the book of signs (1:19 – 12:50)

A. John (the Baptist) bears witness to Jesus (1:19–34)

B. Early disciples follow Jesus (1:35–51)

C. The wedding feast at Cana (2:1–12)

D. Jesus goes up to Jerusalem for Passover (2:13–25)

E. Jesus and Nicodemus (3:1–21)

F. The ministries of John (the Baptist) and Jesus (3:22–36)

G. Jesus and the woman of Samaria (4:1–42)

H. The healing of the royal official’s son in Cana (4:43–54)

I. Jesus heals an invalid at the Pool of Bethesda and the aftermath (5:1–47)

J. Jesus and the bread of life (6:1–71)

K. Jesus goes to Jerusalem for the Festival of Tabernacles (7:1–52)

L. Jesus forgives a woman taken in adultery (7:53 – 8:11)

M. Jesus in conflict with the Jews of Jerusalem (8:12–59)

N. Jesus heals a man born blind (9:1–41)

O. Jesus, the good shepherd (10:1–21)

P. Jesus at the Festival of Dedication (10:22–42)

Q. Jesus restores Lazarus to life and the aftermath (11:1–54)

R. Jesus’ hour has come (11:55 – 12:50)

3. Jesus’ return to the Father: the book of glory (13:1 – 20:31)

A. The Last Supper (13:1–30)

B. The first part of the farewell discourse (13:31 – 14:31)

C. The second part of the farewell discourse (15:1 – 16:33)

D. Jesus’ prayer (17:1–26)

E. Jesus’ betrayal, the Jewish trial and Peter’s denials (18:1–27)

F. Jesus’ trial before Pilate (18:28 – 19:16a)

G. Jesus’ crucifixion and burial (19:16b–42)

H. Jesus’ resurrection (20:1–31)

4. Epilogue (21:1–25)

A. Jesus appears to seven disciples (21:1-14)

B. Jesus rehabilitates Peter (21:15–19)

C. Jesus responds to Peter’s question about the beloved disciple (21:20–23)

D. Conclusion (21:24–25)

Additional notes

‘The Son of Man’

The different words used for ‘temple’ in 2:13–22

Being born of water and the Spirit

The kingdom of God

Well-traditions

The Saviour of the world

Jesus’ ‘deception’ of his brothers

The experience of the Spirit before and after Jesus’ exaltation

‘In my name’/‘in his name’

The paraklētos

‘My kingdom is not of this world’

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