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Gospel of John

Jesus Son of God

+Gospel of John

While Luke presents Jesus Christ

as the Son of Man, John presents

Him as the Son of God.

+Genealogies in the Gospel

Matthew traces Jesus back to Abraham

Mark traces Jesus back to the Prophets

(1:1-4)

Luke traced Jesus back to Adam (3:38)

John traces Jesus back to God (1:1-14)

+Gospel of John

Unlike Matthew, Mark and Luke, John

does not contain parables. Instead he

uses allegorical language to

communicate the identity and work of

Jesus Christ.

+John in the NT

The NT mentions five men with the name

John:

1. John the Baptist: 1:6, 15, 26, 29

2. John, the Father of Peter: 1:42

3. John Mark: Acts 12:12

4. John of the Sanhedrin: Acts 4:5-6

5. John the Son of Zebedee: 13:23; 19:26

+Gospel of John

Of the four Gospel, John most

clearly states the purpose for

which it was written (20:30-31)

+Gospel of John

The key work in the Gospel is

“believe.” The word believe is in

the gospel 98 times! This requires

knowledge and will (8:30-31; 14:1-

15; 20:31)

+The Seven “I am” Statements

1. “I am the bread of life” 6:35

2. “I am the light of the World” 8:12

3. “I am the Gate for the Sheep” 10:7

4. “ I am the Good Shepherd” 10:11,14

5. “I am the Resurrection & the Life” 11:25

6. “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life” 14:6

7. “I am the True Vine” 15:1

+The Seven Signs:

1. Water to wine: 2:1-11

2. Healing of the Official’s son: 4:46-54

3. Healing of the Lame man: 5:1-18

4. Feeding of the Five Thousand: 6:1-14

5. Walking on water: 6:16-32

6. Healing of a blind man: 9:1-7

7. Raising Lazarus from death: 11:1-45

+Seven Discourses

1. Son of God is the Savior: 3:1-21

2. Son is the living water: 4:1-26

3. Son is one with the Father: 5:17-47

4. Son is the bread of life: 6:22-59

5. Son is the light of the world: 8:12-59

6. Son is the good shepherd: 10:1-21

7. Son is the way, truth, life: 14:1-16:35

+Gospel of John: Prologue 1:1-18

The prologue (1:1-18) of John is very

important to the gospel. What John is

doing is setting up the entire structure of

the book for the reader to follow. The

Gospel of John presents Jesus as

“theology top-down,” while the other

Gospels present Jesus from the ground

up (birth-ascension)

+Prologue 1:1-18

The Prologue is a foyer to the rest of the

Fourth Gospel (as John’s Gospel is often

called), simultaneously drawing the reader in

and introducing the major themes. The

following parallels between the Prologue and

the rest of the book immediately stand out.—

D.A. Carson

+Prologue Breakdown

Pre-existence 1:1-2

In him was life 1:4

Life is light 1:4

Rejected by dark 1:5

Not quenched 1:5

Light in the world 1:9

Christ rejected 1:11

17:5

5:26

8:12

3:19

12:35

3:19;12:46

4:44

Prologue Gospel

+Prologue Breakdown

Born of God 1:13

Seeing his glory 1:14

One and Only 1:14,18

Truth in Jesus 1:17

No one has seen God, except

the one who come’s from God’s

side

1:18

3:6; 8:41-42

12:41

3:16

14:6

6:46

Prologue Gospel

+Jesus the Word: “Logos”

John declares the preexistence and identity of

Jesus (v. 1-2)

1. The Word (Logos) was preexistent

2. The Word (Logos) was with God

3. The Word (Logos), was a different person

than the Father. However, He is co-equal

and co-eternal with the Father.

+Looking into the Seven Signs

Water to Wine: the first of the seven “signs”

(2:1-11)

1. Jesus was on his own schedule

2. Jesus was superior to Jewish traditions

3. Jesus’ followers recognized a great work

+Sign 2

The second sign of Jesus came in Cana

(place of first sign). The nobleman asks

Jesus for a miracle not out of curiosity but of

concern for his child (4:43-54). Jesus would

not do a miracle for show but would for

human need.

+Sign 3

The third sign happens in Bethesda (5:1-18).

Jesus healed a man that was paralyzed for

38 years. Concern rather than joy was the

response of the Jews. Jesus warned the

man from purposefully living in sin. Jesus

was accused of breaking the Sabbath and

blasphemy.

+Sign 4

The fourth sign is the feeding of the five

thousand across the Sea of Galilee (6:1-14).

This is the only miracle other than the

resurrection of Jesus that is reordered in all

four Gospels.

+Sign 5

To escape the crowds that intended to make

Jesus king by force, the disciples crossed

the sea by boat. Jesus joins them by walking

on water, calming the storm and their fears

and escorts them to the shore (6:16-21)

+Sign 6

The sixth sign of Jesus has Him healing a

blind man from birth (9:1-12). The frustrated

Pharisees cannot deny the miracle even

through an interrogation of the former blind

man and his parents (9:13-25). Lastly, the

chapter reveals the spiritual blindness of the

Pharisees (9:35-41).

+Sign 7

The last sign is raising Lazarus from the

dead, which show that Jesus has the final

“say-so” of life and death. This is the ultimate

sign, and it is also the turning point of the

Gospel.

+The Upper Room Discourse (13-17)

1. Servanthood: 13:1-17

2. Sacrificial love: 13:18-38

3. Simply believe: 14:1-15

4. Promises for distressed hearts: 14:16-31

5. Progressing in Discipleship: 15:1-16a

6. Preparing for the future: 16:4b-33

7. Priestly Prayer: 17

+Important works of the Holy Spirit:8-

15

1. Convince the world of sin

2. Convince the world of justice

3. Convince the world of judgment

4. Cause the saints to discern truth

5. Clarify the truth regarding Jesus