Gospel of John

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Books of the
New Testament

Gospels

Matthew Mark Luke John

Acts

Acts of the Apostles

Epistles

Romans

1 Corinthians 2 Corinthians

Galatians Ephesians

Philippians Colossians

1 Thessalonians 2 Thessalonians

1 Timothy 2 Timothy

Titus Philemon

Hebrews James

1 Peter 2 Peter

1 John 2 John 3 John

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Revelation

1. Hymn to the Word

New Testament manuscripts

Jesus is the word

become flesh [Jn 1:118]

2. Book of Signs, Seven

Signs

Gospel of John

John the Baptist[1:1928]

Chapters [show]

Jesus is the Lamb of

God[1:2934]

Part of a series of articles

John in the Bible

First disciples of

Jesus[1:3551]

Marriage at Cana: the

first sign[2:112]

Jesus and the Money

Changers [2:1325]

Nicodemus the Pharisee[

3:121]

: The need to be born

again[3:16]

Johannine literature
Jesus surpasses John[3:22

4:4]

Gospel

Epistles
Samaritan woman at the

First
well: Jesus as the Water

Second
of Life [4:542]

Third

Healing the royal

official's son: the second

sign[4:4354]

Revelation

Authorship

Apostle

Evangelist

Patmos

Presbyter

Disciple whom Jesus loved

Communities

Twelve Apostles

Early Church

Related literature

Apocryphon

Acts

Signs Gospel

See also

Holy Spirit in Johannine literature

Johannine Christianity

John's vision of the Son of Man

Logos

The Gospel According to John (also referred to as the Gospel of John, the Fourth Gospel, or simply John; Greek: , to kata Ioannen euangelion) is one of the four canonical
gospels in theChristian Bible. In the New Testament it traditionally appears fourth, after the synoptic gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. John begins with the witness and affirmation of John the Baptist and
concludes with the death,burial, resurrection, and post-resurrection appearances of Jesus.
Chapter 21 states that the book derives from the testimony of the "disciple whom Jesus loved" and early church tradition identified him as John the Apostle, one of Jesus' Twelve Apostles. The gospel is closely
related in style and content to the three surviving Epistles of John such that commentators treat the four books, [1] along with the Book of Revelation, as a single body of Johannine literature. According to most
modern scholars, however, the apostle John was not the author of any of these books. [2]
Raymond E. Brown has proposed the development of a tradition from which the gospel arose. [3] The discourses seem to be concerned with issues of the church-and-synagogue debate at the time when the
Gospel was written.[4] It is notable that, in the gospel, the community appears to define itself primarily in contrast to Judaism, rather than as part of a wider Christian community. [5] Though Christianity started as a
movement within Judaism, Christians and Jews gradually became bitterly opposed.[6]
Contents
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1 Composition

1.1 Authorship

2 Sources

2.1 Order of material

2.2 Signs Gospel

2.3 Discourses

2.4 Inspiration

2.5 Trimorphic Protennoia

2.6 Date

2.7 Textual history and manuscripts

2.7.1 Egerton gospel

2.8 Position in the New Testament

3 Narrative summary (structure and content)

3.1 Hymn to the Word

3.2 Seven signs

3.3 Last teachings and death

4 Characteristics

4.1 Christology

4.1.1 Jesus' divine role

4.1.2 Logos

4.2 John the Baptist

4.3 Jews

4.4 Gnostic elements

4.5 Historical reliability

4.6 Development

4.7 Chronology of Jesus' ministry

4.7.1 Two-year ministry

4.7.2 Cleansing of the Temple

4.7.3 Earlier baptizing ministry in Judea

4.7.4 Repeated visits to Jerusalem

4.7.5 Date of the crucifixion

5 Compared with the synoptics

5.1 Comparison chart of the major gospels

6 History

7 Representations

8 See also

9 Notes

10 References

11 External links