The book of john explained

Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans. In the book of john, we find that jesus ministry altogether was approximately 312 years. Book of john overview insight for living ministries. It is the only book of the new testament classified as apocalyptic literature rather than didactic or historical, indicating thereby its extensive use of visions, symbols, and allegory, especially in connection with future events. From the book dictated by the angels to marjorie sampair. He received the information for the book of revelation while he was banished to. The apostle john, who wrote the gospel of john and revelation, is without doubt the author. Follow along as john delivers his eyewitness account, and declares that jesus is, the son of god. Yet only onethe gospel of john claims to be an eyewitness account, the testimony of the unnamed disciple whom jesus loved. Major differences between john and the synoptic gospels. The book went through two to three stages, or editions, before reaching its current form, at the latest, around ad 80100. The most important chapters when it comes to the relationship between jesus and his. John is the fourth of the four gospel writings, yet there is only one gospel about jesus christ and there are four different writers. The first half of the gospel can be characterized as a book of signs.

It is written by the discipleapostle john around 8595 a. This stay was interrupted though by his exile on the island of patmos revelation 1. Commentary on the gospel of john chapter 1 by cooper abrams. John with book summary versebyverse bible commentary. After that john moved to minor asia ephesus where he is likely to have stayed till his death at a very old age around the year 100 ad. The prologue is a poetic introduction that presents the outline of the narrative and the essence of john s theology. Invoking the in the beginning language of genesis 1. The gospel of john is the only gospel that explicitly mentions why it was written. Its purpose was to warn about the increasing threat of false teachings and to reassure christians of their faith. A summary of the gospel according to john john in s bible. John commentary matthew henry commentary on the whole. John can be divided thematically into halves, preceded by a prologue and followed by an epilogue. Revelation to john, also called book of revelation or apocalypse of john, last book of the new testament. It is written anonymously, although it identifies an unnamed disciple whom jesus loved as the source of its.

John introduces the story of the revelation of the glory of god 1. The eight handbooks were dedicated to people who, in different ways, had a significant influence in my life and ministry. Apostle john sends greetings and prayer, commendation to gaius. One evidence of john s intended audience as being to the world was that he often explains names, places and customs which would be unfamiliar to nonjews, indicating the audience that god. It was written by the discipleapostle john around 8595 a. In christian tradition, johns gospel has always been referred to as the fourth gospel, meaning it was composed after the other three. He calls himself the elder see 2 john 1, which seems to have. The main theme in the bible book of john is to prove conclusively that jesus is the son of god and that all who believe in him will have eternal life. The name of john translated is jehovah is merciful, or the grace of jehovah. It describes jesus appearing and giving secret knowledge to john the apostle. The gospel of john begins with a lovely little poem about jesus. This is the disciple who is testifying to these things and wrote these things, and we know that his testimony is true john 21.

In the book of john, that we do not see in the other gospels is the conversation of jesus with nicodemus, the conversation with the woman of samaria, and many more. This letter brings special teaching on jesus as the light, life, and love. John 6 records christs fourth journey in the third year of his ministry when he preached by the sea of galilee. This was because jesus was the son of man see also john 1. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. The bible book of john with full chapters, footnotes and bible commentary to aid your bible search, reading, and study. The little book is the prophecy of my children of fatima and of garabandal. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of bible. In the book of john, christ speaks of god as the father over 100 times. The book of john series scott huckaby is developing a bible study series that will be a versebyverse exposition of the book of john. The book of john is a gospel that contains narrative history, sermons, parables, and a few prophetic oracles. Listen to commentary on the gospel of john, book 12 audiobook by cyril of alexandria.

That was the true light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. The gospel of john, also called book of john, is an eyewitness account written by. These factors suggest that john wrote the book between ad 85 and ad 95. Since it was known to the church father irenaeus, it must have been written before around 180 ce. This is one of my own personal favorites of all the sixtysix books of the bible. Toward the end, the author states that the purpose is to show that jesus is the messiah, the son of god. Of john s five new testament books, these three include a sermon and two personal letters, one of which may have been written to mary, the mother of our lord. This begins the study in the most spiritual book in the entire bible, the book of john. The secret book of john, also called the apocryphon of john or the secret revelation of john, is a secondcentury sethian gnostic christian text of secret teachings. David guzik commentary on john1 gives a prologue to the gospel of john,the testimony of john the baptist on jesus, and an account of the first disciples. The gospel of john is a great book that speaks of the person and work of jesus. Even among the twelve, john was one of the three apostles along with peter and james who were the closest to jesus. Study scripture verses with commentary, concordances, and use highlighting, underlining, take notes in the bible.

The gospel of john is the latestwritten of the four biographies of jesus that have been preserved in the new testament. John s gospel is the story of jesus, the messiah and the son of god. John bible book with full chapters king james version. An easyenglish bible version and commentary 2800 word vocabulary on the gospel of john. The gospel of john is probably the book that has been written last of all the books of the bible. John did not include the nativity story in his gospel. Although the first epistle of john does not bear any authors name it was never seriously doubted that the apostle john is the author of this epistle as well as of the fourth gospel. The remaining chapters deal with the closing days of jesus earthly ministry, when he gave instruction to his disciples and explained the meaning of his life and. Matthew henry 18 october 1662 22 june 1714 was an english commentator on the bible, who published his works in 1706, sixvolume exposition of the old and new testaments 17081710 or complete commentary, provides an exhaustive verse by verse study of the bible, covering the. The book of john was the last of the four to be written most probably in ephesus. Written by a christian named john, the contents of the book indicate quite clearly that the author was not the john who was one of the twelve disciples of jesus, for it contains no direct personal references of the type that one would expect from an. In john, jesus becomes human as the incarnation of the creator god of. Johns gospel free bible commentary in easy english.

Gospel of john versebyverse bible study and indepth commentary of the book of john in plain english for everyone to understand. The fourth book of the new testament is the gospel of john. Commentary on the book of gospel of john by matthew henry. The gospel of john verse by verse bible study the word was god john 1. John tells the good news about jesus a free bible version and commentary on the gospel of john in easy english. Those eight books are now combined into the onevolume bridgeway bible commentary, which is a companion in size, style and format to the bridgeway bible dictionary, an a to z of biblical information. The key personalities are the apostles peter and paul. The gospel of john was written by john, one of jesus twelve apostles. The book of 1 st john is a general epistle apostolic letter. He had been with god since the beginning, and all things had been created through him. The exact date of the writing was uncertain, as well. The letter was probably written from ephesus, but is uncertain.

The key personalities of this book are jesus christ, his twelve disciples, mary magdalene, john the baptist, lazarus, his sisters mary and martha. John describes how christs incarnation and death on the cross made god known and secured eternal life for all those who believe in him. Read john commentary using matthew henry commentary on the whole bible complete. Watch our overview video on the gospel of john, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. The book of john is not like the book of matthew, mark, or luke which cover the same period of time. The gospels, the first four books of the new testament, tell the story of the life of jesus. The gospel of john presents a marvelous testimony of jesus christ, and the purest and most elevated views of god to be. Study the bible online using commentary on john and more. Listen to commentary on the gospel of john, book 12 by.