In John 1:1, John said “the Word…”. The Word, or Jesus, has been with God since the beginning of time, and now there is a witness named John the Baptist that is testifying about Jesus coming down to the Earth. John 1:1 was most likely written between 90-100 AD, and the book was written by Jesus’ disciple John. John’s intented audience were both non-Christians and doubtful Christians because he wanted to confirm them in their faith. Jesus has been with God for forever and will be coming down to Earth shortly, but at the time of John 1:1, Jesus is living in Heaven while John is testifying about him. This phrase was said as a prologue for the gospel of John. Some of the people Jesus returned to, the Jews, did not recognize him as the Word, but thought of him as a prophet or a teacher.…
The genre of this book is gospel. The key theme of John is Jesus Christ is the Son of God, and he is the one who gives everlasting life. Key characters in this book are Jesus, John the Baptist, Lazarus, and Mary Magdalene. The first part of John tells of Jesus’ ministry and teachings. John tells of how Jesus performed miracles such as healing the lame and blind and bringing Lazarus back from death. The story of the feeding of the five thousand is also mentioned in John. In chapters 13-17 John tells of Jesus’ time just before his death and resurrection. Here, Jesus prays for His disciples and for Himself. The last part of the book tells of the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Here, He is crucified on the cross after being trialed and convicted illegally. Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene after arising from His tomb. He also appears to His disciples.…
Throughout Jesus walk on the earth He performed many miracles amongst His disciples that we have no acknowledgement of. The signs that we are aware of in John were put there so that we would believe that Jesus is the Messiah and the Son of the Most High God in Heaven. I believe there were many more because Jesus had such a hidden life in His beginnings.…
The Gospel of John, written by John the Apostle, is unlike from the other three Gospels and covers copious theological contented in respect to the being of Christ and the significance of faith. Matthew, Mark, and Luke are frequently mentioned to as the "Synoptic Gospels" for the objective that of their identical periods and comfortable, and meant at they suggestion a plan of the period of Christ. The Gospel of John twitches not thru Jesus' birth or worldly ministry but then through the action and features of the Son of God previously His becoming man (John 1:14). The Gospel of John highlights the divinity of Christ as is understood in his usage of such expressions as "the Word was God" (John 1:1), "the Savior of the World" (4:42), the "Son…
Jesus performed eight particular miracles in the Gospel of John that revealed His deity. These miracles are unique to study because they all serve towards showing us that Jesus is Divine. They also show different aspects of Jesus’ divinity. Seemingly these miracles were purposeful in their intent towards showing those present with Jesus, and millions that have followed, aspects of Jesus’ power and mission. These miracles serve as a witness to all of us of Jesus’ authority. They also provide comfort when we reflect on the fact that nature, spirit and life all are in His control and hand.…
In the book of revelation the apostle John begins describing the revelation that God gave to Jesus Christ, his only begotten son according to John 3.16 “to show his servants the things that must soon take place” (Rev 1.1). In other words,…
The Apostle John and Irenaeus testify that Mark wrote down many things that Peter, as one of the Apostles, told him.…
The Sadducees, Pharisees and the Scribes were deeply concerned about Jesus. They knew at once that he was “utterly different and could not be silenced” (Hester, 1963, p. 155).…
Jesus' first act was to be baptized by John the Baptist, a charismatic and ascetic figure who called people to repentance and baptized those who responded. This event marked the beginning of Jesus' ministry. After the baptism, several of John's followers left to follow Jesus. Jesus then selected several others until he had established a group of 12 disciples. Jesus then spent from one to three years teaching and working miracles among his disciples and before large crowds. His recorded miracles included turning water to wine, walking on water, cursing a fig tree, healing the sick, multiplying a small meal to feed a crowd, casting out demons, and even raising a man from the dead.…
Peter asked Jesus “Lord’ who will be the one to turn you in? will it be me? “and Jesus told him “ the one who eats out of my plate will be the one to turn me in”. it was non other than Judas who would betray him.…
The Gospel of John’s main theme is to show people ultimately Jesus Christ is the Son of the Living God and everyone that believes in Him will have everlasting life. John 3: 16 “For God so love the world He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believed on Him shall have everlasting life”. John 20: 31, "Jesus performed miraculous signs before his disciples, which are not all recorded in this book. "The scripture is written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name." Culpeper lists eight miracles in the Gospel of John of which six are found only in the gospel of John. Culpeper emphasizes the uniqueness of the gospel of John; John does not list the genealogy, birth,…
Jesus is worshiped by the people and they believed that he is the one to help them learn…
The first reason is that Judas is corrupt when it comes to money, as he was a tax collector, and he would do anything to get extra money. It says in John 12:6, “…he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag, he used to help himself to what was put into it.” Judas went to the chief priests and offered to bring Jesus in, in exchange for thirty pieces of silver, which is worth about $600 dollars back then.…
Jesus was a Jew, believed by all Christians to be the son of God. However the Jewish religion does not recognize him as the son of God; why is that? The Jewish religion believes that Jesus was a prophet, but not the “Messiah” only because he did not fulfill the messianic prophecies, Jesus did not embody the personal qualifications of the Messiah, and the Biblical verses referring to Jesus were “ mistranslated”. What was the Messiah supposed to accomplish?…
The Jews thought that when their Messiah came he would come to rule the world with power. However, Jesus came into the world in the most ordinary way possible. He was not born in a palace or castle, but instead was born in a place where animals lived. While still a boy, Jesus sat in the synagogue and knew things about God that others did not. Jesus never became angry, annoyed, or impatient, but…