PORTRAIT OF JESUS ACCORDING TO THE GOSPEL OF JOHN Prologue: The Gospel according to John presents Jesus as the eternal Word of God who ’became a human being and lived among us’. John has portrayed Jesus as the promised Saviour‚ the Son of God and that those who believe in him and have faith in him will have life (20:31). John’s Gospel and the Book of Genesis both begin with the words ’in the beginning’. The Word is said to be God and with God. The existence of the Word precedes creation and through
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passages in the Gospel of John that mention the “beloved Disciple” there is no evidence that it would be one person in particular. The book of John does an excellent job of remaining consistent in story and character of this mystery Disciple. Although Jesus is with him and speaks of him frequently‚ he is certain to not be mentioned by name. This obviously points the reader to examine the authorship of the gospel itself because of the consistencies in story throughout Jesus’s life. In John 21 it says in
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term John used to describe the miraculous actions of Jesus in his account of the Gospel. This term actually appears seventeen times throughout the Gospel‚ most notably in the seven miraculous signs performed by Jesus and recorded by John. John also uses a second term‚ ergon (ἔργον)‚ which also could be translated as “miracle”‚ but is more often translated as “work” or “deed”. It is important to examine the miracles recorded in the synoptic Gospels and the signs that appear in the Gospel of
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In the Gospel of John‚ the Book of Signs was written due to John seen the miracles of Jesus as signs of his heavenly‚ miraculous capabilities (Harris‚ 2014). The seventh and last sign in the Book of Signs‚ was the resuscitation of Lazarus; whereas‚ Jesus had a very dear friend named Lazarus that was very ill. He‚ however‚ did not go straight to this friend to save him as he had done many times for strangers in need. With this choice he explained to his disciples that he did not need to drop everything
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REQUIREMENTS FOR RLGN 4314 BY JJ LITTLE ANCHORAGE‚ AK SEP 6‚ 2016 It is clear that the lives of the authors of the Gospels and humankind in general were changed by Jesus of Nazareth. The fact that He was both human and Devine and thus a miracle are reinforced by those that have‚ and continue to experience redemption and salvation through His action at Calvary. The Gospel of John breaks to the front of the synoptic pack through “narratives and dialogue in an odd sort of way via a selection of deeds
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The Gospel of John selects only seven miracles as signs to demonstrate the deity of Christ and to illustrate His ministry. Some of these signs and stories are found only in John. His is the most theological of the four gospels and often gives the reason behind events mentioned in the other gospels. He shares much about the approaching ministry of the Holy Spirit after Jesus’ ascension. There are certain words or phrases that John frequently uses that show the repeating themes of his Gospel: believe
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Throughout the four Gospels of Matthew‚ Mark‚ Luke and John‚ it is apparent that there are similarities as well as differences when it comes to portraying the life and times of Jesus the Christ‚ the general descriptions of who Jesus was‚ and the sayings and deeds of Jesus during his short stay on this earth. Scripture scholars highlight that each Gospel writer viewed Jesus from a different perspective. “The Church has always and everywhere maintained‚ and continues to maintain‚ the apostolic origin
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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
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Chapter 3 verses 16 through 21 of the Gospel of John take a moment to explain the major question: Why did God send Jesus to earth? According to John‚ who may actually be a variety of authors‚ God sent God’s only son here to die out of pure love for humanity and the world God created‚ proof that all believers would forever belong to the kingdom of the Lord. John clarifies that Jesus actually is not here to condemn anyone‚ rather‚ he is here to bring salvation to the people of the earth. There is a
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The Gospel of John‚ written by an anonymous author in approximately 95 CE‚ is often attributed to John‚ the son of Zebedee‚ who was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus in the New Testament. According to scholars‚ several sources were used for this narrative‚ including a signs source‚ which recorded the signs that Jesus performed‚ a discourse source‚ which recorded Jesus’ speeches‚ and a Passion source‚ which recorded the crucifixion of Jesus (Ehrman 181). In addition to these sources‚ the author
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