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FPCF Christian Education January 2018 1. The Strange World of the Gospel of . No birth narrative 2. No temptation 3. No baptism 4. Almost no 1. The Strange kingdom sayings World of the 5. No Parables Gospel of . No Exorcisms 7. A jumbled timeline 8. Long teaching units, lengthy dialogue What in the world is The Gospel of John and who wrote this? 2. The Basics 1. Anonymous 2. Traditionally attributed to “”, the 2. The Basics son of , known here as “the one whom Loved” 3. Dated between 90-110CE 4. Written probably within a Jewish Christian church trying to sever ties 2. The Basics with Judaism. (cont.) 5. Most likely, the last gospel to be written. 6. Written purposefully to be different. 3. Structure 1. Prologue (1:1-18) 2. (1:19-12:51) 3. Structure 3. Book of Glory (13:1-20:34) 4. Epilogue (21) The Prologue 1:1-18 1. An Ancient Christian Hymn 2. Connections to The Prologue “Genesis” 3. “THE ” 4. The Gospel in Summary The Book of Signs 1:19-12:50 The Book of 1. Seven Signs Signs 2. Seven Teachings 3. Seven Sayings 1. Water into Wine 2. The Official’s Son 3. Healing of the Paralytic Seven Signs 4. Feeding of the 5000 5. Walking on Water 6. Man Born Blind 7. Raising of Lazarus 1. 2. Woman at the Well 3. On “The Sabbath” Seven Teachings 4. Bread of Life 5. Living Water 6. Man Born Blind 7. εγω ειμι I am... 1. Bread of Life 2. 3. Gate for the Sheep Seven I AM 4. Good Shepherd Phrases 5. Resurrection and the Life 6. Way, Truth, Life 7. 1. To the woman at the well (I AM) 2. To the disciples in Other Key “I AM” the boat (I AM) Phrases 3. To the (Before Abraham was, I AM) 4. To the guards in the garden (I AM) The Book of Glory 13:1-20:31 1. Glory used often in . Glory = crucifixion, The Book of death, resurrection Glory of Jesus 3. Focuses mostly on the events of the final three to five days of Jesus’ life. The Epilogue Chapter 21 1. A late addition to the text (cf. 20:31) 2. Wraps up some The Epilogue loose ends (i.e. Peter, John) 3. No ascension 4. Themes 1. Darkness and Light 2. Belief and Unbelief 3. Water 4. Themes 4. I AM Sayings 5. Atonement 6. New Creation 5. Characters 1. THE LOGOS 2. God 3. 4. Jesus of Nazareth 5. The Pharisees / The 4. Characters “Jews” 6. The Holy Spirit 7. The Disciples (esp. Philip, Peter, Thomas, Judas, ‘the one Jesus loved’) 8. Nicodemus 9. Samaritan Woman 10. Royal Official 11. Sick Man by the 4. Characters Pool (cont.) 12. Woman Caught in Adultery 13. Man Born Blind 14. 15. Mary// Lazarus 16. Pilate 17.

4. Characters (cont.) Questions?