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Gospel According to John Free FREE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JOHN PDF D. A. Carson | 728 pages | 15 Feb 1991 | SPCK Publishing | 9780851117492 | English | Nottingham, United Kingdom Gospel of John - Wikipedia Gospel According to John theologically profound Gospel is composed by the beloved disciple John, who dined next to Jesus at the Last Supper. John's Gospel gives a fresh depiction of the life, passion, death, and Resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. The "hour" of his Passion expresses his Kingship and His triumphant road to glory. Remember that John was the only Gospel According to John at the foot of the Cross with Mary. Jesus, when dying on the Cross, gave his Mother Mary to John The Prologue of John is a sublime piece of world literature! In ExodusGod refers to himself as "I am who am. John in his writings particularly expresses the love God and his Son Jesus have for mankind - "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life" John His Gospel is the only one which presents the miracle of the wedding feast at Cana, the discourse on the Bread of Life, the raising of Lazarus, the references to the living water and the Holy Spirit, the washing of the disciples' feet, the Prayer of Jesus, and his words to Mary and John at the Cross. John portrays Jesus in control of the events leading up to the Crucifixion, as events He must undergo to be obedient to his Father and save mankind. Just as Moses in the Book of Exodus prescribed the sacrificial Lamb must be eaten for the first-born son to have life at the Passover, so we must partake of Jesus, the Lamb of God, at the Eucharistic Sacrifice to have eternal life. The symbolic element of the miracle becomes primary in John. For example, in John 9, the interest in giving sight to the man born blind is not just Gospel According to John gift of sight, but in his coming to the spiritual insight of faith, an insight made possible by Jesus, the light of the world. The Gospel of John enumerates seven signs of Jesus: he turns water into wine at the wedding feast of Cana ; the healing of an official's son in Capernaum ; the healing of a paralytic on the sabbath by the pool in Bethesda ; the feeding of the five thousand ; walking on water ; the healing of a man born blind ; and the resurrection of Lazarus John also records three appearances of Christ to his disciples following his Resurrection. The sharp contrast between good and evil is portrayed in John's favorite imagery of light and darkness. He refers to the son of perdition in Johncalling him the antichrist in First John, and and Second Johnand explicitly names him in Revelation King James I commissioned a group of Biblical scholars in to establish an authoritative translation of the Bible from the ancient languages and other translations at the time, and the work was completed in The original King James Bible included the Apocrypha but in a separate section. A literary masterpiece of the English language, the original King James Bible is still in use today. Gospel According to John by permission. All rights reserved. Are you Elijah? Let us have an answer for those who sent us. What do you say about yourself? Jesus looked at him, and said, "So you are Simon the son of John? You shall be called Cephas" which means Peter. And he found Philip and said to him, "Follow me. You are the King of Israel! You shall see greater things than these. My hour has not yet come. Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born? Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about Gospel According to John sixth hour. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband: 18 for thou hast had five husbands; Gospel According to John he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly. Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him. After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. He that honoureth not Gospel According to John Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape. It was now dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them. They were frightened, 20 but he said to them, "It is I; do not be afraid. What work do you perform? How does he now say, 'I have come down from heaven'? You have the words of eternal life; 69 and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God. After Gospel According to John things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world. Why go ye about to kill me? Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ? But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee? Search, and look: Gospel According to John out of Galilee ariseth no prophet. Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more. Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Gospel According to John also. And Jesus saith unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe Gospel According to John Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never Gospel According to John of death. And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing. He said, I know not. He said unto Gospel According to John, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them. He said, He is a prophet. And they cast him out. And he worshipped him. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly. Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world. Believest thou this? They said unto him, Lord, come and see. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go. Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Gospel According to John, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them. Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out Gospel According to John this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly. Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards. I will lay down my life for thy sake. Verily, verily, I Gospel According to John unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice.
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