Introducing the Gospel of John FPCF Christian Education January 2018 1. The Strange World of the Gospel of John 1. 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 John 6. 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 “John the Apostle”, the 2. The Basics son of Zebedee, known here as “the one whom Jesus 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. Book of Signs (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 LOGOS” 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 I AM 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. Nicodemus 2. Woman at the Well 3. On “The Sabbath” Seven Teachings 4. Bread of Life 5. Living Water 6. Man Born Blind 7. Good Shepherd εγω ειμι ego eimi I am... 1. Bread of Life 2. Light of the World 3. Gate for the Sheep Seven I AM 4. Good Shepherd Phrases 5. Resurrection and the Life 6. Way, Truth, Life 7. True Vine 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 Pharisees (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 John 2. 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. John the Baptist 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. Mary Magdalene 15. Mary/Martha/ Lazarus 16. Pilate 17. Joseph of Arimathea 4. Characters (cont.) Questions?.