The Gospel of John

Commentaries for the book of John

John 1
John Introduces the Story of the Revelation of the Glory of God (1:1-18)
John Presents the Revelation in a Nutshell (1:1-5)
The Light Came into the World (1:6-13)
The Word Became Flesh (1:14-18)
He Came to His Own (1:19-4:54)
Preparation Is Made for the Revelation of the Glory (1:19-51)

John 2
The Glory Begins to Be Revealed (2:1-4:54)

John 5
Jesus’ Revelation Reaches a Climax and the Conflict Begins, Leading to Jesus’ Keynote Address (5:1-47)
The Opening Revelation of the Glory Reaches a Climax (5:1-15)
The Conflict Begins (5:16-18)
Jesus Delivers His Keynote Address: The Revelation of the Father’s Son (5:19-30)
Jesus Concludes His Keynote Address (5:31-47)

John 6
Jesus, the Life-Giver and Judge, Is Revealed as the Bread of Life (6:1-59)
Jesus Demonstrates His Authority in Two Nature Miracles (6:1-24)
Jesus Reveals Himself to Be the Bread of Life (6:25-59)
Jesus Experiences Rejection by His Disciples (6:60-71)

John 7
The Conflict Intensifies at the Feast of Tabernacles (7:1-8:59)
Jesus Goes Up to the Feast in God’s Way (7:1-13)
Jesus Reveals Himself as a Disciple of God, Not of the Rabbis (7:14-24)
Jesus Reveals Himself as the Messiah Who Has Come from God and Who Is Returning to God (7:25-36)
Jesus, the Source of Living Water, Extends an Invitation to All Who Thirst (7:37-39)
Both the Crowd and the Pharisees Are Divided over Jesus (7:40-52)
Jesus Forgives a Woman Taken in Adultery (7:53-8:11)

John 8
Jesus Reveals Himself as the Light of the World (8:12-20)
Jesus Reveals Himself as the One from Above (8:21-30)
Jesus Clearly Reveals Both His True Identity and His Opponents’ Identity (8:31-59)

John 9
Jesus Forms a Community Around Himself Over Against Official Judaism (9:1-10:42)
Jesus, the Light of the World, Opens the Eyes of a Man Born Blind (9:1-41)

John 10
Jesus Is the Good Shepherd Who Is Gathering His Flock (10:1-21)
Jesus Claims to Be the Messiah and to Be One with God (10:22-42)

John 11
Jesus’ Revelation as Life and His Reception as King Lead to His Death (11:1-12:36)
Jesus Raises Lazarus (11:1-54)
Jesus Is Anointed at Bethany (11:55-12:11)

John 12
Jesus Enters Jerusalem as King of Israel (12:12-19)
Jesus’ Hour Arrives (12:20-36)
John Concludes the Revelation of Jesus’ Ministry (12:37-50)
John Reflects on the Tragedy of Unbelief (12:37-43)
Jesus Gives a Final Summarizing Pronouncement (12:44-50)

John 13
Jesus Meets Privately with His Disciples Prior to His Crucifixion (13:1-17:26)
Jesus Washes His Disciples’ Feet (13:1-20)
Jesus Predicts His Betrayal (13:21-30)
Jesus Introduces Major Themes of His Farewell Discourse (13:31-35)
Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial and Speaks of His Own Departure (13:36-14:4)

John 14
Jesus Declares Himself to Be the Way to the Father (14:5-7)
Jesus Speaks of Both His Relation to the Father and His Disciples’ Relation to the Father (14:8-21)
Jesus Contrasts His Disciples’ Relation to God with the World’s Relation to God (14:22-31)

John 15
Jesus Calls the Disciples to Remain in Him, the True Vine (15:1-17)
Jesus Speaks of Conflict with the World and of the Paraclete (15:18-16:15)

John 16
Jesus Predicts Joy and Suffering (16:16-33)

John 17
Jesus Concludes His Time Alone with His Disciples by Praying to His Father (17:1-26)

John 18
The Climax of the Glorification Begins: Jesus’ Passion and Death (18:1-19:42)
Jesus Is Arrested (18:1-11)
Jesus Is Confronted by Annas; Peter Is Confronted by People in the Courtyard (18:12-27)
Pilate Interrogates Jesus (18:28-19:16)

John 19
Jesus Is Crucified (19:16-30)
Enemies and Friends Attend to Jesus’ Body (19:31-42)

John 20
The Climax of the Glorification Continues: Jesus Is Raised and Meets with His Disciples (20:1-21:23)
Jesus Appears to His Disciples (20:1-29)
Mary Magdalene and Two Disciples Visit the Tomb (20:1-10)
John Declares His Purpose in Writing This Gospel (20:30-31)

John 21
Jesus Appears Again to His Disciples (21:1-23)
Later Disciples Bear Witness to the Beloved Disciple’s Witness (21:24-25)

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