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John the apostle makes it clear that this other “John” was not the Light... a. Not only here in the prologue - Jn 1:8 b. But also immediately following the prologue - cf. Jn 1:19-20 3. John the Baptist’s purpose in bearing witness of the Light... a. That all might believe - 1 Jn 1:7 b. The same reason John the apostle wrote his gospel ...
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John’s experience of Jesus’ love as an exclusive relationship allowed him to reach deeper than any of the other Gospel writers. It permitted him to write a book that stands as a monument of grace and truth that is unparalleled in the Bible and in any other world literature. We do not know for sure when John met Jesus for the first time.
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John 1. 1 That Word begotten of God before all worlds. 2 Which was ever with the Father. 14 Is made man, 6-7 For what end John was sent from God. 16 His preaching of Christ's office. 19 The record that he bare given out unto the Priests. 40 The calling of Andrew, 42 of Peter, 43 Philip, 45 and Nathanael.
The Gospel of John was written to the whole world for the purpose of convincing people that Jesus is the Christ (which means Messiah...or „anointed one‟), and that by believing in Him, they might have eternal life in His name. This is precisely what John tells us in John 20:31. John 20:31 ...these are written that you may believe that Jesus ...
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Aug 13, 2024 · The Gospel of John was likely scribed by Andrew in the presence of John and others, just as Hebrews was Paul’s Gospel, sent by Luke by way of Mark to Ephesus after the June 29, 57 A.D. deaths of Peter and Paul, John (and the Church of Ephesus) being the recognized “son of thunder” leadership of the Churches (with Peter’s departure) until John’s death about 41 years later.
The Apostle John is usually credited with the authorship of the fourth Gospel. First of all, the author had to have been an eyewitness of the ministry of Jesus (1:14; 19:35; 21:24). He would have also had a decent familiarity with Palestine before the destruction of the temple in AD 70, and would have been familiar with the Jewish way of life.
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He subordinates John to Jesus, perhaps in response to members of John's sect who regarded the Jesus movement as an offshoot of theirs. [75] In the Gospel of John, Jesus and his disciples go to Judea early in Jesus's ministry before John the Baptist was imprisoned and executed by Herod Antipas. He leads a ministry of baptism larger than John's own.
