John's gospel is different from the other three ... And this gives the occasion now for the explanation of what this saying of Jesus means. And that explanation fills the whole rest of the ...

Support for this explanation comes from other indications that John no longer considered himself or his readers part of the Jewish community. For the evangelist, the Law of the Jews is "their Law" (15 ...

The second edition of Barrett’s justly famous commentary is an accurate barometer of this change.22 Scholars seeking to understand and interpret the Gospel of John may no longer bypass or downplay ...

The physical author of the Gospel, whether it was the apostle John or a close associate writing in his name, almost surely spoke primarily in an Aramaic language rather than Greek. Yet the Gospel ...

The gospel of John is dramatically different than the synoptic gospels (Matthew, Mark and Luke). Instead of organizing historical events into a chronology, John presents Jesus in all of his ...

Some Jewish works written several hundred years before John's gospel portrayed Wisdom as God's heavenly consort. This Wisdom, pictured as a beautiful woman, lived with God and participated in ...