Gospel According to John: Bible Commentary: The Evangelicals

By D. J. Lawrence and D J Lawrence

The apostle John is second only to Paul in his contribution to the New Testament scriptures. For various reasons we accept that he is the author of the fourth Gospel, and not the least among them is his intimate knowledge of the Lord himself, 2.24, 4.1, 19.28, and of the holy land, 1.28, 2.1, 3.23. In addition, he knows the disciples in a special way, pretending that he was an eyewitness, 1.40, 6.8.
But Juan makes no mention of himself. In considering the specific way in which he names people, we have to come to the conclusion that it is who is not named in 13.23 ("one of the disciples, whom Jesus loved"), 20.2 ("the other disciple" ran to the tomb), etc. If someone else had written this Gospel, it would have been strange for him to omit the name of such a well-known person as the Apostle John.
The Gospel was written towards the end of the 1st century when John was of advanced age. He remembers in great detail the glorious days of his youth when he walked with the Son of God. His is the last of the Gospels and he takes it for granted that his readers are already aware of certain notorious facts. Define the reason for his narration: as "so that believing, you may have life in his name", 20.30, 31.
From the abundance of available material, the apostle carefully chooses certain details, so that we believe that Jesus is the fulfillment of ancient prophecies, and more than this, the Son of God. For John, the Messiah has the nature of God himself and by believing in him men can rejoice in the possession of eternal life.
Excerpt 21.24, 25 can be seen as a brief summary of the Gospel: "This is the disciple who testifies to these things, and wrote these things; and we know that his testimony is true. And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which if they were written one by one, I think that not even in the world the books that would be written would fit. Amen". It reminds us of the trustworthy testimony of John and the wonder of Christ, since by recording all that he did, the world could not contain him. If 20:30, 31 says that he wrote so that we may believe for a blessing, these two verses say that he wrote his testimony and the fullness of his inexhaustible theme.
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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08HT9PVZT
• ISBN13: 9798685361851
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 88 Pages
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