John, the Apostle, is the author.

He was the son of Zebedee, the brother of _________ (Matthew 4:21).

These two brothers were surnamed by our Lord, “The sons of __________” (Mark 3:17).

John’s mother was _________, who was probably a sister to Mary, the mother of Jesus (Matthew 27:55-56;

Mark 15:40; John 19:25).

John was the only apostle to witness the ______________ (John 19:26).

Authorship and Historical Background

James

Thunder

Salome

crucifixion

Most likely John was a disciple of _________________ before he began to follow Christ (John 1:40).

After the church began, John ministered alongside ________ on several occasions (Acts 3:1-4:22; 8:14-17).

John wrote _______ epistles, the R___________, and this Gospel.

John was the beloved pastor at Ephesus, and later (95 A.D.), he was exiled to _________ by the Emperor

___________ where he wrote the Book of Revelation.

Authorship and Historical Background

John the Baptist

Peter

three evelation

PatmosDomitian

The Gospel of John brings to a climax the FULL purpose of God in Christ.

It is also written to evangelize; John was written to bring people to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ with the result that they would receive eternal life (20:30-31).

In the other 3 Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke) we have learned what Jesus said, what He did, and what He felt.

We have seen these 7 high points of His life and ministry:

• His Supernatural B_____

• His Baptism

• His Temptation

• His Transfiguration

• His C___________

• His R_____________

• His A__________

irth

rucifixion

esurrection

scension

In all of the 3 preceding Gospels we’ve learned WHAT He was and now John presents the completion of _______ He

was.

The other 3 are a presentation of Christ; John is an _______________ of Him.

The first 3 show Jesus outwardly and John shows Jesus ___________.

The earlier 3 writers are mainly concerned with our Lord’s public utterances while John majors on His _________

conversations and thoughts.

Throughout the Gospel, John demonstrates the d______ of Jesus Christ. It begins with the declaration that Jesus is ____

(1:1) and ends with the climatic statement of __________ proclaiming that Jesus is Lord and God (20:28).

WHO

interpretation

inwardly

private

eityGod

Thomas

The Message of All Four Gospels Compared:

Matthew: The promised King is here: see His credentials.

Mark: This is how He worked as a Servant; see His power.

Luke: This is what He was like as the Son of Man; see His humanity.

John: This is who He really is; see His deity!

Two Classes of Gospels

SYNOPTIC (Matthew, Mark, Luke)

AUTOPIC (John)

Public ministry Private ministryGalilean ministry Judean ministry

Parables No parablesHuman side Divine side

Earthly aspect Heavenly aspectSynoptical Supplementary

Official Personal

John’s Gospel is Unique:

• John has the only record of Jesus’s early Judean ministry (chapters 2-4).

• It has more details on the last days of Jesus than the other Gospels (chapters 13-21).

• Ninety percent of John’s Gospel is unique as compared to the Synoptics.

• The name “Jesus” is used almost exclusively (239 of the 542 times in the Gospels are in John).

•This Gospel also stresses Jesus’s humanity in that He got tired (4:6), wept (11:35), thirsted (19:28), suffered (v. 18),and died (v. 30).

•Of the 46 names given Christ in the Gospels, John gives 33.

Four Movements of Christ in John (see 16:28):

1.I came from the ___________.

2.I have come into the __________.

3.I leave the __________.

4.I go to the __________.

Father

world

world

Father

The Gospel of JohnI. The Prologue; The Person of Jesus Christ (1:1-18)

II. His Public Ministry – 1:1-19 through 12:50A. The Announcer of Jesus Christ (1:19-28)B. The Presentation of Jesus Christ (1:29-34)C. The Disciples of Jesus Christ (1:35-51)D. The Ministry of Presentation to the Nation (2:1-12:50)

III.His Private Ministry; The Ministry of Instruction to the Disciples (Chapters 13-17)

IV.His Suffering and Death; The Ministry of Redemption to the World (Chapters 18 and 19)

V.Victory Over Death; The Ministry of Revelation to the Believers (Chapters 20 and 21)

I. The Prologue; The Person of Jesus Christ (1:1-18, NKJV)

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might believe. 8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. 9 That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world.10 He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. 11 He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. 12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: 13 who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.15 John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.’”16 And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. 17 For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.

I. The Prologue; The Person of Jesus Christ (1:1-18)

In the Prologue, notice that there are four names or designations of our Lord:

In verse 1: __________

In verse 4: __________

In verse 9: __________

In verse 18: _________

LIGHT

LIFE

WORD

SON

In relation to the

__________, Jesus is the

Word and the Son.

In v. 1, our Lord Jesus is

the Word. As the Word,

He is the expression of God

toward all men and also the

expression of God before

all creation (v. 2-3).

FATHER

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.

I. The Prologue; The Person of Jesus Christ (1:1-18)

In verse 1: __________

In verse 4: __________

In verse 9: __________

In verse 18: _________

LIGHT

LIFE

WORD

SON

In relation to the

_______, Jesus is the

Life and the Light.

From Him radiates all

illumination, both

intellectual and spiritual

(verses 4-9).

US

4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might believe. 8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. 9 That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world.

I. The Prologue; The Person of Jesus Christ (1:1-18)

In verse 1: __________

In verse 4: __________

In verse 9: __________

In verse 18: _________

LIGHT

LIFE

WORD

SON

The incarnate One (the Son)

is “full of ___________ and

___________.”

GRACE

TRUTH

14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.15 John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.’”16 And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. 17 For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

Full of GRACE to

r__________ man, and full of

TRUTH to r___________ God.

edeem

eveal

VERSE 1 VERSE 14In the beginning was the WORD And the WORD was made

flesh

And the WORD was with GOD And dwelt among us

And the WORD was GOD Full of grace and truth

The Facts of John 1:1 Compared with John 1:14 in the Prologue

II. His Public Ministry (1:19 through 12:50)

In chapters 2-11 John records seven signs or _____________ which prove that Jesus is the Son of God.

The seven miracles were:

1.Turning the __________ into wine (2:1-11)

2.Healing the nobleman’s ________ (4:46-54)

3.Healing a man at the _________ of Bethesda (5:1-18)

4.___________ the 5,000 (6:1-14)

5.___________ on the water (6:15-21)

6.Using the ground and His ______ to anoint and heal a blind

man’s eyes (9:1-41)

7.Raising of _____________ (11:1-57)

miracles

water

son

pool

Feeding

Walking

spit

Lazarus

What was the 8th miracle?

What was the 9th miracle after

the resurrection?

The Power of the Logos (Word) Over Cosmos (World)

The Cosmos Power of the Word (Jesus)Substance (what?) Turning water into wine (2:1-10)

Quantity (how much?) Feeding the five thousand (6:1-14)

Quality (what kind?) The blind man gets quality of sight (9:1-11)

Relation (to what?) Raising Lazarus to his new relationship with the living (11:1-44)

Space (where?) Healing the nobleman’s son from a distance (4:46-54)

Time (when?) Healing a man who had been an invalid for 38 years (5:1-9)

Position (on what?) Walking on water, an unnatural position (6:16-19)

Action (from what?) His victorious death (19)

Passion (on what?) His triumph resurrection (20)

State or habit (under what condition?)

Catching a multitude of fish (21:1-6)

II. His Public Ministry (1:19 through 12:50)

• In chapter 3 John records the “new birth” chapter and Jesus’

conversation with _______________.

• John records the incident with the S____________ woman in 4:1-

42. Here, He reveals that He is ”the ________ of life.”

• In chapter 5, John writes of the Fourfold Witness of Christ

(verses 32-47). In answering the _______, Jesus gives four

witnesses of His Messiahship:

1. John the __________ (5:33-35)

2. His w_______ (5:36)

3. The F_______ (5:37-38)

4. The S____________ (5:39-47)

Nicodemus

amaritan

water

Baptist

orks

criptures

Jews

ather

III. His Private Ministry; The Ministry of Instruction to the Disciples (chapters 13 through 17)

Here we see the heart of Jesus. He teaches us by every word and act (His Disciples and us):

- Chapter 13: humility (v. 5); cleansing (v. 10); love (v. 34)

- Chapter 14: comfort, His second coming (v. 1-6); promise of the Holy Spirit (v. 16-18 and 26)

- Chapter 15: abiding in Christ (v. 7-9); another promise of the Holy Spirit (v. 26-27)

- Chapter 16: the work of the Holy Spirit (v. 7-11); new truth revealed by the Holy Spirit (v. 12-14)

- Chapter 17: Our Lord’s ________________prayer for His Disciples and for all believers

intercessory

IV. His Suffering and Death: The Ministry of Redemption to the World (chapters 18 and 19)

After the prayer in chapter 17, Jesus goes to the Garden of

_______________ (chapter 18:1) followed by His arrest, trials,

scourging, crucifixion, and death.

His _________ trial before Annas, the high priest (18:12-14;

19-23);

His _________ trial before Pilate (18:28-38), before Herod

(Luke 23:6-12, and before Pilate again (John 18:39-19:36),

and His death.

Only John records: “It is finished.”

Gethsemane

Jewish

Roman

V. Victory Over Death; The Ministry of Revelation to the Believers (Chapters 20 and 21)

On the third day the tomb was empty and He came out of the

grave with a spiritual body. He appeared ______ different

times after His resurrection – the seventh one being to

__________ (John 20:28).

His last word of instruction is to __________ and to us: “Follow

thou me – till I come” (21:22).

10

Thomas

Peter

Major Differences in John’s Gospel

Omissions in the Gospel of John:

• No genealogy is recorded at all

• No account of His birth – because He was “in the

_______________”

• Nothing about His boyhood

• Nothing about His temptation

• Nothing about His transfiguration

• No account of the ascension

• No great ________________commission

John 21:25:  And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which if they were written one by one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that would be written. Amen.

beginningThere are also NO

parables in the Book of John (10:1-5 is an

illustration or figure of speech).

Old Testament CitationsThere are only 19 Old Testament quotations in this Gospel, but there are some 120 possible references or allusions.

The Words of JesusJohn stresses Jesus’s words. Of the 866 verses, 419 are Jesus’s words – nearly 50 percent.

Private Conversations of JesusThere are several extended private conversations of Jesus, including one with Nicodemus, the Samaritan woman at the well, the Upper Room Discourse, His High Priestly prayer, plus shorter ones, totaling more than two dozen in all.

A Remarkable ParallelFurniture of Tabernacle

Symbolical Meaning in Old

Testament

Typical Meaning

1. The Brazen Altar Atonement through sacrifice

Atonement of Christ on Cross

2. The Laver Spiritual renewal Christ cleansing us of “spot and wrinkle”

3. Table of Shrewbread Spiritual nourishment Christ as our Living Bread

4. Golden Candlestick Illumination Christ, our Light

5. Altar of Incense To ask humbly Prayer in Name of Jesus

6. The Ark Access only through High Priest

Christ our Access to God

7. The Mercy Seat Vindication through blood sacrifice

Christ is Mercy Seat – “propitiation” (Romans

3:25)

The Seven “I AMs”Jesus reveals His deity – His God nature in these

sayings:

John 6:35 – “I AM the __________ of Life.”

John 8:12 – “I AM the ___________ of the world.”

John 8:58 – “Before _____________ was, I AM.”

John 10:11 – “I AM the Good ______________.”

John 11:25 – “I AM the __________________ and the life.”

John 14:6 – “I AM the ________, the _________, and the

Life.”

John 15:1 – “I AM the True ________.”

Bread

Abraham

Light

Shepherd

Resurrection

Way Truth

Vine

The Three Keys to John’s Gospel

John 20:31

31 but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the

Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in

His name.

John 16:28

28  “I came forth from the Father and have come into the world.

Again, I leave the world and go to the Father.”

John 1:12

12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to

become children of God, to those who believe in His name: