Gospel of John

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The Gospel of John is a New Testament book that presents a distinctive theological portrait of Jesus Christ, emphasizing his divine nature through signs, discourses, and the theme of belief.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian scripture
New Testament gospel
book of the New Testament
canonical gospel
approximateDate c. 90–100 CE
attributedTo Johannine community
canonicalOrder fourth gospel
canonicalStatus universally accepted in mainstream Christianity
centralFigure Jesus Christ
contains Farewell Discourse
Farewell Discourse
surface form: High Priestly Prayer

I am sayings of Jesus
passion narrative
prologue (John 1:1–18)
resurrection appearances
seven signs of Jesus
dateOfComposition late 1st century CE
distinguishingFeature high Christology
includes extended theological discourses
omits most synoptic parables
presents long dialogues with individuals
strong emphasis on realized eschatology
emphasis Christology
God the Holy Spirit
surface form: Holy Spirit

belief in Jesus
discourses of Jesus
divine nature of Jesus
eternal life
revelation of the Father
signs of Jesus
genre ancient biography
gospel
influenced Christian spirituality
Christian theology
Christological doctrine
language Koine Greek
openingVerse In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God
partOf Bible
surface form: Christian Bible

New Testament
placeOfComposition traditionally Ephesus
structure Book of Glory
Book of Signs
theologicalTheme Logos
surface form: Logos (Word) Christology

glory of Jesus
incarnation
light and darkness
love
truth
witness
traditionalAuthor Apostle John
surface form: John the Apostle

beloved disciple
son of Zebedee
usedIn Christian liturgy
catechesis
theological reflection

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James the brother of Jesus mentionedIn Gospel of John
Comforter associatedWith Gospel of John
Gospels and Acts hasPart Gospel of John
Apostles mentionedIn Gospel of John
Last Gospel hasPart Gospel of John
this entity surface form: Prologue of the Gospel of John
Last Gospel sourceText Gospel of John
this entity surface form: Gospel of John 1:1–14
Last Gospel sourceText Gospel of John
this entity surface form: Gospel of John 1:1–18 (in some usages)
Last Gospel associatedWith Gospel of John
this entity surface form: Prologue of John
I AM echoedIn Gospel of John
Twelve Apostles mentionedIn Gospel of John
That they may all be one hasSourceText Gospel of John
Third Epistle of John relatedWork Gospel of John
Saint Mary mentionedIn Gospel of John
Lindisfarne Gospels contains Gospel of John
Johannine community associatedWith Gospel of John
Johannine community textualCorpus Gospel of John
Andrew the Apostle mentionedIn Gospel of John
First Epistle of John closelyRelatedTo Gospel of John
Passion narrative foundIn Gospel of John
Passion narrative hasVariant Gospel of John
this entity surface form: Johannine Passion narrative
St John Passion basedOn Gospel of John
Saint Martha mentionedIn Gospel of John
Divine Mercy Sunday scripturalFocus Gospel of John
this entity surface form: Gospel of John 20:19–31
St Mary mentionedIn Gospel of John
Farewell Discourse hasPart Gospel of John
this entity surface form: John 16
Farewell Discourse locatedInText Gospel of John
Book of Signs partOf Gospel of John
Book of Signs scripturalBook Gospel of John
this entity surface form: Gospel according to John
Book of Signs hasKeyPassage Gospel of John
this entity surface form: John 11
Jacob's ladder referencedIn Gospel of John
this entity surface form: Gospel of John 1:51
Cana mentionedIn Gospel of John
Book of Glory partOf Gospel of John
Book of Glory precedes Gospel of John
this entity surface form: Epilogue of the Gospel of John
Book of Glory primarySourceFor Gospel of John
this entity surface form: Johannine resurrection narrative
Codex Bezae containsText Gospel of John
Selah hasLyricReference Gospel of John
this entity surface form: Book of John
Inner Light scripturalBasisClaimedFrom Gospel of John
this entity surface form: Gospel of John 1:9
Saint John associatedWith Gospel of John
Saint John traditionalAuthorOf Gospel of John
Alexandrian theology scripturalFocus Gospel of John
King of the Jews mentionedIn Gospel of John
On the Trinity scripturalBasis Gospel of John
Homilies on the Gospel of John subject Gospel of John
Homilies on the Gospel of John focusesOnText Gospel of John
this entity surface form: Gospel according to John
Montanism scripturalFocus Gospel of John
The Gospel in Brief basedOn Gospel of John