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The fourth Gospel was written by the Apostle John Jn 21:24. This has been questioned on critical grounds, but on the same grounds and with equal scholarship, the early date and Johanean authorship have been maintained.<p>DATE. The date of John's Gospel falls between A.D. 85 and 90. Probably the latter.<p>THEME. This is indicated both in the Prologue (1.1-14), and in the last verse of the Gospel proper (20.31), and is: The incarnation of the eternal Word, and Son of life; (2) that as many as believe on Him as "the Christ, the Son of God" (20.31) may have eternal life. The prominent words are, "believed" and "life."<p>The book is in seven natural divisions:<p>I. Prologue: The eternal Word incarnate in Jesus the Christ, 1.1-14.<p>II. The witness of John the Baptist, 1.15-34.<p>III. The public ministry of Christ, 1.35-12.50.<p>IV. The private ministry of Christ to His own, 13.1-17.26.<p>V. The sacrifice of Christ, 18.1-19.42.<p>VI. The manifestation of Christ in resurrection, 20.1-31.<p>VII. Epilogue: Christ the Master of life and service, 21.1-25.<p>The events recorded in this book cover a period of 7 years.<p>[1] Word <p>Gr. "Logos" (arm. "Memra," used in the Targums, or Heb. paraphrases, for God). The Greek term means,<p>(1) a thought or concept;<p>(2) the expression or utterance of that thought. As a designation of Christ, therefore, Logos is peculiarly felicitous because,</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/john/1-2.htm">John 1:2</a></div><div class="verse">The same was in the beginning with God.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/john/1-3.htm">John 1:3</a></div><div class="verse">All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/john/1-4.htm">John 1:4</a></div><div class="verse">In him was life; and the life was the light of men.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/john/1-5.htm">John 1:5</a></div><div class="verse">And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.</div><div class="comm">Margin comprehended <p>Or, apprehended; lit. "laid not hold of it."</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/john/1-6.htm">John 1:6</a></div><div class="verse">There was a man sent from God, whose name <i>was</i> John.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/john/1-7.htm">John 1:7</a></div><div class="verse">The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all <i>men</i> through him might believe.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/john/1-8.htm">John 1:8</a></div><div class="verse">He was not that Light, but <i>was sent</i> to bear witness of that Light.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/john/1-9.htm">John 1:9</a></div><div class="verse"><i>That</i> was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/john/1-10.htm">John 1:10</a></div><div class="verse">He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.</div><div class="comm">Margin world <p>kosmos = mankind. See Scofield Note: "Mt 4:8" </div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/john/1-11.htm">John 1:11</a></div><div class="verse">He came unto his own, and his own received him not.</div><div class="comm">Margin He came <p>i.e. He came unto his own things, and his own people received him not.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/john/1-12.htm">John 1:12</a></div><div class="verse">But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, <i>even</i> to them that believe on his name:</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/john/1-13.htm">John 1:13</a></div><div class="verse">Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/john/1-14.htm">John 1:14</a></div><div class="verse">And the Word was made 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.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/john/1-15.htm">John 1:15</a></div><div class="verse">John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/john/1-16.htm">John 1:16</a></div><div class="verse">And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/john/1-17.htm">John 1:17</a></div><div class="verse">For the law was given by Moses, <i>but</i> grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.</div><div class="comm">[1] grace <p>Grace. Summary:<p>(1) Grace is "the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man. . . not by works of righteousness which we have done" Ti 3:4,5.<p>It is, therefore, constantly set in contrast to law, under which God demands righteousness from man, as, under grace, he gives righteousness to man Rom 3:21,22 8:4 Phile 3:9. Law is connected with Moses and works; grace with Christ and faith Jn 1:17 Rom 10:4-10. Law blesses the good; grace saves the bad Ex 19:5 Eph 2:1-9. Law demands that blessings be earned; grace is a free gift Dt 28:1-6 Eph 2:8 Rom 4:4,5.<p>(2) As a dispensation, grace begins with the death and resurrection of Christ Rom 3:24-26 4:24,25. The point of testing is no longer legal obedience as the condition of salvation, but acceptance or rejection of Christ, with good works as a fruit of salvation, Jn 1:12,13 3:36 Mt 21:37 22:24 Jn 15:22,25 Heb 1:2 1Jn 5:10-12. The immediate result of this testing was the rejection of Christ by the Jews, and His crucifixion by Jew and Gentile Acts 4:27. The predicted end of the testing of man under grace is the apostasy of the professing church: See "Apostasy" See Scofield Note: "2Tim 3:1" 2Tim 3:1-8 and the resultant apocalyptic judgments.<p>(3) Grace has a twofold manifestation: in salvation Rom 3:24 and in the walk and service of the saved Rom 6:15.<p>See, for the other six dispensations:<p>Innocence, See Scofield Note: "Gen 1:28" <p>Conscience, See Scofield Note: "Gen 3:23" <p>Human Government, See Scofield Note: "Gen 8:21" <p>Promise, See Scofield Note: "Gen 12:1" <p>Law, See Scofield Note: "Ex 19:8" <p>Kingdom, See Scofield Note: "Eph 1:10".</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/john/1-18.htm">John 1:18</a></div><div class="verse">No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared <i>him</i>.</div><div class="comm">[2] hath seen God <p>CF Gen 32:20 Ex 24:10 33:18 Jud 6:22 13:22 Rev 22:4. The divine essence, God, veiled in angelic form, and especially as incarnate in Jesus Christ, has been seen of men. Gen 18:2,22 Jn 14:8,9.<p>Margin declared <p>Lit. led him forth, i.e. into full revelation. Jn 14:9.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/john/1-19.htm">John 1:19</a></div><div class="verse">And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/john/1-20.htm">John 1:20</a></div><div class="verse">And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/john/1-21.htm">John 1:21</a></div><div class="verse">And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/john/1-22.htm">John 1:22</a></div><div class="verse">Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/john/1-23.htm">John 1:23</a></div><div class="verse">He said, I <i>am</i> the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/john/1-24.htm">John 1:24</a></div><div class="verse">And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/john/1-25.htm">John 1:25</a></div><div class="verse">And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/john/1-26.htm">John 1:26</a></div><div class="verse">John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/john/1-27.htm">John 1:27</a></div><div class="verse">He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/john/1-28.htm">John 1:28</a></div><div class="verse">These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/john/1-29.htm">John 1:29</a></div><div class="verse">The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.</div><div class="comm">Margin sins <p>Sin. See Scofield Note: "Rom 3:23".</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/john/1-30.htm">John 1:30</a></div><div class="verse">This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/john/1-31.htm">John 1:31</a></div><div class="verse">And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/john/1-32.htm">John 1:32</a></div><div class="verse">And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/john/1-33.htm">John 1:33</a></div><div class="verse">And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/john/1-34.htm">John 1:34</a></div><div class="verse">And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/john/1-35.htm">John 1:35</a></div><div class="verse">Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples;</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/john/1-36.htm">John 1:36</a></div><div class="verse">And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/john/1-37.htm">John 1:37</a></div><div class="verse">And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/john/1-38.htm">John 1:38</a></div><div class="verse">Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou?</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/john/1-39.htm">John 1:39</a></div><div class="verse">He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour.</div><div class="comm">Margin Come <p>The call to discipleship. Cf. Mt 4:18-22 the call to service.<p>Margin tenth hour <p>That was two hours before night.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/john/1-40.htm">John 1:40</a></div><div class="verse">One of the two which heard John <i>speak</i>, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/john/1-41.htm">John 1:41</a></div><div class="verse">He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/john/1-42.htm">John 1:42</a></div><div class="verse">And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/john/1-43.htm">John 1:43</a></div><div class="verse">The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/john/1-44.htm">John 1:44</a></div><div class="verse">Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/john/1-45.htm">John 1:45</a></div><div class="verse">Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/john/1-46.htm">John 1:46</a></div><div class="verse">And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/john/1-47.htm">John 1:47</a></div><div class="verse">Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/john/1-48.htm">John 1:48</a></div><div class="verse">Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/john/1-49.htm">John 1:49</a></div><div class="verse">Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/john/1-50.htm">John 1:50</a></div><div class="verse">Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/john/1-51.htm">John 1:51</a></div><div class="verse">And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.</div><div class="comm">Margin angels <p>See Scofield Note: "Heb 1:4" </div></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scofield Reference Notes by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield [1917]<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../luke/24.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Luke 24"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Luke 24" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../john/2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="John 2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="John 2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/john/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhpar.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>