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title="Domenichino">Domenichino</a></div></td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#ddddff;"> <a href="/wiki/Johannine_literature" title="Johannine literature">Johannine literature</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="padding-top:0.2em; display:block;margin-bottom:0.4em"> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_John" title="Gospel of John">Gospel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johannine_epistles" title="Johannine epistles">Epistles</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Epistle_of_John" title="First Epistle of John">First</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Epistle_of_John" title="Second Epistle of John">Second</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Epistle_of_John" title="Third Epistle of John">Third</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Revelation" title="Book of Revelation">Revelation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Events_of_Revelation" title="Events of Revelation">Events</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" 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href="/wiki/New_Testament_people_named_John" title="New Testament people named John">New Testament people named John</a></li></ul> </div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini 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into</a> 51 verses. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Textual_witnesses">Textual witnesses</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_1&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Textual witnesses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_75" title="Papyrus 75">Papyrus 75</a> (written <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/circa#English" class="extiw" title="wikt:circa">c.</a><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 175</span> – c.<span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 225 AD</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_66" title="Papyrus 66">Papyrus 66</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 200</span>; complete)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_5" class="mw-redirect" title="Papyrus 5">Papyrus 5</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 250</span>; extant verses: 23–31, 33–40)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_119" title="Papyrus 119">Papyrus 119</a> (<span title="circa">c.</span><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 250</span>; extant verses 21–28, 38–44)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_106" title="Papyrus 106">Papyrus 106</a> (3rd century)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Vaticanus" title="Codex Vaticanus">Codex Vaticanus</a> (<span title="circa">c.</span><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 325</span> – c.<span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 350</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Sinaiticus" title="Codex Sinaiticus">Codex Sinaiticus</a> (<span title="circa">c.</span><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 350</span>; complete)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_120" title="Papyrus 120">Papyrus 120</a> (4th century; extant: verses 25–28, 38–44)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Bezae" title="Codex Bezae">Codex Bezae</a> (<span title="circa">c.</span><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 400</span>; extant verses 1–15)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Washingtonianus" title="Codex Washingtonianus">Codex Washingtonianus</a> (<span title="circa">c.</span><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 400</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Alexandrinus" title="Codex Alexandrinus">Codex Alexandrinus</a> (<span title="circa">c.</span><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 400</span> – c.<span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 440</span>; almost complete)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Ephraemi_Rescriptus" title="Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus">Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus</a> (<span title="circa">c.</span><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 450</span>; extant verses 4–40)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Borgianus" title="Codex Borgianus">Codex Borgianus</a> (5th century; extant verses 24–32 in Greek; 16–23 in <a href="/wiki/Sahidic" class="mw-redirect" title="Sahidic">Sahidic</a> <a href="/wiki/Coptic_language" title="Coptic language">Coptic</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_55" title="Papyrus 55">Papyrus 55</a> (6th/7th century; extant verses 31–33, 35–38).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_59" title="Papyrus 59">Papyrus 59</a> (7th century; extant: verses 26, 28, 48, 51).</li></ul> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Papyrus_5_-_Oxyrhynchus_1781_-_British_Library,_inv._2484_-_John_1,_20.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Papyrus 5, which has John 1:33–40"><img alt="Papyrus 5, which has John 1:33–40" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Papyrus_5_-_Oxyrhynchus_1781_-_British_Library%2C_inv._2484_-_John_1%2C_20.jpg/76px-Papyrus_5_-_Oxyrhynchus_1781_-_British_Library%2C_inv._2484_-_John_1%2C_20.jpg" decoding="async" width="76" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Papyrus_5_-_Oxyrhynchus_1781_-_British_Library%2C_inv._2484_-_John_1%2C_20.jpg/114px-Papyrus_5_-_Oxyrhynchus_1781_-_British_Library%2C_inv._2484_-_John_1%2C_20.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Papyrus_5_-_Oxyrhynchus_1781_-_British_Library%2C_inv._2484_-_John_1%2C_20.jpg/153px-Papyrus_5_-_Oxyrhynchus_1781_-_British_Library%2C_inv._2484_-_John_1%2C_20.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1885" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_5" class="mw-redirect" title="Papyrus 5">Papyrus 5</a>, which has John 1:33–40</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Papyrus_75a.gif" class="mw-file-description" title="Papyrus 75, a page containing the end of the Gospel of Luke (Luke 24:51–53), followed by the beginning of the Gospel of John (John 1:1–16)"><img alt="Papyrus 75, a page containing the end of the Gospel of Luke (Luke 24:51–53), followed by the beginning of the Gospel of John (John 1:1–16)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Papyrus_75a.gif/65px-Papyrus_75a.gif" decoding="async" width="65" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Papyrus_75a.gif/98px-Papyrus_75a.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Papyrus_75a.gif/131px-Papyrus_75a.gif 2x" data-file-width="545" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_75" title="Papyrus 75">Papyrus 75</a>, a page containing the end of the <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Luke" title="Gospel of Luke">Gospel of Luke</a> <a href="/wiki/Luke_24" title="Luke 24">(Luke 24:51–53)</a>, followed by the beginning of the Gospel of John (John 1:1–16)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:POxy.v0071.n4804.a.01.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Papyrus 120, which has John 1:25–28"><img alt="Papyrus 120, which has John 1:25–28" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/POxy.v0071.n4804.a.01.jpg/120px-POxy.v0071.n4804.a.01.jpg" decoding="async" width="92" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/POxy.v0071.n4804.a.01.jpg/250px-POxy.v0071.n4804.a.01.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="1146" data-file-height="1486" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_120" title="Papyrus 120">Papyrus 120</a>, which has John 1:25–28</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Codex_Bezae_0202a.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Codex Bezae, which has John 1:1–16"><img alt="Codex Bezae, which has John 1:1–16" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Codex_Bezae_0202a.JPG/120px-Codex_Bezae_0202a.JPG" decoding="async" width="82" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Codex_Bezae_0202a.JPG/250px-Codex_Bezae_0202a.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="860" data-file-height="1255" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Codex_Bezae" title="Codex Bezae">Codex Bezae</a>, which has John 1:1–16</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Codex_Alexandrinus_J_1,1-7.PNG" class="mw-file-description" title="Codex Alexandrinus, John 1:1–7."><img alt="Codex Alexandrinus, John 1:1–7." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Codex_Alexandrinus_J_1%2C1-7.PNG/120px-Codex_Alexandrinus_J_1%2C1-7.PNG" decoding="async" width="120" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Codex_Alexandrinus_J_1%2C1-7.PNG/180px-Codex_Alexandrinus_J_1%2C1-7.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Codex_Alexandrinus_J_1%2C1-7.PNG/240px-Codex_Alexandrinus_J_1%2C1-7.PNG 2x" data-file-width="2580" data-file-height="1700" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Codex_Alexandrinus" title="Codex Alexandrinus">Codex Alexandrinus</a>, John 1:1–7.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lectionary_86_(Gregory-Aland)_f._1r.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Lectionary 86, folio 1 recto (1336 AD). John 1:1–5"><img alt="Lectionary 86, folio 1 recto (1336 AD). John 1:1–5" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Lectionary_86_%28Gregory-Aland%29_f._1r.JPG/120px-Lectionary_86_%28Gregory-Aland%29_f._1r.JPG" decoding="async" width="87" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Lectionary_86_%28Gregory-Aland%29_f._1r.JPG/250px-Lectionary_86_%28Gregory-Aland%29_f._1r.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="350" data-file-height="481" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Lectionary 86, folio 1 recto (1336 AD). John 1:1–5</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lectionary_240_GA_0001a.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Lectionary 240 folio 1 recto. John 1:1–6 with decorated headpiece"><img alt="Lectionary 240 folio 1 recto. John 1:1–6 with decorated headpiece" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Lectionary_240_GA_0001a.JPG/94px-Lectionary_240_GA_0001a.JPG" decoding="async" width="94" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Lectionary_240_GA_0001a.JPG/141px-Lectionary_240_GA_0001a.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Lectionary_240_GA_0001a.JPG/188px-Lectionary_240_GA_0001a.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3600" data-file-height="4600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Lectionary_240" title="Lectionary 240">Lectionary 240</a> folio 1 recto. John 1:1–6 with decorated headpiece</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Old_Testament_references">Old Testament references</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_1&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Old Testament references"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/John#1:2" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/John">John 1:2</a>: <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Genesis#1:1" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Genesis">Genesis 1:1</a><sup id="cite_ref-kingjamesbibleonline.org_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kingjamesbibleonline.org-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/John#1:45" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/John">John 1:45</a>: <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Genesis#49:10" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Genesis">Genesis 49:10</a>; <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Leviticus#18:18" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Leviticus">Leviticus 18:18</a>; <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Isaiah#4:2" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Isaiah">Isaiah 4:2</a><sup id="cite_ref-kingjamesbibleonline.org_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kingjamesbibleonline.org-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Analysis">Analysis</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_1&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Analysis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first chapter of the Gospel of John has 51 <a href="/wiki/Chapters_and_verses_of_the_Bible" title="Chapters and verses of the Bible">verses</a> and may be divided in three parts: </p> <ul><li>The Prologue or Hymn to the Word (verses 1–18)</li> <li>The testimony of <a href="/wiki/John_the_Baptist" title="John the Baptist">John the Baptist</a> (verses 19–34)</li> <li>The first disciples (verses 35–51).<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/English_translations_of_the_Bible" class="mw-redirect" title="English translations of the Bible">English language versions</a>, which typically divide biblical chapters into sections, often have more divisions: for example, there are 5 sections in the <a href="/wiki/New_International_Version" title="New International Version">New International Version</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Good_News_Translation" class="mw-redirect" title="Good News Translation">Good News Translation</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 7 sections in the <a href="/wiki/New_King_James_Version" title="New King James Version">New King James Version</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hymn_to_the_Word_(1:1–18)"><span id="Hymn_to_the_Word_.281:1.E2.80.9318.29"></span><span class="anchor" id="Hymn_to_the_Word"></span><span class="anchor" id="Verses_1–18"></span>Hymn to the Word (1:1–18)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_1&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Hymn to the Word (1:1–18)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Codex_Vaticanus_end_or_Luke.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Codex_Vaticanus_end_or_Luke.jpg/250px-Codex_Vaticanus_end_or_Luke.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="183" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Codex_Vaticanus_end_or_Luke.jpg/330px-Codex_Vaticanus_end_or_Luke.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Codex_Vaticanus_end_or_Luke.jpg/500px-Codex_Vaticanus_end_or_Luke.jpg 2x" data-file-width="765" data-file-height="700" /></a><figcaption>The end of <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Luke" title="Gospel of Luke">Gospel of Luke</a> and the beginning of <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_John" title="Gospel of John">Gospel of John</a> on the same page in <a href="/wiki/Codex_Vaticanus" title="Codex Vaticanus">Codex Vaticanus</a> (4th century).</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Codex_Harcleianus.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Codex_Harcleianus.PNG/200px-Codex_Harcleianus.PNG" decoding="async" width="200" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Codex_Harcleianus.PNG/300px-Codex_Harcleianus.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Codex_Harcleianus.PNG/400px-Codex_Harcleianus.PNG 2x" data-file-width="2200" data-file-height="1900" /></a><figcaption>John 1:18-20 in <a href="/wiki/Lectionary_150" title="Lectionary 150">Codex Harcleianus (Lectionary 150)</a> from 995 AD.</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/John_1:1" title="John 1:1">John 1:1</a></div> <p>The first part (verses 1–18), often called the <i>Hymn to the Word</i>,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> is a prologue to the gospel as a whole, stating that the <a href="/wiki/Logos_(Christianity)" title="Logos (Christianity)">Logos</a> is "God" ('divine', 'god-like', or 'a god'<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> according to some translations). </p><p>Comparisons can be made between these verses and the narrative of Genesis 1,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where the same phrase "In the beginning" first occurs along with the emphasis on the difference between the darkness (such as the "earth was formless and void", <a href="/wiki/Genesis_1:2" title="Genesis 1:2">Genesis 1:2</a> in the <a href="/wiki/King_James_Version" title="King James Version">King James Version</a>) and the light. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Methodism" title="Methodism">Methodist</a> founder <a href="/wiki/John_Wesley" title="John Wesley">John Wesley</a> summarised the opening verses of John 1 as follows: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_1:1" title="John 1:1">John 1:1</a>–<a href="/wiki/John_1:2" title="John 1:2">2</a> describes the state of things before the creation</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_1:3" title="John 1:3">John 1:3</a> describes the state of things in the creation</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_1:4" title="John 1:4">John 1:4</a> describes the state of things in the time of man's innocence</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_1:5" title="John 1:5">John 1:5</a> describes the state of things in the time of <a href="/wiki/Fall_of_man" title="Fall of man">man's corruption</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-wesley.nnu.edu_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wesley.nnu.edu-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>According to the writers of the <i><a href="/wiki/Pulpit_Commentary" title="Pulpit Commentary">Pulpit Commentary</a></i>, the phrase "the light of men" (<a href="/wiki/John_1:4" title="John 1:4">John 1:4</a>) "has been differently conceived by expositors. <a href="/wiki/John_Calvin" title="John Calvin">John Calvin</a> supposed that the "understanding" was intended—"that the life of men was not of an ordinary description, but was united to the light of understanding," and is that by which man is differentiated from <a href="/wiki/Animal" title="Animal">animals</a>. <a href="/wiki/Ernst_Wilhelm_Hengstenberg" title="Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg">Hengstenberg</a> regards it, in consequence of numerous associations of "light" with "salvation" in Holy Scripture, as equivalent to <a href="/wiki/Salvation" title="Salvation">salvation</a>; <a href="/wiki/Christoph_Ernst_Luthardt" title="Christoph Ernst Luthardt">Christoph Ernst Luthardt</a> with "holiness" and many with the "eternal life", which would introduce great tautology."<sup id="cite_ref-Pulpit_Commentary_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pulpit_Commentary-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The final verse of the prologue (<a href="/wiki/John_1:18" title="John 1:18">verse 18</a>) recalls <a href="/wiki/John_1:1" title="John 1:1">verse 1</a>, that no other possibility of human to know God except through Jesus Christ.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGuthrie19941027_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuthrie19941027-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Verses_3–4"><span id="Verses_3.E2.80.934"></span>Verses 3–4</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_1&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Verses 3–4"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p><sup>3</sup>All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. <sup>4</sup>In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>John 1:3–4, <a href="/wiki/New_King_James_Version" title="New King James Version">New King James Version</a><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <p>Some translations, including the <a href="/wiki/New_American_Bible_(Revised_Edition)" class="mw-redirect" title="New American Bible (Revised Edition)">New American Bible (Revised Edition)</a> and the <a href="/wiki/New_Revised_Standard_Version" title="New Revised Standard Version">New Revised Standard Version</a>, connect the final words of verse 3, <span title="Ancient Greek-language text"><span lang="grc">εν ο γεγονεν</span></span>, <span title="Ancient Greek-language romanization"><i lang="grc-Latn">en ho gegonen</i></span> with verse 4: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712" /><blockquote class="templatequote"><p><sup>3</sup>All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being <sup>4</sup>in him was life, and the life was the light of all people.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>John 1:3–4, New Revised Standard Version<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <p>The New American Bible (Revised Edition) explains that "the oldest manuscripts have no punctuation here, the corrector of <a href="/wiki/Papyrus_75" title="Papyrus 75">Bodmer Papyrus P75</a>, some manuscripts, and the <a href="/wiki/Ante-Nicene_Fathers" class="mw-redirect" title="Ante-Nicene Fathers">Ante-Nicene Fathers</a> take this phrase with what follows [in verse 4], as <a href="/w/index.php?title=Staircase_parallelism&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Staircase parallelism (page does not exist)">staircase parallelism</a>. Connection with John 1:3 reflects fourth-century anti-<a href="/wiki/Arianism" title="Arianism">Arianism</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Verse_5">Verse 5</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_1&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Verse 5"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/John_1:5" title="John 1:5">John 1:5</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712" /><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>John 1:5, New King James Version<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <p>English translations of this verse often translate the Greek <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">κατελαβεν</span></span> as 'understanding' (such as in the New King James Version), but in other translations the meaning is given in terms of a struggle between darkness and light: "the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it" (Revised Standard Version). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Verse_6">Verse 6</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_1&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Verse 6"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/John_1:6" title="John 1:6">John 1:6</a></div> <p>Verse 6 introduces "a man sent from God, whose name was John".<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Benson" title="Joseph Benson">Joseph Benson</a> notes that the name "<a href="/wiki/John_(given_name)#Origins" title="John (given name)">John</a>" means 'grace': "a name fitly given to the Messiah's forerunner, who was sent to proclaim the immediate accomplishment of God's gracious intentions".<sup id="cite_ref-Benson_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Benson-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Verses_10–11"><span id="Verses_10.E2.80.9311"></span>Verses 10–11</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_1&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Verses 10–11"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Verses 10 and 11 state that "He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him".<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Theologians differ in their interpretation of these verses. Wesley viewed "in the world" as meaning "even from the creation",<sup id="cite_ref-wesley.nnu.edu_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wesley.nnu.edu-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <i>Pulpit Commentary</i> speaks of the "pre-Incarnation activity" of the Word<sup id="cite_ref-Pulpit_Commentary_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pulpit_Commentary-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Joseph Benson wrote that "He was in the world<span class="nowrap"> </span>[...] from the beginning, frequently appearing, and making known to his servants, the patriarchs and prophets, the divine will, in dreams and visions, and various other ways",<sup id="cite_ref-Benson_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Benson-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> whereas in <a href="/wiki/Albert_Barnes_(theologian)" title="Albert Barnes (theologian)">Albert Barnes</a>' opinion, "He was in the world<span class="nowrap"> </span>[...] refers, probably, not to his pre-existence, but to the fact that he became incarnate; that he dwelt among human beings".<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Verse_14">Verse 14</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_1&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Verse 14"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/John_1:14" title="John 1:14">John 1:14</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712" /><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>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.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>John 1:14, KJV<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <p>The word <i>flesh</i> is emphasized as a 'symbol of humanity', drawing the attention to "the entry of the Word into the full flow of human affairs".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGuthrie19941026_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuthrie19941026-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Verse_17">Verse 17</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_1&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Verse 17"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/John_1:17" title="John 1:17">John 1:17</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712" /><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>John 1:17, NKJV<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Incarnation_(Christianity)" title="Incarnation (Christianity)">incarnate</a> Word's name is first mentioned in this verse; thereafter "John never uses the noun <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">λόγος</span></span>, <i>the word</i>, in this signification, throughout this whole book".<sup id="cite_ref-Bengel_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bengel-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Testimony_of_John_the_Baptist_(1:19–34)"><span id="Testimony_of_John_the_Baptist_.281:19.E2.80.9334.29"></span><span class="anchor" id="Verses_19–34"></span>Testimony of John the Baptist (1:19–34)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_1&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Testimony of John the Baptist (1:19–34)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:P106-Joh-1_29-35-POxy4445-III.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/P106-Joh-1_29-35-POxy4445-III.jpg/200px-P106-Joh-1_29-35-POxy4445-III.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="296" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/P106-Joh-1_29-35-POxy4445-III.jpg/300px-P106-Joh-1_29-35-POxy4445-III.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/P106-Joh-1_29-35-POxy4445-III.jpg 2x" data-file-width="338" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption>John 1:29–35 on <a href="/wiki/Papyrus_106" title="Papyrus 106">Papyrus 106</a>, written in the 3rd century</figcaption></figure> <p>The second part of John 1 (verse 19 onwards) records the preparation that <a href="/wiki/John_the_Baptist" title="John the Baptist">John the Baptist</a> was in the process of making for the coming of the <a href="/wiki/Messiah" title="Messiah">Messiah</a>, the Messiah's arrival and the Messiah's first disciples. John has been introduced in <a href="#verse_6">verse 6</a>, "a man sent from God",<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and his witness, known already by the reader, has already been recalled: "This is the One I told you about".<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Greek text has the past tense (<span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">εἶπον</span></span>) but both H. W. Watkins, in <a href="/wiki/Charles_Ellicott" title="Charles Ellicott">Charles Ellicott</a>'s commentary, and Alfred Plummer, in the <i><a href="/wiki/Cambridge_Bible_for_Schools_and_Colleges" title="Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges">Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges</a></i>, prefer a present tense translation such as "John bears witness".<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Verses 19–34 present John's manifesto, delivered to the <a href="/wiki/Kohen" title="Kohen">priests</a> and <a href="/wiki/Levite" title="Levite">Levites</a> sent by the <a href="/wiki/Pharisees" title="Pharisees">Pharisees</a> to investigate his message and purpose. In response to their enquiries, John confesses that he is not the Messiah, nor the reappearance of the prophet <a href="/wiki/Elijah" title="Elijah">Elijah</a> (contrast Matthew 11:14 RSV, NKJV,<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where Jesus states that John is "Elijah who is to come"), nor "the prophet", the one of whom <a href="/wiki/Shofetim_(parsha)#Fifth_reading_—_Deuteronomy_18:14–19:13" class="mw-redirect" title="Shofetim (parsha)">Deuteronomy 18:15, 18</a> had spoken.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In this passage the Messiah and the foretold "prophet" are not necessarily identified with each other; "on the contrary", notes <a href="/wiki/Johann_Albrecht_Bengel" title="Johann Albrecht Bengel">Johann Bengel</a>, "they looked on the prophet as a distinct person from the Christ" (cf. John 7:40–41:<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Many from the crowd, when they heard this saying, said, "Truly this is the Prophet". Others said, "This is the Christ"").<sup id="cite_ref-Bengel_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bengel-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>John then reveals that when the Messiah comes he would be unfit to even so much as untie his sandals, let alone baptize him like the many he had up to that point. The next day Jesus appears before John the Baptist, and he then acknowledges Jesus as the <a href="/wiki/Lamb_of_God" title="Lamb of God">Lamb of God</a> (<a href="/wiki/John_1:29" title="John 1:29">John 1:29</a>) of whom he had been speaking (<a href="/wiki/John_1:30" title="John 1:30">John 1:30</a>). </p><p>The evangelist divides this series of events into four 'days': the day (or period) when the Jerusalem delegation met John to enquire into his identity and purpose (<a href="/wiki/John_1:19" title="John 1:19">John 1:19</a>–<a href="/wiki/John_1:28" title="John 1:28">28</a>) is followed by John seeing Jesus coming towards him "the next day" (<a href="/wiki/John_1:29" title="John 1:29">John 1:29</a>), and on "the next day again"<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he directs his own disciples towards following Jesus (<a href="/wiki/John_1:35" title="John 1:35">John 1:35</a>–<a href="/wiki/John_1:37" title="John 1:37">37</a>). A fourth 'day' follows (<a href="/wiki/John_1:43" title="John 1:43">John 1:43</a>) on which Jesus wanted to go to <a href="/wiki/Galilee" title="Galilee">Galilee</a> and invited <a href="/wiki/Philip_the_Apostle" title="Philip the Apostle">Philip</a> to follow him. Bengel calls these "Great Days!", because "the care of this Evangelist in marking times is remarkable".<sup id="cite_ref-Bengel_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bengel-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jesus'_first_disciples_(1:35–51)"><span id="Jesus.27_first_disciples_.281:35.E2.80.9351.29"></span><span class="anchor" id="Verses_35–51"></span>Jesus' first disciples (1:35–51)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_1&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Jesus' first disciples (1:35–51)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As the chapter progresses further, the gospel describes how Jesus calls his first disciples, <a href="/wiki/Andrew_the_Apostle" title="Andrew the Apostle">Andrew</a> and an unnamed disciple (<a href="/wiki/John_1:35" title="John 1:35">verses 35</a>–<a href="/wiki/John_1:40" title="John 1:40">40</a>). The unnamed disciple was possibly John, the evangelist.<sup id="cite_ref-Pulpit_Commentary_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pulpit_Commentary-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Andrew finds his brother <a href="/wiki/Saint_Peter" title="Saint Peter">Simon</a> (<a href="/wiki/John_1:41" title="John 1:41">verses 41</a>–<a href="/wiki/John_1:42" title="John 1:42">42</a>), and Jesus changes Simon's name to Cephas (Peter) (<a href="/wiki/John_1:42" title="John 1:42">verse 42</a>). Cephas, original Greek: <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">Κηφᾶς</span></span> (<span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language romanization"><i lang="grc-Latn">Kēphâs</i></span>), means "a rock" (<a href="/wiki/Young%27s_Literal_Translation" title="Young's Literal Translation">Young's Literal Translation</a>) or "a stone" (<a href="/wiki/King_James_Version" title="King James Version">King James Version</a>). This provided a powerful analogy as to the role Peter would have after the crucifixion; to lead the development of the church. Name changes occur in other places in the Bible and demonstrate God's authority as well as what that person would become, do, or had done, such as <a href="/wiki/Abram" class="mw-redirect" title="Abram">Abram</a> to <a href="/wiki/Abraham" title="Abraham">Abraham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jacob" title="Jacob">Jacob</a> to <a href="/wiki/Israel_(name)" title="Israel (name)">Israel</a> and Saul to <a href="/wiki/Paul_the_Apostle" title="Paul the Apostle">Paul</a>. </p><p>Jesus' first active sign of insight comes in <a href="/wiki/John_1:47" title="John 1:47">verse 47</a>, in his recognition of <a href="/wiki/Nathanael_(follower_of_Jesus)" title="Nathanael (follower of Jesus)">Nathaniel</a>: "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile",<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "an affirmation showing intimate knowledge",<sup id="cite_ref-Bengel_23-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bengel-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> leaving Nathaniel thoroughly impressed by Jesus' foreknowledge of his personal character (cf. Jesus' knowledge of the <a href="/wiki/Samaritan_woman_at_the_well" title="Samaritan woman at the well">Samaritan woman at the well</a> in <a href="/wiki/John_4" title="John 4">John 4:18, 30</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_titles_of_Jesus">The titles of Jesus</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_1&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: The titles of Jesus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Within these verses Jesus is given the following <a href="/wiki/Names_and_titles_of_Jesus_in_the_New_Testament" title="Names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament">titles</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-Brodie_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brodie-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>the true light (<a href="/wiki/John_1:9" title="John 1:9">John 1:9</a>)</li> <li>the <a href="/wiki/Logos_(Christianity)" title="Logos (Christianity)">Word</a> and the Word made flesh (<a href="/wiki/John_1:1" title="John 1:1">John 1:1</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_1:14" title="John 1:14">14</a>), identified by the Christian theology with the second divine person of the Most Holy <a href="/wiki/Trinity#Old_Testament" title="Trinity">Trinity</a>;</li> <li>the <a href="/wiki/Son_of_God" title="Son of God">Son of God</a> (<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/John#1:34" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/John">John 1:34,49</a>) and the <a href="/wiki/Unigenitus" title="Unigenitus">Unigenitus</a> <a href="/wiki/Son_of_God" title="Son of God">Son of God</a> (<a href="#Verse_14">John 1:14</a>) and the <a href="/wiki/Nicene_Creed" title="Nicene Creed">Nicene Creed</a>)</li> <li>the <a href="/wiki/Lamb_of_God" title="Lamb of God">Lamb of God</a> (<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/John#1:29" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/John">John 1:29,36</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rabbi" title="Rabbi">Rabbi</a>, meaning Teacher or Master (<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/John#1:38" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/John">John 1:38,49</a>)</li> <li>the <a href="/wiki/Messiah" title="Messiah">Messiah</a>, or the Christ (<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/John#1:41" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/John">John 1:41</a>)</li> <li>Jesus of <a href="/wiki/Nazareth" title="Nazareth">Nazareth</a>, son of <a href="/wiki/Joseph_(saint)" class="mw-redirect" title="Joseph (saint)">Joseph</a> (<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/John#1:45" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/John">John 1:45</a>)</li> <li>the <a href="/wiki/King_of_Israel" class="mw-redirect" title="King of Israel">King of Israel</a> (<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/John#1:49" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/John">John 1:49</a>)</li> <li>the <a href="/wiki/Son_of_man_(Christianity)" title="Son of man (Christianity)">"Son of Man" or "Son of Humanity"</a> (<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/John#1:51" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/John">John 1:51</a>)</li> <li>the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit (<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/John#1:33" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/John">John 1:33</a>)</li> <li>the one of whom <a href="/wiki/Moses" title="Moses">Moses</a> wrote in the law (<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/John#1:45" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/John">John 1:45</a>, referring to <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Deuteronomy#18:15" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Deuteronomy">Deuteronomy 18:15</a>: "The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your midst, from your brethren: him you shall hear")</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_Disciple_whom_Jesus_loved">The Disciple whom Jesus loved</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_1&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: The Disciple whom Jesus loved"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first appearance of the "<a href="/wiki/Disciple_whom_Jesus_loved" title="Disciple whom Jesus loved">disciple whom Jesus loved</a>" in this Gospel is as one of the two disciples of <a href="/wiki/John_the_Baptist" title="John the Baptist">John the Baptist</a> who become the first followers of Jesus, but this is indicated in a subtle way.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBauckham2017128_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBauckham2017128-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Richard_Bauckham" title="Richard Bauckham">Bauckham</a> notes the occurrence of at least two specific words in the narratives of both the first and the last appearance of this disciple: "to follow" (<a href="/wiki/Koine_Greek" title="Koine Greek">Greek</a>: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1180947483">.mw-parser-output .polytonic{font-family:"SBL BibLit","SBL Greek","New Athena Unicode","EB Garamond","EB Garamond 12","Foulis Greek","Garamond Libre","Noto Sans","Noto Serif","Cardo","Gentium Plus","Gentium Book Plus","Garamond","Palatino Linotype","DejaVu Sans","DejaVu Serif","FreeSerif","FreeSans","Arial Unicode MS","Lucida Sans Unicode","Lucida Grande","Code2000",sans-serif}</style><span class="polytonic">ἀκολουθέω</span> '<span class="plainlinks"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=G190">akoloutheó</a></span>') and "to remain/stay" (Greek: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1180947483" /><span class="polytonic">μένω</span>, '<span class="plainlinks"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=G3306">menó</a></span>').<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBauckham2017128_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBauckham2017128-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In verse <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+1:38&version=nkjv">1:38</a> it is stated that "Jesus turned, and seeing them following <span style="color:purple;">('akolouthountas')</span>, said to them, "What do you seek?"", then in verse <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+1:39&version=nkjv">1:39</a> they "remained <span style="color:purple;">('emeinan')</span> with Him that day".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBauckham2017128_33-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBauckham2017128-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/John_21" title="John 21">the last chapter of the Gospel</a>, the last appearance of the 'Disciple whom Jesus loved' is indicated using similar words: in verse <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+21:20&version=nkjv">21:20</a> it is written that "Peter, turning around, saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following <span style="color:purple;">('akolouthounta')</span>", then in verse <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+21:22&version=nkjv">21:22</a> "Jesus said to him [Peter], "If I will that he remain <span style="color:purple;">('menein')</span> till I come, what is that to you?"<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBauckham2017128_33-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBauckham2017128-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bauckham sees the placement of the appearances of the disciple as "the <i>inclusio</i> of eyewitness testimony" to privilege his witness (in the <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_John" title="Gospel of John">Gospel of John</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+21:24&version=nkjv">21:24</a>) over Peter's, not to denigrate Peter's authority, but rather to claim a distinct qualification as an 'ideal witness' to Christ, because he survives Peter and bears his witness after Peter.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBauckham2017128–129_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBauckham2017128–129-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The inclusio also reinforces the Beloved Disciple's unique status among the disciples: He has followed and remained with Jesus from beginning to end. The appearances are also close to Peter's, as the first one, along with <a href="/wiki/Andrew_the_Apostle" title="Andrew the Apostle">Andrew</a>, happened just before Peter's, who was then given the name 'Cephas' (alluding Peter's role after Jesus' departure), and the last one, just after Jesus' dialogue with Peter, acknowledging the significance of Peter's testimony within "the Petrine's <i>inclusio</i>", which is also found in the <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Mark" title="Gospel of Mark">Gospel of Mark</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Luke" title="Gospel of Luke">Luke</a> (see <a href="/wiki/Luke_8#The_Women_who_sustained_Jesus" title="Luke 8">Luke 8 under "The Women who sustained Jesus"</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBauckham2017129_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBauckham2017129-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Chronology">Chronology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_1&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Chronology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Verses 1:19 to <a href="/wiki/John_2" title="John 2">2:1</a> contain a <a href="/wiki/Chronological" class="mw-redirect" title="Chronological">chronological</a> record of an <a href="/wiki/Witness" title="Witness">eyewitness</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Day 1: the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask <a href="/wiki/John_the_Baptist" title="John the Baptist">John the Baptist</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+1:19–28&version=nkjv">John 1:19–1:28</a>).</li> <li>Day 2 ("the next day"): John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!..." (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+1:29–34&version=nkjv">John 1:29–1:34</a>).</li> <li>Day 3 ("again, the next day"): John stood with two of his disciples, and looking at <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a> as He walked, he said, "Behold the Lamb of God!": The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. One of them is mentioned by name as "<a href="/wiki/Andrew_the_Apostle" title="Andrew the Apostle">Andrew</a>, <a href="/wiki/Simon_Peter" class="mw-redirect" title="Simon Peter">Simon Peter</a>'s brother"; the other one not named is the eyewitness, who is <a href="/wiki/John_the_Evangelist" title="John the Evangelist">John the Evangelist</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+1:35–40&version=nkjv">John 1:35–1:40</a>).</li> <li>Day 4 (one day after Andrew and John stayed with Jesus for the rest of Day 3): Andrew brought Simon Peter to Jesus (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+1:41–42&version=nkjv">John 1:41–1:42</a>).</li> <li>Day 5 ("the following day"; Day 1 of travel to Cana): <a href="/wiki/Philip_the_Apostle" title="Philip the Apostle">Philip</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nathanael_(follower_of_Jesus)" title="Nathanael (follower of Jesus)">Nathanael</a> followed <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+1:43–51&version=nkjv">John 1:43–1:51</a>).</li> <li>Day 6 (Day 2 on the way to Cana): Travel to <a href="/wiki/Galilee" title="Galilee">Galilee</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+1:43&version=nkjv">John 1:43</a>).</li> <li>Day 7 ("on the third day"): The wedding in <a href="/wiki/Cana" title="Cana">Cana of Galilee</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+2:1&version=nkjv">John 2:1</a>).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Uses">Uses</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_1&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Uses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Liturgical">Liturgical</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_1&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Liturgical"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Latin_liturgical_rites" title="Latin liturgical rites">Latin Rite</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a> and in <a href="/wiki/Western_Rite_Orthodoxy" title="Western Rite Orthodoxy">Western Rite Orthodoxy</a>, the chapter's first fourteen verses are known as the "<a href="/wiki/Last_Gospel" title="Last Gospel">Last Gospel</a>", as they are recited at the end of the <a href="/wiki/Tridentine_Mass" title="Tridentine Mass">Tridentine Mass</a> (or "Extraordinary Form") of the <a href="/wiki/Mass_(liturgy)" title="Mass (liturgy)">Mass</a>. This is distinct from the <a href="/wiki/Gospel_(liturgy)#Uses_in_the_Western_Churches" title="Gospel (liturgy)">Proclamation of the Gospel</a> that occurs much earlier in the service. </p><p>After reciting the dismissal formula <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Ite_Missa_est" class="mw-redirect" title="Ite Missa est">Ite Missa est</a></i></span>, the priest reads the Last Gospel in Latin from the <a href="/wiki/Altar_card" class="mw-redirect" title="Altar card">altar card</a> to their left. Instead of touching the text with his thumb and then making the small <a href="/wiki/Sign_of_the_Cross" class="mw-redirect" title="Sign of the Cross">Sign of the Cross</a> as at the Gospel reading, he instead touches the altar. At the beginning of verse 14, <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Et Verbum caro factum est</i></span> ("And the Word became flesh"), the priest and attending servers <a href="/wiki/Genuflect" class="mw-redirect" title="Genuflect">genuflect</a>. Any congregants present, who remain standing for the reading, would kneel at this point, responding with <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Deo gratias</i></span> ("Thanks be to God") at its conclusion. </p><p>This ritual began as a private devotion for the priest after Mass. It is not part of the 1969 <a href="/wiki/Mass_of_Paul_VI" title="Mass of Paul VI">Mass of Paul VI</a> (known as the "Ordinary Form" and widely used today) that was introduced after the <a href="/wiki/Second_Vatican_Council" title="Second Vatican Council">Second Vatican Council</a>. </p><p>The Prologue to St. John's Gospel, 1:1-18, is read on Christmas Day at the principal Mass during the day in the Roman Catholic Church, a tradition that dates back at least to the 1570 <a href="/wiki/Roman_Missal" title="Roman Missal">Roman Missal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_England" title="Church of England">Church of England</a>, following the <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Common_Prayer_(1662)" title="Book of Common Prayer (1662)">Book of Common Prayer (1662)</a>, St. John 1:1-14 is appointed to be read on Christmas Day. This tradition has been maintained in the <a href="/wiki/Episcopal_Church_(United_States)" title="Episcopal Church (United States)">Episcopal Church (United States)</a> in its Book of Common Prayer beginning in 1789. In the <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Common_Prayer_(1928,_United_States)" title="Book of Common Prayer (1928, United States)">Book of Common Prayer (1928)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Common_Prayer_(1979)" title="Book of Common Prayer (1979)">Book of Common Prayer (1979)</a>, St. John 1:1-14 is appointed as the Gospel lesson for the principal celebration on Christmas Day.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Revised_Common_Lectionary" title="Revised Common Lectionary">Revised Common Lectionary</a> provides three sets of Propers for Christmas, with John 1:1-14 assigned in Proper III, intended for use at the principal celebration on Christmas Day.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music">Music</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_1&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/King_James_Version" title="King James Version">King James Version</a> of verse 29 from this chapter is cited as texts in the English-language <a href="/wiki/Oratorio" title="Oratorio">oratorio</a> "<a href="/wiki/Messiah_(Handel)" title="Messiah (Handel)">Messiah</a>" by <a href="/wiki/George_Frideric_Handel" title="George Frideric Handel">George Frideric Handel</a> (HWV 56).<sup id="cite_ref-Block_2001_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Block_2001-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_1&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Philip W. Comfort and David P. Barrett. <i>The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts</i>. Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers Incorporated, 2001, pp. 74-78.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-kingjamesbibleonline.org-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-kingjamesbibleonline.org_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-kingjamesbibleonline.org_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Iohn_1_1611/">"Biblical concordances of John 1 in the 1611 King James Bible"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Biblical+concordances+of+John+1+in+the+1611+King+James+Bible&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kingjamesbibleonline.org%2FIohn_1_1611%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+1" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem_Bible" title="Jerusalem Bible">Jerusalem Bible</a> (1966) uses this breakdown, although its primary analysis treats the Prologue as separate from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=John%201:18–3:21&version=nrsv">John 1:18–3:21</a>, which covers "The First Passover" with five distinct components.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblica.com/bible/?osis=niv:John%201">John 1</a>: NIV</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+1&version=gnt">John 1</a>: GNT</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+1&version=nkjv">John 1</a>: NKJV</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Duff, Jeremy, <i>The Elements of New Testament Greek (3rd ed.)</i>, Cambridge University Press, 2005. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-521-75550-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-521-75550-6">0-521-75550-6</a>. "[W]e can't tell if the author meant the word was θεός [a god] or ό θεός [God]," p. 63, footnote 3.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Genesis#1:1" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Genesis">Genesis 1</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-wesley.nnu.edu-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-wesley.nnu.edu_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wesley.nnu.edu_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Wesley, J., <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://wesley.nnu.edu/john-wesley/john-wesleys-notes-on-the-bible/notes-on-the-gospel-according-to-st-john/#Chapter+I">Notes on the Gospel according to Saint John</a> on John 1:3, accessed 24 January 2015</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Pulpit_Commentary-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Pulpit_Commentary_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Pulpit_Commentary_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Pulpit_Commentary_10-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://biblehub.com/commentaries/pulpit/john/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a> on John 1, accessed 25 January 2016</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuthrie19941027-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGuthrie19941027_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFGuthrie1994">Guthrie 1994</a>, p. 1027.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+1:3–4&version=nkjv">John 1:3–4</a>, NKJV</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=John%201:3–4&version=nrsv">John 1:3–4</a>, NRSV</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Footnote c at John 1:3 in the New American Bible (Revised Edition), accessed 22 October 2020</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+1:5&version=nkjv">John 1:5</a>, NKJV</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+1:6&version=nkjv">John 1:6</a>: NKJV</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Benson-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Benson_17-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Benson_17-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://biblehub.com/commentaries/benson/john/1.htm">Benson Commentary</a> on John 1, accessed 27 January 2016</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/John#1:10" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/John">John 1:10–11</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://biblehub.com/commentaries/barnes/john/1.htm">Barnes' Notes on the Bible</a> on John 1, accessed 27 January 2016</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/John#1:14" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/John">John 1:14</a> <a href="/wiki/King_James_Version" title="King James Version">KJV</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuthrie19941026-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGuthrie19941026_21-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFGuthrie1994">Guthrie 1994</a>, p. 1026.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+1:17&version=nkjv">John 1:17</a> <a href="/wiki/New_King_James_Version" title="New King James Version">KJV</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Bengel-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Bengel_23-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Bengel_23-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Bengel_23-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Bengel_23-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://biblehub.com/commentaries/bengel/john/1.htm">Bengel's Gnomon of the New Testament</a> on John 1, accessed 31 January 2016</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Sent "by" God in the <a href="/wiki/New_Century_Version" title="New Century Version">New Century Version</a> and some other translations</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+1:15&version=ncv">John 1:15</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://biblehub.com/commentaries/ellicott/john/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a> on John 1, and Plummer, A. (1902), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://biblehub.com/commentaries/cambridge/john/1.htm">Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges</a> on John 1, accessed 28 January 2016</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+11:14&version=rsv">Matthew 11:14</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=John%201:19–21&version=nrsv">John 1:19–21</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=John%207:40–41&version=nrsv">John 7:40–41</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://biblehub.com/commentaries/cambridge/john/1.htm">Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges</a> on John 1, accessed 31 January 2016</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+1:47&version=rsv">John 1:47</a>: RSV, NKJV</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Brodie-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Brodie_32-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFBrodie1997" class="citation book cs1">Brodie, Thomas L (1997). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=aKbnTHXzBd4C"><i>The Gospel According to John: A Literary and Theological Commentary</i></a>. Oxford University Press, Incorporated. pp. <span class="nowrap">57–</span>59. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780195353488" title="Special:BookSources/9780195353488"><bdi>9780195353488</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Gospel+According+to+John%3A+A+Literary+and+Theological+Commentary&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E57-%3C%2Fspan%3E59&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press%2C+Incorporated&rft.date=1997&rft.isbn=9780195353488&rft.aulast=Brodie&rft.aufirst=Thomas+L&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DaKbnTHXzBd4C&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+1" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBauckham2017128-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBauckham2017128_33-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBauckham2017128_33-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBauckham2017128_33-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBauckham2017128_33-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBauckham2017">Bauckham 2017</a>, p. 128.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBauckham2017128–129-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBauckham2017128–129_34-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBauckham2017">Bauckham 2017</a>, pp. 128–129.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Bauckham" title="Richard Bauckham">Bauckham, R.</a> "The Beloved Disciple as Ideal Author," <i>JNST</i> 49 (1993) 21-44; reprinted in S. E. Porter and C. A. Evans, eds., <i>The Johannine Writings</i> (Biblical Seminar 32; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic, 1995) 46-68; <i>apud</i> Bauckham 2017, p. 128</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBauckham2017129-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBauckham2017129_36-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBauckham2017">Bauckham 2017</a>, pp. 129.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bible.org/seriespage/exegetical-commentary-john-1-verses-119-51">Exegetical Commentary on John 1 (verses 1:19–51), Study By: W. Hall Harris III</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFBonneau1998" class="citation book cs1">Bonneau, Normand (1998). <i>The Sunday Lectionary: Ritual Word, Paschal Shape</i>. 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A.</a>; <a href="/wiki/R._T._France" title="R. T. France">France, R. T.</a>; <a href="/wiki/J._Alec_Motyer" title="J. Alec Motyer">Motyer, J. A.</a>; <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Wenham" title="Gordon Wenham">Wenham, G. J.</a> (eds.). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=uveHQgAACAAJ"><i>New Bible Commentary: 21st Century Edition</i></a> (4, illustrated, reprint, revised ed.). 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jacob%27s_Ladder" title="Jacob's Ladder">Jacob's Ladder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_of_Israel" class="mw-redirect" title="King of Israel">King of Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamb_of_God" title="Lamb of God">Lamb of God</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Logos" title="Logos">Logos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Light_of_the_World" title="Light of the World">Light of the World</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messiah" title="Messiah">Messiah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rabbi" title="Rabbi">Rabbi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Son_of_God" title="Son of God">Son of God</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Son_of_man_(Christianity)" title="Son of man (Christianity)">Son of Man</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><table style="width:100%; margin:1px; display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;width:45%;" 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Testament</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Gospel_of_John_chapters" title="Category:Gospel of John chapters">Chapters</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">John 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Signs" title="Book of Signs">Book of Signs</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_2" title="John 2">2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_3" title="John 3">3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_4" title="John 4">4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_5" title="John 5">5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_6" title="John 6">6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_7" title="John 7">7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_8" title="John 8">8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_9" title="John 9">9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_10" title="John 10">10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_11" title="John 11">11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_12" title="John 12">12</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Glory" class="mw-redirect" title="Book of Glory">Book of Glory</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_13" title="John 13">13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_14" title="John 14">14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_15" title="John 15">15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_16" title="John 16">16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_17" title="John 17">17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_18" title="John 18">18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_19" title="John 19">19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_20" title="John 20">20</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_21" title="John 21">Epilogue: 21</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Gospel_of_John_verses" title="Category:Gospel of John verses">Verses</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_1:1" title="John 1:1">John 1:1</a>–<a href="/wiki/John_1:20" title="John 1:20">20</a>; <a href="/wiki/John_1:23" title="John 1:23">23</a>; <a href="/wiki/John_1:25" title="John 1:25">25</a>–<a href="/wiki/John_1:33" title="John 1:33">33</a>; <a href="/wiki/John_1:35" title="John 1:35">35</a>–<a href="/wiki/John_1:42" title="John 1:42">42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_3:16" title="John 3:16">3:16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Via_et_veritas_et_vita" title="Via et veritas et vita">14:6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_18:38" title="John 18:38">18:38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:John_20" title="Category:John 20">20:1–31</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Events<br />(chronological)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wedding_at_Cana" title="Wedding at Cana">Wedding at Cana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bread_of_Life_Discourse" title="Bread of Life Discourse">Bread of Life Discourse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feeding_the_multitude" title="Feeding the multitude">Feeding the 5000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Healing_the_man_blind_from_birth" title="Healing the man blind from birth">Healing a blind man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Healing_the_paralytic_at_Bethesda" title="Healing the paralytic at Bethesda">Healing a paralytic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Healing_the_royal_official%27s_son" title="Healing the royal official's son">Healing a sick son</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesus_and_the_woman_taken_in_adultery" title="Jesus and the woman taken in adultery">Jesus and the woman taken in adultery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesus_walking_on_water" title="Jesus walking on water">Walking on water</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raising_of_Lazarus" class="mw-redirect" title="Raising of Lazarus">Raising of Lazarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anointing_of_Jesus" title="Anointing of Jesus">Anointing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maundy_(foot_washing)" title="Maundy (foot washing)">Foot washing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Passion_of_Jesus" title="Passion of Jesus">Passion of Jesus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Last_Supper" title="Last Supper">Last Supper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farewell_Discourse" title="Farewell Discourse">Farewell Discourse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crucifixion_of_Jesus" title="Crucifixion of Jesus">Crucifixion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burial_of_Jesus" title="Burial of Jesus">Burial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Empty_tomb" title="Empty tomb">Empty tomb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Resurrection_of_Jesus" title="Resurrection of Jesus">Resurrection of Jesus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Restoration_of_Peter" title="Restoration of Peter">Restoration of Peter</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Phrases</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/In_the_beginning_(phrase)" title="In the beginning (phrase)">In the beginning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Logos_(Christianity)" title="Logos (Christianity)">Logos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disciple_whom_Jesus_loved" title="Disciple whom Jesus loved">Disciple whom Jesus loved</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doubting_Thomas" title="Doubting Thomas">Doubting Thomas</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ecce_homo" title="Ecce homo">Ecce homo</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanukkah" title="Hanukkah">Feast of Dedication</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Commandment" title="New Commandment">"Love one another"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesus_wept" title="Jesus wept">Jesus wept</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Noli_me_tangere" title="Noli me tangere">Noli me tangere</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Quod_scripsi,_scripsi" title="Quod scripsi, scripsi">Quod scripsi, scripsi</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/That_they_all_may_be_one" title="That they all may be one">That they all may be one</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Via_et_veritas_et_vita" title="Via et veritas et vita">Via et veritas et vita</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_truth_will_set_you_free" title="The truth will set you free">The truth will set you free</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_the_Apostle" title="Andrew the Apostle">Andrew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annas" title="Annas">Annas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caiaphas" title="Caiaphas">Caiaphas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herod_Antipas" title="Herod Antipas">Herod Antipas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus Christ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_the_Baptist" title="John the Baptist">John the Baptist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_of_Arimathea" title="Joseph of Arimathea">Joseph of Arimathea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judas_Iscariot" title="Judas Iscariot">Judas Iscariot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary,_mother_of_Jesus" title="Mary, mother of Jesus">Mother of Jesus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lazarus_of_Bethany" title="Lazarus of Bethany">Lazarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malchus" title="Malchus">Malchus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martha" title="Martha">Martha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Magdalene" title="Mary Magdalene">Mary Magdalene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_of_Bethany" title="Mary of Bethany">Mary, sister of Martha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathanael_(follower_of_Jesus)" title="Nathanael (follower of Jesus)">Nathanael</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicodemus" title="Nicodemus">Nicodemus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_the_Apostle" title="Philip the Apostle">Philip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontius_Pilate" title="Pontius Pilate">Pontius Pilate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Peter" title="Saint Peter">Simon Peter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_the_Apostle" title="Thomas the Apostle">Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zebedee" title="Zebedee">Zebedee</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Groups</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Angel" title="Angel">Angels</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Pharisees" title="Pharisees">Pharisees</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sadducees" title="Sadducees">Sadducees</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Samaritans" title="Samaritans">Samaritans</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sanhedrin" title="Sanhedrin">Sanhedrin</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Places</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C3%86non" class="mw-redirect" title="Ænon">Ænon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethabara" class="mw-redirect" title="Bethabara">Bethabara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethany" title="Bethany">Bethany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethsaida" title="Bethsaida">Bethsaida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cana" title="Cana">Cana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capernaum" title="Capernaum">Capernaum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galilee" title="Galilee">Galilee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacob%27s_Well" title="Jacob's Well">Jacob's Well</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jordan_River" title="Jordan River">Jordan River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judea" title="Judea">Judea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kidron_Valley" title="Kidron Valley">Kidron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samaria" title="Samaria">Samaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Galilee" title="Sea of Galilee">Sea of Galilee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solomon%27s_Porch" title="Solomon's Porch">Solomon's Porch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shechem" title="Shechem">Sychar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">"<a href="/wiki/Ego_eimi" title="Ego eimi">I AM</a>" sayings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/I_am_(biblical_term)" title="I am (biblical term)">I am (biblical term)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bread_of_Life_Discourse" title="Bread of Life Discourse">Bread of Life</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Light_of_the_World" title="Light of the World">Light of the World</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_10" title="John 10">Gate for the Sheep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Good_Shepherd" title="Good Shepherd">Good Shepherd</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/John_11" title="John 11">Resurrectio et Vita</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Via_et_veritas_et_vita" title="Via et veritas et vita">Via et veritas et vita</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/True_Vine" title="True Vine">True Vine</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Authorship_of_the_Johannine_works" title="Authorship of the Johannine works">Authorship</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Johannine_community" title="Johannine community">Johannine community</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_the_Apostle" title="John the Apostle">John the Apostle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_the_Evangelist" title="John the Evangelist">John the Evangelist</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johannine_literature" title="Johannine literature">Johannine literature</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Spirit_in_Johannine_literature" title="Holy Spirit in Johannine literature">Holy Spirit</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Textual_variants_in_the_Gospel_of_John" title="Textual variants in the Gospel of John">Textual variants</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apocryphon_of_John" title="Apocryphon of John">Apocryphon of John</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Apocalypse_of_John" title="Second Apocalypse of John">Second Apocalypse of John</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Gospel_According_to_John_(Pillar_New_Testament_Commentary)" title="The Gospel According to John (Pillar New Testament Commentary)">Pillar New Testament Commentary</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Adaptations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/St_John_Passion" title="St John Passion">St John Passion</a></i> (J. S. 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