Chapter 10

Question 0

Johannine community

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The early Christian community which preserved the teachings of John about Jesus as represented in the gospel of John the three letters of John and perhaps revelation

Question 1

I am statements

Answer 1

Jesus characteristic use of metaphors to describe himself in johns gospel

Question 2

Prologue

Answer 2

The introduction to johns gospel which identifies Jesus as the logos and provides the most exalted statement of Christology in the NT

Question 3

Logos

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A Greek title given to Jesus in the prologue of Johns gospel which has conceptual roots in both Judaism and Hellenistic philosophy and which stresses Jesus identity as the self revelation of god

Question 4

Beloved disciple

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The figure who appears in the gospel of John as the disciple whom Jesus loved, traditionally identified as John

Question 5

Book of signs

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The first major section of the gospel of John 1:19-12:50,which describes a series of signs which reveal Jesus glory and call people to faith in him

Question 6

Book of glory

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The second major section of the gospel of John 13:1-20:31, made up of his farewell discourse and his glorification a designation in Johannine theology which refers to his passion, resurrection, and ascension

Question 7

Nicodemus

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The Jewish religious leader who came to Jesus by night and later aided Joseph of arimathea with the burial of Jesus

Question 8

Signs

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The term in John for miracles which reveal Jesus glory and call forth faith in him

Question 9

Chiasm

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Inverse parallelism, a concentric pattern in which series of things repeats itself in reverse order

Question 10

Lamb of god

Answer 10

Title given to Jesus by John the Baptist indicating his sacrificial death as the Passover lamb and suffering servant of Isaiah 53

Question 11

Miracle at Cana

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The first miracle of Johns gospel Jesus turns water into wine, Symbolizing the messianic banquet

Question 12

Dualism

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The theological perspective of the gospel of John, which envisions a strict dichotomy between opposing forces of good and evil in the world: god versus satan, truth versus falsehood, light versus darkness. A different kind of dualism, that between the material world and the spiritual world, called Gnosticism

Question 13

Raising of Lazarus

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The climactic miracle of Johns gospel, which provokes religious leaders

Question 14

Farewell discourse

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Jesus teaching following the last supper in John in which he promises his continuing presence through the Holy Spirit

Question 15

Paraclete

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A description that Jesus gives to the Holy Spirit in his farewell discourse in Johns gospel meaning advocate, counselor or comforter

Question 16

High priestly prayer

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Traditional name given to Jesus prayer for his disciples in John 17, in which. He acts as a priestly mediator for them

Question 17

Ontological equality

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The phrase meaning equality of essence or being while equal to God the father in being Jesus lived in functional subordination to him

Question 18

Functional subordination

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The Johannine concept that while Jesus was fully equal with God in his being he lived in full submission to and dependence on God

Question 19

The World

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A term which in John often has the connotation of the evil world system as ruled by Satan

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Eternal life

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One of John’s favorite expressions for salvation it refers not only to immortal life that never ends but also to true spiritual life which believers possess in the present

Question 21

realized eschatology

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The theological perspective reflected especially in John’s Gospel that gods end time salvation is already a present possession in the life of the believer

Question 22

John the elder

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An individual mentioned by the early church father Papias and considered by some to be the author of the fourth Gospel others consider this another name for John the apostle

Question 23

John Ryland’s manuscript P 52

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A small papyrus fragment of the Gospel of John dated to the early part of the second century and probably the earliest surviving manuscript of any part of the New Testament

Question 24

Docetism

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An early heresy which claim that Jesus was not a real human being but only appeared to have a physical body