Chapter 10 Vocab

Question 1

Jesus’ characteristic use of metaphors to describe himself in Johns Gospel

Answer 1

“I am”statement

Question 2

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) the book of revelation

Answer 2

Johannine community

Question 3

The introduction to Johns Gospel, which identifies Jesus as logos and provides the most exalted statement of christology in the New Testament

Answer 3

Prologue of John

Question 4

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.

Answer 4

Logos

Question 5

The figure who appears repeatedly in the Gospel of John as “the Disciple whom Jesus loved,” traditionally identified as John the apostle.

Answer 5

Beloved Disciple

Question 6

The first major section of the Gospel of John, which describes a series of signs which reveal Jesus’ glory and call people to faith in Him.

Answer 6

Book of Signs

Question 7

The second major section of the Gospel of John, made up of his farewell discourse and his “glorification”, a designation in Johannic theology which refers to his passion, resurrection and ascension

Answer 7

Book of Glory

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Nicodemus

Question 9

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

Answer 9

“Signs”

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Chiasm

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Lamb of God

Question 12

The first miracle (“signs”) of Johns gospel; Jesus turns water to wine, symbolizing the messianic banquet

Answer 12

Miracle at Cana

Question 13

The theological perspective of the Gospel of John, which envisions a strict dichotomy between opposing forces of good and evil in the world

Answer 13

Dualism

Question 14

The climatic miracle in Johns Gospel, which provokes the religious authorities

Answer 14

Raising of Lazarus

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Farewell Discourse

Question 16

A description Jesus gives to the Holy Spirit in his Farewell Discourse in Johns Gospel, meaning “advocate”, “counselor”, or “comforter”

Answer 16

Paraclete

Question 17

Traditional name given to Jesus’ prayer for his disciples in which he acts as a priestly mediator for them

Answer 17

High-Priestly prayer

Question 18

The appearance in visible form of God, or a god, to a human being.

Answer 18

Theophany

Question 19

A phrase meaning “equality of essence or being”. While equal to God the Father in being, Jesus lived in functional subordination to him.

Answer 19

Ontological equality

Question 20

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

Answer 20

Functional subordination

Question 21

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

Answer 21

The world

Question 22

One of Johns favorite expressions for salvation, it refers not only to immortal life that never ends but also to true spiritual life which believers posses in the present

Answer 22

Eternal life

Question 23

The theological perspective, reflected especially in Johns Gospel, that Gods end time salvation is already a present possession in the life of the believer

Answer 23

Realized eschatology

Question 24

An individual mentioned by the early church father papias and considered by some to be the author of the Fourth Gosepl. Others consider this another name for John the apostle

Answer 24

John the elder

Question 25

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

Answer 25

John Rylands manuscript

Question 26

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

Answer 26

Docetism