John Flashcards
The Gospel of John covers a period of _____ years in the life of Christ
3
The most likely place for John to have written his Gospel is ____
Ephesus
All the references that emphasize that Jesus is the embodiment of transcendent divine attributes have roots in the ______
Old Testament
The fact that there is unity and diversity within the divine being eventually produced the Christian doctrine of the _____
Trinity
Johns writing shows that Jesus fulfills the hopes of _____ and ______
Israel and humanity
The first thing that was questioned about Christ was his
Humanity
The first thing that was questioned about Christ was his ______
Humanity
Fundamental to the gospel of John is the principle of _______
Faith
How is the gospel of John different from the synoptics?
It writes for a span of three years as opposed to one year.
The gospel of John differs from Matthew, Mark, and Luke because 90% of it has no direct parallel with these three: it covers a ministry of three years rather than one, it focuses on different parts of Jesus’ teaching and it emphasizes. Jesus ministry in a different manner .
Why are Irenaeus’s reflections of his childhood important for understanding John?
Iranians recalls how Polycarp sat and talked with John and the other disciples who had seen the Lord and how he remembered their words and what were the things concerning the Lord, including his miracles and his teachings Polycarp had received them from the eyewitnesses of the ward of life and reported all things in agreement with scriptures.
How does John emphasize Jesus’ divine essence?
Jesus is the personal expression of God as the one and only son of God himself. Only Christ is God‘s eternal son. In John’s Gospel Jesus is referred to as the son of God, but even more explicitly than this, as the God. The son Jesus is referred to as Lord and God nothing less than the one who existed before Abraham, and revealed himself to Moses as the great “I am” This gave rise to the Christian doctrine of the trinity.
How did Jesus fulfill Israel’s hope?
The fact that Jesus is God, incarnate and human flesh is found in passages that emphasize his divine qualities focus on Jesus as God, unique, divine representative and show Jesus as the fulfillment of Israel and all of humanity, hope
How is Jesus humanity emphasized in John
Throughout the gospel of John, there is an emphasis on Jesus’ human nature.
Jesus comes from Nazareth, travels with his mother and brothers,
asked for a drink of water at Samaria,
crosses the sea of Galilee in a boat,
spits on the ground to make mud for a blind man’s eyes,
weeps over Lazarus’s death,
washes his disciples feet,
died and was buried,
and even after the resurrection, bore marks on his hands.
What is the importance of faith in Johns gospel?
Those who believe have everlasting life and will never die. They are children of God, those who do not believe are condemned, and will not see life, but will experience the wrath of God.
John, the ______ wrote the gospel of John in A.D. ____ in ______
Son of Zeb
90s
Ephesus
