N.T. 1 BS201 FALL 2017 PELLETIER TEST 2 JOHN Flashcards
why is John’s gospel different from the Synoptic Gospels?
1- John omits important events such as Jesus temptation, transfiguration, the Lord’s supper, sermon on the mount, and the Lord’s prayer.
2= it does include in John 2-4 jesus early Galilean ministry, visits to Jerusalem before the passion, resurrection of Lazarus in John 11, the extended farewell discourse in John 13-17.
other difference;
90% OF JOHN LACKS direct verbal parallel ; john depictrs 3 year ministry while the synoptics describe one year.
who wrote John?
but some argue that the Christology is too developed, the Gospel is too theological and mystical, the words of Jesus are not in the same order as those in the Synoptics, and the material reflects a church situaition outside Palestine.
John son of Zebedee
one of the original twelve apostles.
when was john written and where?
(Elwell, p. 96)
2= what was the purpose?
3=what are the characteristics?
there are 3 grouupins
1=jesus divine qualities and essence
2= jesus as unique divine messenger
3=Jesus’ fulfillment of Israel’s and OT’s hopes and needs.
traditional view says IN EPHESUS IN AD 90’S.
but some scholars think back to AD 70(100years later).
2= so that readers may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and by believing have life in his name. 3= its emphasis on the divine glory of Christ-he is nothing less than God himself, incarnate in human flesh.
what is Johns outline?
1- Prologue 1:1-18
2-The Book of Signs 1:19-12:50
3-The Book of Glory 13:1-20:31
4-Epilogue 21:1-25
purpose & characteristics 1
johns claim of Jesus’s divine glory spread throughout the Gospel and unfolds in what three ways?
- First=Jesus Divine Qualities and Essence.= light, Truth, Glory, Grace, The word of God.
- Second=Jesus Unique Divine Messenger.=
the one who finds his eternal source in God
coming down to earth.
A teacher come from God
The True Bread from heaven
The one who possesses all power
The one through whom the Holy Spirit speaks
The one who returns to heaven when his mission is finish
3Third= Jesus’s fulfillment of Israel’s and all humanity’s hopes and needs.=
John points to Jesus as messiah
The king, Son of man, Lamb of God, Savior of the world, the one who gives eternal life, who sets people free from sin, light of the world, light of life, gate of the sheep,good shepherd, true vine, bread of life, the resurrection and the life.
what is the principle of faith?
its fundamental in John. is a dynamic activity: believe occurs in various verbal forms about one hundred times in John, while the noun faith is absent.
for john faith is a personal trust in Christ informed by certain facts and truths.
purpose and characteristics 2
for what purpose does john write?
2=what is john’s first most distinctive feature?
John writes so that readers might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and by believing have life in his name.
2=his emphasison the divine glory of Christ-he is nothing less than God himself, incarnate in human flesh.
what are Jesus characteristics?
- Jesus Divine Qualities and essence: light, Truth, Glory, Grace, the word of God.
- Jesus as Unique Divine Messenger: the one who finds his eternal source in God.
coming down to earth.
A teacher come from God.
The True Bread from Heaven.
The one who possesses all power.
The one through whom the Holy Spirit speaks.
The one who returns to heaven when his mission is finished. - Jesus’s fulfillment of Israel’s and all humanity’s Hopes and needs.
John points to Jesus as Messiah
The king, Son of man, Lamb of God, Savior of the World, the one who gives eternal life, who sets people free from sin, light of the world, light of life, gate of the sheep, good shepherd, true vine, bread of life, the resurrection and the life. (elwell, p. 97-98)
what does each chapter of John contain?
study Bruner, p. 98
for the essay questions?. preacher evangelism, family and friendship evangelism.
John 1:7=”that all might come to believe through him.
J 1:29-34= john bears witness of Jesus
J1:35-51= The calling of the Disciples.( study Burner, p,98).
john’s chapters
Chapter 2 contains what?
Chapter 3?
chapter 4?
chapter 5?
J2= The wedding at cana- jesus first miracle. (and jesus clears the temple which is cover in other gospels)
J3= Jesus and Nicodemus.
J4= The woman at the well; and her city. and the healing of the Galilean Official’s son.
J5= the healing at the pool of Bethesda(another healing on the sabbath)
chapters
what does chapter 6 Have?
charpter 7?
chapter 8?
chapter 9?
chapter 10?
chapter 11?
J6= the feeding of the five thousand. also jesus walks on water, and jesus the bread of life.
J7= Jesus at the Feast of Tabernacles. /is Jesus the christ?
J8 The woman caught in adultery.
J9= Jesus heals a man born blind. Jesus disciples- who dinned, this man or his parents?
J10= The Shepherd and his Flock. his sheep willfollow them because they know his voice.
J11= The death of Lazarus- Jesus greatest earthly miracle. jesus defies cultural mores which believed that the spirit of a person hovered around the body for three days until it went to wherever people go.
