The Gospel of John

Question 1

Who was the gospel attributed to?

Answer 1

John

Question 2

Who is the author of the gospel?

Answer 2

We don’t know.

Question 3

When was the gospel written?

Answer 3

After the fall of the temple and after when the Christians were kicked out of the synagogue. Between 85-125 CE.

Question 4

Where was the gospel written?

Answer 4

We don’t know but have the idea that it was written in Palestine.

Question 5

Why was the gospel written?

Answer 5

To promote Christology - to show that Jesus is Christ. Also to show that if Jesus never goes away the Holy Spirit can never go to his disciples.

Question 6

Paraclete

Answer 6

Holy Spirit

Question 7

Logos

Answer 7

Words

Question 8

Incarnation

Answer 8

In the flesh

Question 9

What are the major differences between the synoptic gospels and John?

Answer 9

1. John has no birth story for Jesus.
2. Jesus is the eternal logos and created the idea of incarnation.
3. There is no baptism story with John.
4. There is no temptation story.
5. There are no exorcisms.
6. Jesus overcomes things through knowledge and truth.
7. Teaching is radically different.
8. No reinterpretation of the Mosaic law.
9. No prediction of the fall of Jerusalem or Jesus coming back.
10. No holy communion at the last supper.
11. Jesus is always in power.

Question 10

What is gnostic?

Answer 10

The idea that Jesus wasn’t human and more supernatural.

Question 11

What does Jesus take to cleanse the temple?

Answer 11

Jesus takes a whip.

Question 12

How long is the gospel of john?

Answer 12

The gospel is 3 years long.

Question 13

When does Jesus change Simon’s name?

Answer 13

He changes his name right away.

Question 14

What does Jesus make known to the people?

Answer 14

That he is powerful and the messiah.

Question 15

What is the Wedding in Cana?

Answer 15

This is where Jesus mother tells him to that there is no more wine at the wedding so Jesus fills jars up with water and turns them into wine. (Miracle 1)

Question 16

Who was Nicodemus?

Answer 16

He was a Pharisee that questioned how someone could be born twice and Jesus says that you can’t enter heaven unless you were born that way. And John the Baptist realizes that he is not the Messiah and that Jesus is better than him.

Question 17

What happened with the samaratin women?

Answer 17

She questioned Jesus when he asked her for water because men aren’t supposed to talk to women. So Jesus offers that he can make water that so you’re never thirsty again and he ends up telling her whole life story. (Miracle 2)

Question 18

What did Jesus do to the royal officials son?

Answer 18

He healed the boy that was close to death and the boy was better the next day. Jesus also healed a man that had been ill for 38 years and Jesus puts himself on God’s level because the people were saying that Jesus did work on the sabbath. (Miracle 3)

Question 19

What does Jesus do with the bread and fish?

Answer 19

He turns 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish into enough food to feed 5,000 people and then walked on water towards his disciples. The next morning the people asked Jesus for more food and Jesus told them they needed to follow him first. (Miracles 4+5)

Question 20

What are the 6 “I am” statements?

Answer 20

1. I am the bread of life.
2. I am the light of the world.
3. I am the good Shepard.
4. I am the resurrection of the life.
5. I am the way, the truth, the life.
6. I am the true vine.

Question 21

How did Jesus heal the blind man?

Answer 21

By spitting on the ground, making mud, and then rubbing it onto the man’s eyes. He told the man to wash the mud off and he would finally be able to see because the man was born blind. The Pharisees didn’t believe that this actually happened and told the man that he was lying. (Miracle 6)

Question 22

What happened to Lazarus?

Answer 22

He was ill and his sisters, Mary and Martha, contacted Jesus to come heal him and he didn’t make it in time and he died. When Jesus arrived he found out that Lazarus had been in the tomb for 4 days and Jesus brought him back to life. (Miracle 7)

Question 23

What story does John have that the others don’t have?

Answer 23

When Jesus takes the time to wash all of his disciples. Also, John is the only one to mention Jesus writing in chapter 8. There also isn’t any wine of bread at the last supper.

Question 24

What is the high priestly prayer?

Answer 24

When Jesus is being bound and the guards ask who he is and he says, “here am I” And they fall to the ground.

Question 25

What was the order Jesus was taken in before he was crucified?

Answer 25

1. Annas
2. Caiaphas
3. Pilate - here Pilate told to Jews to take him back if he wasn’t a criminal but they said they couldn’t punish him but Pilate knew Jesus was innocent. The people convinced him to crucify Jesus though.

Question 26

What is Golgotha?

Answer 26

The place of the skull.

Question 27

What was written on Jesus’ cross?

Answer 27

“Jesus of Nazareth, the king of the Jews.”

Question 28

What did a solider do to Jesus that hasn’t been done before?

Answer 28

After Jesus drank the sour wine on a sponge and died, a solider stabbed Jesus in the side with a sword and let the blood and water drain out.

Question 29

What happened on Easter?

Answer 29

Mary Magdalene went to visit Jesus at his tomb and didn’t find Jesus there. Instead she found two angels in white and they asked why was she crying and when she turned around Jesus was standing behind her.