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BOOK 4 - GOSPEL OF JOHN

Colour Code: Blue - Christmas story; black - Ministry; red - Easter story; purple - life & worship

 


THE BEGINNINGS - FROM THE BIRTH OF JESUS TO THE START OF HIS MINISTRY c 6BC-AD27

John 1:1-51

1: 1-5 Prologue

1: 6-28 Appearance of John the Baptist - also 1:17b Love - its preeminence; 1:17b Unique claims of Christ

1:29-34 Baptism of Jesus - also 1:29b Unique claims of Christ; 1:32-34 The Holy Spirit

HIS TRAVELS AND ACTS c AD27-30

1:35-36 How Jesus starts his ministry

1:37-51 First calling of Andrew and one other disciple (John?), Simon Peter, Philip and Nathanael

John 2:1-25

2: 1-11 Water into wine

2:12-25 Jesus drives the buyers and sellers from the Templefor the first time

John 3:1-36

3: 1-21 Jesus meets Nicodemus, the Pharisee - "You must be born again" - also 3: 3 Heaven; 3: 3b-8 Spiritual birth; 3: 5 Baptism; 3: 5 The Holy Spirit; 3:12-13 Heaven; 3:16 Love - its preeminence; 3:16 Unique claims of Christ

3:22-36 John the Baptist testifies that Jesus is the Christ - also 3:36 Unique claims of Christ

John 4:1-54

4: 1-42 Jesus the living water - his meeting with the Samaritan woman at the well - also 4: 3b-14 Unique claims of Christ; 4: 7-9,27 Women; 4:39 Evangelism; 4:48 Signs and wonders

4:43-54 The officials' dying son

John 5:1-47

5: 1-15 The invalid at the Pool of Bethesda

5:16-47 The first serious opposition to the claims of Jesus to be the Son of God - also 5:24 The Holy Bible; 5:41,44 Independence

John 6:1-71

6: 1-15 Feeding the five thousand

6:16-24 Walking on water

6:25-71 Jesus the bread of life and the hard reality of his teaching - also 6:33a The Holy Spirit; 6:38-40 Heaven; 6:53-56 The Lord's Supper

John 7:1-53

7: 1-53 The opposition to Jesus continues; the authorities try to arrest him - also 7:31 Signs and wonders; 7:50-51 Law, order, and justice

John 8:1-59

8: 1 Jesus goes off to the Mount of Olives

8: 2-11 The woman caught in adultery - "He who is withour sin" - also 8: 9b-11 Women

8:12-59 The opposition to Jesus worsens - "Before Abraham was, I AM!" - also 8:31-32 The truth; 8:31-36 Freedom as Christians; 8:44b The devil; 8:58 Unique claims of Christ

John 9:1-41

9: 1-41 The man born blind who goes before the Pharisees - also 9:16a The Sabbath; 9:25,39-41 Spiritual insight and blindness

John 10:1-42

10: 1-18 Jesus, the door for the sheep, and the good shepherd

10:19-42 The opposition continues; again the authorities try to arrest him - also 10:41b Signs and wonders

John 11:1-57

11:1-44 Lazarus raised from the dead - also 11:25-26 Unique claims of Christ

11:45-57 The plot to kill Jesus

TOWARDS THE END Spring c AD30)

John 12:1-50

12: 1-8 The anointing of Jesus at Bethany

12: 9-11 The plot to kill Lazarus as well

12:12-19 The final entry of Jesus into Jerusalem

12:20-50 As many Jews reject Jesus, so others reach out to him - also 12:25 Worldliness; 12:43 Independence ; 12:44b-46 Unique claims of Christ ; 12:47-50 The Holy Bible

John 13:1-38

13: 1-30 The last supper - also 13:4-5,12-17 Serving others

13:31-38 The last night continued, and the garden of Gethsemane - also 13:34-35 Love - its preeminence

John 14:1-31

14:1-31 Jesus the way to God the Father, and the coming of the Holy Spirit - "I am the way, and the truth and the life" - also 14: 2-3 Heaven; 14: 6 Unique claims of Christ; 14:13-14 Prayer; 14:16-17,26 The Holy Spirit; 14:26 The Holy Trinity; 14:27a Peace

John 15:1-27

15:1-27 Union with Jesus - "The vine and the branches", and the hatred of the world - also 15:10-11 The happy; 15:12-13 Love - its preeminence; 15:26 The Holy Spirit; 15:26 The Holy Trinity

John 16:1-33

16: 1-4 The hatred of the world - concluded

16: 5-33 Jesus talks about the work of the Holy Spirit and the future - also 16: 7b-11,13-14 The Holy Spirit; 16:23b-24 Prayer

John 17:1-26

17: 1-26 Jesus prays for himself, his disciples, and all future believers

John 18:1-40

18: 1-2 The last night - concluded

18: 3-12 Jesus is betrayed and arrested

18:13-28 Jesus is tried before the Jewish authorities; Peter betrays him

18:29-40 Jesus before the Roman Pontius Pilate

John 19:1-42

19: 1-16a Jesus before Pontius Pilate; the sentence

19:1-3 Jesus is ill-treated during his trial

19:16b-30 His crucifixion and death

19:25-26a Some of the people present

19:31-42 His burial

THE NEW BEGINNING Spring cAD30

John 20:1-31

20: 1-13 The empty tomb

20:14-31 The resurrection of Jesus and his appearances - also 20:24-29 Faith; 20:30-31 The Holy Bible

John 21:1-25

21:1-14 The appearances of Jesus

21:1-11 The second miraculous catch of fish

21:15-23 His commission to preach the Gospel to the world

21:24-25 Epilogue to the Gospels - also 21:25 Infinite depth of Christ

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