The Prophet Isaiah lived in Jerusalem 700 years before Christ. These were dangerous and heart-breaking years for the prophet. The kingdom was divided between Israel to the north and Judah […]

In his gospel, John refers to the miracles Jesus performed as “signs” because they demonstrate that Jesus is the Son of God and the Messiah. These miracles are among the […]

John takes us immediately from the exalted theology of the prologue to the activity that is at the heart of Jesus’ mission: to seek and save the lost (Luke 19:10). […]

The conclusion of the prologue (vv. 1-18) leads to the first of the two major sections of John’s Gospel, the Book of Signs. As the name suggests, the Book of […]

In the final section of the prologue, John sums up what he has already stated concerning the eternal existence and deity of Jesus, the Word. John also definitively states the […]

In the final section of the prologue, John sums up what he has already stated concerning the eternal existence and deity of Jesus, the Word. John also definitively states the […]

John begins this section of his prologue with something like an aside concerning John the Baptist. It seems there were some who were blurring the lines between this “man” and […]

The first eighteen verses of John’s Gospel function as a prologue to the entire work. Far more than a mere literary convention, these words serve as a lens by which […]

The Gospel of John stands, along with Paul’s letter to the Roman church, as one of the two twin towers of the New Testament. There may be no more beloved […]

This passage is one of the most consequential in the New Testament and marks a turning point in Matthew’s Gospel. Indeed, this is a climactic moment in the life of […]