📖 The Book of John
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Jesus is the eternal Son of God — believe in him and have life.
Who wrote John?
Author
John (Apostle)
Written
c. AD 90
Genre
Gospel
Why John was written
John's Gospel is explicitly evangelistic: written 'so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name' (20:31).
Outline of John
- 11: The Prologue — the Word became flesh
- 22–12: The Book of Signs — seven miracles revealing Jesus' identity
- 313–17: The Upper Room Discourse
- 418–20: The Passion, death, and resurrection
- 521: Epilogue — restoration of Peter
Key verses
John 1:1John 1:14John 3:16John 10:10John 20:31
How John points to Christ
John opens as Genesis opens — 'In the beginning' — identifying Jesus as the eternal Word through whom all things were made. Every sign, discourse, and encounter in John is designed to answer the question: who is Jesus?
How John begins
1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
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