Day 16 - John 2:23-6:59

John, the son of Zebedee, was one of Jesus' first disciples; called from his fishing business with Peter in Galilee (Luke 5:10), he remained in Jesus' inner circle with his brother James and Peter throughout Jesus' ministry. John's writing is unique among the New Testament authors in that he wrote a biography of Jesus, three epistles and the book of Revelation.

John's gospel, like that of Matthew, Mark and Luke, is interested in telling the good news of Jesus; however, John's approach is different. John's presentation of Jesus is of Jesus as the Messiah and as the Son of God. Much of the gospel relates to Jesus' Jerusalem ministry in what is referred to as the "Book of Signs" (John 2:1-12:50) wherein Jesus performs signs and wonders to demonstrate His deity and discourses to explain the signs. This is followed by His instructions to the disciples in preparation for life without Him. An examination of the following chart comparing the synoptic gospels to John shows the clear distinction between John and the synoptics. John was writing for the mature church and in that he wrote more on the deity of Christ, the meaning of His ministry and recorded the long discourses of Christ given primarily to His disciples.



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