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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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