"In the beginning was the word."  With these magnificent words, John the Evangelist begins his gospel.  Widely believed to have been the last gospel written, John's gospel contains the most fully developed and articulated theology of the four.  For some skeptical scholars, this indicates that John was a imposing his own ideas upon the pure and original gospel.  The problem with such a theory is that no real evidence backs it up. 

The Bare Facts

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Memorable Passages

Overviews and Outlines

Introduction to John

An outline-format introduction by David Malick.

An Argument of John

David Malick's rhetorical outline.

John: Introduction, Argument, and Outline

A helpful overview by Daniel Wallace.

John--Introduction

A lengthy introduction to the book prepared for the New American Bible web site by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Early Christian Writings--John

A source with much useful information but an overall "Higher Criticism" orientation.

 

Bible Studies: Whole Book

Matthew Henry's Commentary

The relevant section of Henry's great commentary.

Commentary on the Gospel of John

By Prof. W. Hall Harris of Dallas Theological Seminary.

That You Might Believe: A Study of the Gospel of John  

A 49-lesson series on John by Bob Deffinbaugh.

Present the Person and Work of the Son of God

A thirteen-lesson course from Middletown (CT) Bible Church.

A Textual Commentary on the Greek Gospels

A very long (376-page) and very technical discussion of the book's text.  Written by Wieland Willker, about whom I know nothing more.  He also provides The P. Adultera: John 7:53-8:11.

Calvin's Commentary on John, Vol 1 (ch. 1-11); Vol 2 (ch. 12-21)

Calvin's classic commentary.  Note that it is divided into two volumes.

Darby's Synopsis--John

John Darby's chapter-by-chapter look at John.

The Geneva Study Bible--John

The text of the 1599 Geneva Bible along with its study notes.

Gill's Exposition of the Bible--John

A chapter-by-chapter commentary by John Gill.

Jamieson, Fausset, Brown Commentary--John

The classic commentary on the entire Bible.

The People's New Testament--John

The relevant chapter from B.W. Johnson's 1891 book.

Robertson's Word Pictures--John

The relevant sections from the 1932 book.

Commentary on the New Testament

A long file containing the comments of John Roberts.

Marsh Bible Commentary

This link goes to chapter one of the commentary.  You can click through to the other chapters.

Notes on John

This pdf file contains notes maintained by Dr. Thomas Constable of Dallas Theological Seminary.

The Book of John

This chapter-by-chapter study comes from ProphecyUpdate.com.

John: Jesus the Son of God

A lengthy, verse-level commentary and set of notes by David Griffiths, a native of Wales who has ministered for many years in the United States through the Assemblies of God.

Studies in the Gospel of John

A lengthy but unfinished study by Dave Humpal.  Unfortunately, he seems to have left off this work in 1998.

The Book of John

A sixty-one-lesson series from King's Chapel, Hershey, PA.  The author of this series appears to be connected somewhat with Arnold Murray of Shepherd's Chapel, so please consult it with discernment if at all.

David Guzik Commentary--Blue Letter Bible

This chapter-based commentary is by a Calvary Chapel pastor based in Germany.

Bible Studies: Part of Book

The Manifestation of Messiah: John 1-4 (lessons 5-7)

A portion of Bob Deffinbaugh's "Highlights in the Life and Ministry of Christ" course.

John 1:34 in the NET Bible

Daniel B. Wallace on a textual discrepancy.

Israel's Hour of Decision: John 6 (lesson 11)

A portion of Bob Deffinbaugh's "Highlights in the Life and Ministry of Christ" course.

The Light of the World: John 9 (lesson 12)

A portion of Bob Deffinbaugh's "Highlights in the Life and Ministry of Christ" course.

The Resurrection and the Life: John 11 (lesson 13)

A portion of Bob Deffinbaugh's "Highlights in the Life and Ministry of Christ" course.

Did Jesus Really Raise Lazarus from the Dead? (John 11)

Subtitled "A Test Case for Harmonization Between the Synoptics and the Fourth Gospel."  By James Merrill Hamilton, Jr.

The Believer and Daily Cleansing (John 13:1-17)

A study by J. Hampton Keathley III.

Christ's Example of Servanthood (John 13:1-14:7)

A study by Hampton Keathley IV.

Help for Troubled Hearts (John 13:31-14:31)

J. Hampton Keathley III's continuation of his previous study.

Facing the Future: A Prescription for Peace: John 14 (lesson 32)

A portion of Bob Deffinbaugh's "Highlights in the Life and Ministry of Christ" course.

The Theological Message of John 14:15-31

A study by Greg Herrick.

Abiding in Christ: John 15 (lesson 33)

A portion of Bob Deffinbaugh's "Highlights in the Life and Ministry of Christ" course.

How to Handle a Hostile World: John 16 (lesson 34)

A portion of Bob Deffinbaugh's "Highlights in the Life and Ministry of Christ" course.

The High Priestly Prayer of Jesus: John 17 (lesson 35)

A portion of Bob Deffinbaugh's "Highlights in the Life and Ministry of Christ" course.

The Heart of Christianity (John 17)

An address by Norman Anderson.

Who Killed Jesus, The Messiah? John 18-19 (lessons 36-37)

A portion of Bob Deffinbaugh's "Highlights in the Life and Ministry of Christ" course.

Seeing and Believing: The Thomas Incident (John 20:24-29)

An article by the Greek Orthodox Archbishop Demetrios Trakatellis.

Sermons

Children's Sermons Archives--John

Links to 39 children's sermons by Charles Kirkpatrick.  Scroll down to find them.

Spurgeon's Sermons

The relevant sermons preached by C.H. Spurgeon.  Only some of the listed sermons have links to the actual sermon text.

Robert Brow's Sermons

About thirty sermons covering the bulk of John's gospel.  You'll have to scroll down to the bottom third of the page to find these.

Ken Gehrels

Links to about 35 sermons.  Scroll down a bit to find them.

Bibliographies

A Selected Bibliography of John

David Malick's bibliography of print sources from the Biblical Studies Foundation.

The Old Testament in Relation to St. John's Gospel

A bibliography by Paul Fraser.

Bibliography for Social Justice Themes in John's Gospel

A focused list of sources by John Traxler.

The Johannine Literature

A list of various sources on John maintained by Armand Gagne.

Gospel of John Bibliography

Yet another bibliography.  This one supports a college course.

The Gospel of John

A 1985 book, published by The Upper Room, and penned by William R. Cannon.

 

To Process

John 1:6-8 (13/4 TC)
John 1:19-28 (13/4 TC)
John 1:43-51 (17/1 TC)
John 2:1-11 (24/1 TC)
John 4:7-42 (16/1 TC)
John 6 (5/3 TC)
John 7:37-39 (23/2 TC)
John 8 (20/4 TC)
John 9:1-41 (16/1 TC)
John 10:22-30 (15/2 TC)
John 10:22-30 (18/2 TC)
John 10:22-30 (24/2 TC)
John 11:1-53 (16/1 TC)
John 12 (11/1 TC)
John 13 (11/1 TC)
John 13:31-35 (15/2 TC)
John 13:31-35 (18/2 TC)
John 13:31-35 (24/2 TC)
John 14:8-17 (18/2 TC)
John 14:23-29 (15/2 TC)
John 14:23-29 (18/2 TC)
John 14:23-29 (24/2 TC)
John 16:12-15 (18/2 TC)
John 17:20-26 (15/2 TC)
John 17:20-26 (18/2 TC)
John 17:20-26 (24/2 TC)
John 18:1-19:42 (11/1 TC)
John 20:1-18 (24/2 TC)
John 20:1-31 (11/1 TC)
John 20:19-23 (10/2 TC)
John 20:19-31 (15/2 TC)
John 20:19-31 (18/2 TC)
John 20:19-31 (24/2 TC)
John 21:1-14 (15/2 TC)
John 21:1-19 (18/2 TC)
John 21:1-19 (24/2 TC)

Sermons upon John Seventeen - 26 sermons