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The majority of the Gospel of John was most likely written during this time frame.
What is 90-100 AD?
Who is credited with writing the Gospel of John?
Who is THE BELOVED DISCIPLE?
In John's Gospel, Jesus' HOUR refers to this.
What is HIS PASSION, DEATH, AND RESURRECTION?
The number of canonical Gospels that contain a PASSION NARRATIVE.
What is 4?
The person Jesus first appears to after His resurrection in all 4 Gospels.
Who is MARY OF MAGDALA (MARY MAGDELENE)?
The Gospel of John can be broken into 4 main parts. This is the first.
What is the prologue?
This feature of John's Last Supper is unique to John, meaning it is not in the synoptics.
What is the WASHING OF FEET?
At the Wedding in Cana, John states "Now there were six stone water jars there for Jewish ceremonial washings, each holding twenty to thirty gallons." These large stone jars were part of the wedding ceremony as prescribed by this person's law.
Who is MOSES, meaning that Jesus came to give us something even greater than the Law of Moses; and he gave it to us on the cross
This part of the synoptic PNs is NOT a part of John's PN.
What is the Garden of Gethsemane?
The number of canonical Gospels that include a RESURRECTION NARRATIVE.
What is 4?
Instead of an infancy narrative, as found in Matt and Luke, John writes this first line in the Prologue.
What is "In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God."
This part of the Last Supper from the synoptics is not included in John's Gospel.
What is THE INSTITUTION OF THE EUCHARIST?
John uses the term SIGNS instead of this word.
What is MIRACLE?
Jesus visits this place in the synoptic Gospels' PN but not in John's PN.
What is the Garden of Gethsemane?
This disciple is singled out in John's Gospel for needing proof of Jesus' Resurrection.
Who is THOMAS?
This is the first of the 7 signs of John's Gospel.
What is turning water into wine at the Wedding in Cana?
This part of John's Gospel is likely a later addition.
What is the EPILOGUE?
The Pharisee get upset with Jesus after he cures the paralyzed man at the pool AND man born blind for this reason.
What is Jesus cured them on the SABBATH.
These are Jesus' final words in John's PN.
What is IT IS FINISHED?
These people saw the burial cloths in the empty tomb.
Who is Mary Magdalene, Peter, and the Beloved Disciple
This is the final of the 7 signs in John's Gospel.
What is the raising of Lazarus from the dead?
These TWO details at the cross are unique to just John.
What is Jesus gives his mother to the BD and the BD to his mother AND Jesus' side is pierced by a sword instead of having his legs broken like the other two on crosses.
Name as many defining characteristics of John's Gospel as you can.
What are I AM STATEMENTS, SYMBOLIC LANGUAGE, DUALISTIC OPPOSITES, USE OF THE WORD HOUR, SIGN INSTEAD OF MIRACLE, JESUS AS ALL-KNOWING, I AM STATEMENTS
This is the Pharisee who was a secret follower of Jesus who provided the 100 pounds of spices for Jesus' burial in John's Gospel.
Who is NICODEMUS?
These two scenes are included in John's Epilogue.
What are the two scenes from Galilee: The Miraculous Catch of Fish and Jesus' Asking Peter, "Do you love me?" three times.