the message of

JOHN

Here Is Your King!

Revised Edition

Bruce Milne

INTER-VARSITY PRESS

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© Bruce Milne, 1993

Study guide by David Stone © Inter-Varsity Press, 1993

Revisions and additions © Inter-Varsity Press, 2020

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First published 1993

Reprinted 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000 (twice), 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011

This edition published 2020

The poem ‘Opening’ on page 302 is used by permission of its author, copyright © 1984, 1993 Elizabeth Rooney.

Quotations on pages 227 and 286 are taken from Toward Jerusalem, by Amy Carmichael, and are reproduced by kind permission of SPCK, London.

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ISBN: 978-1-78974-147-6

eBook ISBN: 978-1-78359-048-3

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Bible Speaks Today

the message of

JOHN

Series editors:

Alec Motyer (ot)

John Stott (nt)

Derek Tidball (bible themes)

Contents

General preface

Author’s preface

Abbreviations

Select bibliography

Introduction

The Gospel of John

A. The ministry of the pre-incarnate king (John 1:1–18)

1. Jesus Christ and the eternal God (1:1–2)

2. Jesus Christ and the created universe (1:3–5)

3. Jesus Christ and redemptive history (1:6–18)

B. The ministry of the incarnate king (John 1:19–19:42)

4. The inauguration (1:19–51)

5. The procession (2:1–12:19)

6. The coronation (12:20–19:42)

C. The ministry of the risen king (John 20:1–21:25)

7. The appearing king (20:1–31)

8. The beginning of the mission (21:1–25)

Study guide