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"John’s Gospel is the one, fine, true, and chief Gospel, and is far, far to be preferred over the other three and high above them." So wrote Martin Luther in one of the drafts of his Preface to the New Testament. Luther preferred John’s Gospel because it offered more of the words and fewer of the acts of Christ, and hence, for him at least, it was among the books which "show Christ and teach all...

such is not clear. Verse 30 is not entirely understandable in terms of the narrative either, but it again prolongs the delay in rescuing Lazarus. If John intends for us to understand that Jesus wanted to speak with Mary privately, v. 31 shows that it was not possible. By the Jews coming with Mary, however, the scene is set for the wondrous act. Weep (klausē) means to wail and is used too of Mary Magdalene in 20:11, 15. John is constructing a scene which is filled with the realism of mourning. In
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