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In this exhaustive commentary on the first six chapters of the Gospel of John, prominent Lutheran scholar William C. Weinrich gives a thorough analysis of the lowly and simple majesty of John’s language that calls the reader to become a disciple of the Word. The Gospel invites us to see and hear Jesus, who is the true and divine son. Weinrich draws upon his vast knowledge of patristics to help...

Many commentators claim that the words of Jesus must be interpreted in a manner in which Nicodemus would have understood, and they search first for those OT contexts that might have informed the mind of Nicodemus.159 Many also exclude any reference to Christian Baptism in these verses because, they reason, Nicodemus could not have comprehended these words of Jesus in terms of a Christian Baptism not yet instituted and practiced.160 However,
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