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In order to understand the content of the Bible, readers first need to understand how the content is expressed. The literary forms and features of the Bible are a crucial part of understanding the Bible’s message—both for its original audience and for readers today. Compared to conventional study Bibles that answer the what of a passage, the ESV Literary Study Bible guides readers through the...

his discourse on Jesus’ being the bread of life (6:25–40). The story as a whole enacts a pattern of increasing expansion (as Jesus begins his ministry with a handful of followers and becomes a public figure at the center of his society’s attention) and then increasing constriction (as Jesus lives his final days chiefly in the company of his disciples). Passage Content Type of Material Place in Jesus’ Life Time Span 1:1–18 Prologue 1:19–4:54 Jesus’ initiation into public ministry Signs, discourses,
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