weight of the plight of humanity as well as the exaltation of the crucified God. It can only be offered after the cross, and it can only be received by those “who believe in him” (ὁ πιστεύων ἐν αὐτῷ). The nature of this life is “eternal life” (ζωὴν αἰώνιον). The addition of the qualifier “eternal” occurs here for the first time in the Gospel and is only ever used to qualify “life.” Since the prologue already defined life by means of the Word, its qualification here is necessarily related.