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Gospel according to St John: An Introduction with Commentary and Notes on the Greek Text is unavailable, but you can change that!

C. K. Barrett’s Commentary on the Greek text of the Gospel of John, long recognized as a major contribution to theological studies, has become the standard work in the field. His comprehensive introduction to the Gospel deals not only with questions of date and authorship, but also with its theology and its place in developing Christian thought and institutional life. This is followed by a...

Interpretation, 322ff.). The themes in question are fundamental enough to have parallels in most theological literature. 25. John begins to restate the content of v. 24 in more detail. ἔρχεται ὥρα καὶ νῦν ἔστιν. See on 4:23; as there (see 4:21) the longer phrase is contrasted with a simple, ἔρχεται ὥρα, and the contrast is not accidental. John distinguishes between the resurrection of the physically dead and the quickening of those who are raised from spiritual death. For the life-giving
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