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Dr. Gangel’s commentary lifts up the historical significance and timeless truths of this pivotal Gospel. John writes to an audience that has had at least fifty years of church history. Christianity has made its impact on the Mediterranean world. This gospel focuses on Jesus’ teaching, with the hope that those who read or hear it would have the same knowledge and faith that John’s personal...

Old Testament image in the Pharisee’s mind (the snake in the desert), and now he touched on another—the aged Abraham sacrificing his only son on the altar (Gen. 22:2). We’ve already explored the word believe, so crucial to the message of the gospel and the record of John. But two other words call for attention in this splendid verse. To describe God’s love for the world John chose the verb agapao for the first time in his writings. He used it thirty-six times, more than twice as many as any other
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