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John: A New Covenant Commentary is unavailable, but you can change that!

The New Covenant Commentary Series couples faithful biblical interpretation and fruitful theological reflection. In this commentary on John, Jey J. Kanagaraj unwraps the Gospel of John piece-by-piece, illuminating the theology and application within. Kanagaraj provides a valuable tool studying John, illustrating the impact John’s Gospel made on faith and tradition when it was written—and the...

The Lord came to know that the Pharisees had heard that he was making and baptizing more disciples than John (4:1).1 However, the narrator clarifies that Jesus himself did not baptize, but his disciples did (4:2). As there was a possibility for the Pharisees to kill him (cf. 7:1), Jesus left Judea to go again to Galilee (4:3). It was necessary for Jesus to go through Samaria, the normal route for anyone to go
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