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

Almost from the earliest days of the church, John’s distinctive presentation of Jesus has provoked discussion about its place among the other Gospels. One cannot help but see the differences from the Synoptics and wonder about the origins and character of John. In this new volume in the New Testament Library series, Marianne Meye Thompson explores the ministry and significance of Jesus of...

13:33).63 Although Jesus has called them “friends,” he is still their Teacher and Lord, as his address to them as children, emphasizing their continued dependence, now recalls (15:15). The beloved disciple, the first to understand the significance of what they all have seen, testifies to Peter: “It is the Lord!” The beloved disciple regularly “sees what others do not see.”64 In keeping with a recurring pattern in the Gospel, it is the witness of others that enables people to recognize Jesus and to
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