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Among the Gospels, John’s is unique. It has a structure with long conversations and extended debates, and much of its content is not found elsewhere. Jesus’ relationship to the Father and his teaching on the Holy Spirit are given special prominence. Ultimately, faith, believing in Jesus, is at the center—with signs highlighted to provoke faith and stories of those who responded to Jesus as...

1. Against the Old Testament background of Israel as the vine that failed to produce good fruit (see esp. Isa. 5:1–7), Jesus said: I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. This is the last of seven different ‘I am’ sayings with predicates in the Gospel of John (6:35, 48, 51; 8:12; 10:7, 9; 10:11, 14; 11:25; 14:6; 15:1, 5). Jesus used the word true (alēthinos) several times to denote what is true or genuine (4:23: ‘true worshippers’; 6:32: ‘true bread’; 15:1: ‘true vine’; 17:3: ‘the … true
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