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A companion series to the acclaimed Word Biblical Commentary. Finding the great themes of the books of the Bible is essential to the study of God’s Word and to the preaching and teaching of its truths. These themes and ideas are often like precious gems: they lie beneath the surface and can only be discovered with some difficulty. While commentaries are useful for helping readers understand the...

are anticipated in the overture. It is no accident that many motifs within the Prologue occur in the Gospel itself. Among such we may mention the preexistence of the Son of God (cf. 1:30; 17:5), his function as the Light of the world and its life (8:12; 11:25), the gift of the “only Son” in incarnation and in death for the world (3:16), the manifestation of his glory (2:11; 12:23; 13:31), the unbelief of the world in face of it (12:41; 16:8–11), the faith of those attracted by it (12:31, 32; 17:6–19),
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