It is written anonymously, although it identifies an unnamed disciple whom. John 14 is the fourteenth chapter of the gospel of john in the new testament of the christian. It is believed that origen, an alexandrian christian scholar and theologian, wrote his gospel of john commentary while in alexandria at some point after 218 a. And now a billion people believe his version of events. David guzik commentary on john 14, where jesus gives the disciples the promise of the holy. He was prominent in the early church but is not mentioned by name in this gospel which would be natural if he wrote it, but hard to explain otherwise. We may never know for certain who wrote the gospel of john, any more than we. John 1 niv the word became flesh in the bible gateway. The king james version translates parakletos with the word comforter. Therefore the origin of the gospel must in some way be connected to this personthe gospel of john may be a record of his eyewitness account of jesus life. The author is the apostle john, the disciple whom jesus loved.
Bible and in the american standard version be troubled john 14. Commonly referred to as the beloved disciple, john is believed to have written the gospel of john as well as the letters with his name in the new testament and the book of. The gospel of john provides no explicit internal evidence concerning its author. By the early 200s, origen may have been using the same twentyseven books as in the catholic new testament canon, though there were still disputes over the canonicity of the letter to the hebrews, epistle of james, ii peter, ii john and iii john and the book of revelation, known as the antilegomena. Johannes hartlieb 1456 mentions it as one of the books used in necromancy. James barrie was the man who wrote peter pan, among other works.
The author of the first epistle is termed john the evangelist, who most scholars believe is not the same as john the apostle. Sloane ms 3, dating to the late 14th or early 15th century, was once in the possession of john dee. The blue letter bible ministry and the blb institute hold to the historical, conservative christian faith, which includes a firm belief in the inerrancy of scripture. Polycarp, a secondcentury christian martyr who knew john personally, told irenaeus that john had written the book during the apostles time serving the church in ephesus. The gospel of john is the fourth of the canonical gospels. The book went through two to three stages, or editions, before reaching its current form, at the latest, around ad 80100. John 14 verses 1417, 1921 on uncial 060, written about 6th century. Book of john overview insight for living ministries. Euangelion kata ioannen is the fourth of the canonical gospels. These factors suggest that john wrote the book between ad 85 and ad 95. The book was first issued in 1855 and is currently in its eighteenth edition, published in 2012. The first epistle of john, often referred to as first john and written 1 john or i john, is the first of the johannine epistles of the new testament, and the fourth of the catholic epistles. Augustinea famous fourth century church fathercontributed no fewer than 124 tractates in his gospel of john commentary, while st.
There is no scholarly consensus as to the authorship of the johannine works. Bartletts familiar quotations, often simply called bartletts, is an american reference work that is the longestlived and most widely distributed collection of quotations. Thomass gospel of john commentary of the th century is still highly regarded today by modern scholars. Early writers such as irenaeus and tertullian say that john wrote this gospel. The secret book of john is a complex developmental mythology that has been made more complicated because, over the years, versions of it have been improved by several levels of scribal alteration. Book of john read, study bible verses online bible study tools. The oldest preserved manuscript dates to the 14th century, sloane ms 3854 fol 117144.
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