gospel of john

the traditional author of Johns Gospel is St. ___, the beloved apostle.

John

what is the audience for St. John

mostly Jewish Christan’s who were struggling as followers of Jesus

however, John does translate a ___ term like Messiah for the _ in his audience

hebrew

gentiles

what are the two main reasons for writing his gospel?

1. helping all Christians avoid the heresy taught that “Jesus was not divine”

2. fill in the details that were missing in the synoptic Gospels (which were well circulated by the time John wrote)

what is the main focus/goal?

“But there are written that you may [come to'] believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through this belief you may have life in his name” [Son of God, here, means that Jesus is Divine]

John and his brother ___the ___ also apostles were sons of ____ (a fisherman) and __ (their mom)

James the greater

Zebedee

Salome

___= larger or taller than the other apostle, James the Less, not more important

greater

Jesus nicknamed them “___ of ___,” presumably for wanting to do things like call down fire from heaven on Samaritans in a village that would not give Jesus’ accommodations for the night when he passed through their district (The ____ were upset because Jesus celebrating Passover in Jerusalem instead of with them.)

sons of thunder

John was probably a ___ (_) when Jesus called him to be an Apostle. His gospel was the ___ of the gospels to be written.

teenanger (15)

last

john is the disciple who laid his ____ on Jesus’ chest as a close friend during the last supper. He was on of Jesus’ closest friends, along with his brother ___, and the Apostle ___

head

james

peter

John as the only Apostle who stood at the foot of the cross while Jesus suffered and died, and who saw the ___ and ___ gush from his side (for our salvation) when the Centurion pierced the ___ of Jesus on the cross after he died.

blood and water

heart

the water represents the life-giving waters of ____and the Blood represents the ___

baptism

eucharist

Jesus entrusted his mother, ___, to the care of St. John when he was ___ on the cross. he gave Mary to John as a ___, and john to Mary as a son; Mary lived with John after happened.

mary

dying

mother

the catholic church teaches that by these actions, Jesus intended to give Mary to __ ___ ___ as a spiritual mother, and that John also represented ___ Christians as Mary’s spiritual children

all of us

all

Logos: ___

word

Divine logos: ____

divine word of God

What are the 4 main sections of the Gospel of John?

1. Prologue

2. Book of Signs

3. Book of Glory

4. Epilogue: the resurrection appearances in Galilee

Johns Gospel combines ___ (Jesus’ life and teaching) with deep, prayerful, and theological ___ on the meaning of those events.

biography

reflections

John includes:

___ __ (Miracles or “marvelous deeds”) of Jesus and

the ___ “__ __” statements of Jesus

seven signs

I AM

the seven “I AM” statements and the seven signs help John prove Jesus’ ___. the three leters capitaled in “I AM” to show ___ ___

divinity

jesus’ divinity

Jesus = ___ Word

preexistent

the beginning of Jesus’ Prologue describes Jesus Christ as the pre-existent word (Logos) of God, and his participation in the ___ of the ___

creation world

it also identifies the word as Both ___ and “__ ___”

[Think Son in the Trinity who is with the Father"]

God with God

St John the Apostle's ___ also presents ________ as someone who testified to others that Jesus was the Messiah. John the Baptist also specified that he was not himself the ___.

prologue

st john the Baptist

messiah

after introducing st john the baptisit, The ___ explains that Jesus came to the Jewish people (“His own”), but some of them rejected him. Those who accepted him were empowered to become adopted ___ of God. through ___ and the ____

prolouge

children

faith

sacraments

the words “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us,” describe the ___

incarnation

John returns to the witness of Saint John the Baptist, showing that his words, “the one who is coming after me ranks ahead of me because he __ before me” is John the Baptist's way of saying that Jesus was also ___.

existed

divine

Remeber John is Jesus’s __. John is ___ months older than Jesus.

cousin

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