The Book of John

John begins before Bethlehem: 'In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God... And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.' Written so that readers 'may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name,' the Gospel is built on chosen signs, from water made wine to Lazarus called out of the tomb, and on the great I AM declarations: bread of life, light of the world, good shepherd, resurrection and the life, the way, the truth, and the life.

John shows the eternal Son making the Father known, glorified in the very hour of His death, and raised so that Thomas's confession becomes the book's summit: 'My Lord and my God!' These chapter-by-chapter commentaries trace the signs, the discourses, and the life that is in His name.