An illustrated commentary on the Gospel according to St. John

WHOSE WRITINGS HAVE INTERPRETED THE GOSPEL TO INNUMERABLE READERS; WHOSE LIFE HAS EVEN MORE ILLUSTRIOUSLY MANIFESTED ITS SPIRIT TO ALL WHO HAVE KNOWN HIM; AND WHO, BOTH BY EXAMP...

=1. In the beginning.= John begins the Gospel where Moses began the Law. The employment of and the reference to the language of the first verse of the first chapter of Genesis i...

This miracle is recounted only by the Evangelist John. That fact does not discredit the account: it incidentally confirms the view that he wrote to supply what was lacking in th...

Ch. 3:1-21. CHRIST’S CONVERSATION WITH NICODEMUS.--THE ARGUMENT FROM MIRACLES: ITS STRENGTH AND ITS WEAKNESS ILLUSTRATED (verse 2).--CHRIST MORE THAN A TEACHER, A LIFE-GIVER; CH...

Ch. 4:1-26. CHRIST AND THE WOMAN OF SAMARIA.--CHRIST A PREACHER IN SEASON AND OUT OF SEASON.--HIS EXAMPLE AS A CHRISTIAN CONVERSATIONALIST.--THE DIVINE SPRING; THE HUMAN CISTERN...

Ch. 5:1-47. HEALING OF IMPOTENT MAN AND DISCOURSE THEREON.--A PARABLE OF REDEMPTION; THE NATURE AND THE CONDITION OF SPIRITUAL CURE ILLUSTRATED.--THE CHRISTIAN LAW OF THE SABBAT...

Of this miracle accounts are given by the four Evangelists (Matt. 14:13-33; Mark 6:32-52; Luke 9:10-17); and it is the only miracle recorded by them all. There are some differen...

Ch. 7:1-52. JESUS AT THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES. THE DEMAND OF THE UNBELIEVER FOR AN EXHIBITORY CHRIST.--THE WORLD NEVER READY FOR ITS REFORMERS AND REGENERATORS; ALWAYS READY FOR...

Ch. 7:53 to 8:11. THE WOMAN TAKEN IN ADULTERY.--ILLUSTRATES: THE TACT OF CHRIST--THE PRECEPT, JUDGE NOT, THAT YE BE NOT JUDGED--THE POWER OF CONSCIENCE--THE CHRISTIAN TREATMENT...

Ch. 9:1-41. THE HEALING OF THE MAN BORN BLIND.--A MIRACLE OF CHRIST ATTESTED BY A JUDICIAL INVESTIGATION.--A PARABLE OF REDEMPTION.--A LESSON IN FAITH. See note at ver. 38.

Ch. 10:1-21. THE PARABLE OF THE SHEEPFOLD AND THE SHEPHERD.--THE CHURCH OF CHRIST AS ONE FLOCK.--TO THIS FLOCK THERE IS BUT ONE DOOR, JESUS CHRIST.--THIS DOOR IS OPENED TO THE S...

Ch. 11:1-44. THE RESURRECTION OF LAZARUS.--THE DIVINE OBJECT IN ALL SEEMING EVIL: NOT HUMAN DEATH BUT DIVINE GLORY (4).--THE MYSTERY OF THE DIVINE SILENCE IN OUR SORROW ILLUSTRA...

Ch. 12:1-11. ANOINTING OF JESUS BY MARY.--A COSTLY EXPRESSION OF A FERVENT LOVE IS NOT WASTE.--HYPOCRISY SETS PHILANTHROPY AND PIETY IN CONTRAST.--NONE ARE SO DEAF AS THEY THAT...

Ch. 13:1-30. CHRIST WASHES HIS DISCIPLES’ FEET AND FORETELLS HIS BETRAYAL.--THE NATURE OF HUMILITY ILLUSTRATED: NOT SELF-ABASEMENT BUT SELF-ABNEGATION (3, 4).--TRUST AND OBEDIEN...

Ch. 14:1-31. THE HEART OF CHRISTIANITY--THE DIVINE IMMANENCE.--THE PROMISE OF THE COMFORTER: INVISIBLE, INDWELLING, ABIDING.--THE CONDITION OF THE PROMISE: THE OBEDIENCE OF LOVE...

Ch. 15:1-27. CHRIST AND HIS CHURCH.--CHRIST ABIDES IN THE SOUL.--THE SOUL IS SAFE ONLY AS IT ABIDES IN CHRIST.--THIS ABIDING IS THE CONDITION OF SUCCESSFUL PRAYER; OF PRACTICAL...

=1, 2. These things have I spoken unto you that ye should not be offended.= Scandalized; caused to fall into sin. See Matt. 5:29, note; 15:12; 17:27; John 6:61; 1 Cor. 8:13. The...

Ch. 17:1-26. CHRIST’S INTERCESSORY PRAYER.--HIS PRAYER OF PREPARATION FOR THE PASSION.--HIS PRAYER OF INTERCESSION FOR HIS CHURCH.--HIS MISSION AND ITS FULFILLMENT.--THE MISSION...

=Ch. 18:1-11.= THE BETRAYAL AND ARREST OF JESUS.--THE DIVINE MAJESTY OF OUR LORD EXEMPLIFIED.--Narrated by all the Evangelists: Matt. 26:47-56; Mark 14:43-52; Luke 22:47-53. As...

=1-5.= The scourging of Jesus is recounted by all the Evangelists except Luke, and the mockery more fully by Matthew than here. See notes on Matthew. Scourging was a common prec...

Ch. 20:1-31. THE RISEN LORD.--THE TESTIMONY OF EYE-WITNESSES TO THE RESURRECTION.--THE INTUITIONS OF LOVE (8).--THE CONSOLATION OF LIFE TO GRIEF AT THE EMPTY TOMB.--THE POWER OF...

Ch. 21:1-25. APPENDIX TO JOHN’S GOSPEL.--WAITING FOR CHRIST WHILE WE WORK (3).--THE POWER OF THE LORD OVER NATURE (6).--LOVE SEES MOST QUICKLY; ZEAL ACTS MOST QUICKLY (7).--CHRI...