John

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John is one of the four canonical Gospels in the New Testament, presenting a distinct theological portrait of Jesus Christ with a strong emphasis on his divinity.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
John canonical 4

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian scripture ⓘ
New Testament book ⓘ
canonical Gospel ⓘ
canonicalOrder fourth Gospel ⓘ
canonicalStatus canonical ⓘ
contains Passion narrative ⓘ
Prologue (John 1:1–18) ⓘ
linked to: Gospel of John

Resurrection appearances of Jesus ⓘ
dateOfComposition late first century CE (commonly suggested) ⓘ
differsFrom Synoptic Gospels ⓘ
emphasizes I am sayings of Jesus ⓘ
Logos theology ⓘ
pre-existence of Christ ⓘ
signs of Jesus ⓘ
focusesOn Jesus’ Judean ministry ⓘ
follows Gospel of Luke ⓘ
genre Gospel ⓘ
hasChapterCount 21 ⓘ
hasName John ⓘ
hasOpeningVerse In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ⓘ
hasTheologicalEmphasis divinity of Jesus Christ ⓘ
influenced Christian mysticism ⓘ
Christian theology ⓘ
Christology ⓘ
keyChristologicalTitle Lamb of God ⓘ
Logos ⓘ
Son of God ⓘ
language Koine Greek ⓘ
liturgicalUse read in Christian worship ⓘ
locationInBible New Testament Gospels section ⓘ
majorTheme belief in Jesus as the Son of God ⓘ
eternal life ⓘ
light versus darkness ⓘ
witness and testimony ⓘ
mentions Beloved Disciple ⓘ
linked to: Apostle John
oneOf four canonical Gospels ⓘ
originalAudience early Christian communities ⓘ
partOf Christian Bible ⓘ
linked to: Bible

New Testament ⓘ
precedes Acts of the Apostles ⓘ
presentsPortraitOf Jesus Christ ⓘ
sharesSubjectWith Gospel of Luke ⓘ
Gospel of Mark ⓘ
Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
testament New Testament ⓘ
traditionalAuthor John the Apostle ⓘ
linked to: Apostle John

son of Zebedee ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gospel of John → hasName → John ⓘ
subject linked to: John
John 8:12 → book → John ⓘ