New Testament · Book 43 of 66
John
21 chapters. Book overviews with themes and outlines are written and reviewed in Phase 2. Below are the records in the graph that draw primarily on this book.
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Aenon
Aenon, a site near Salim where John the Baptist conducted baptisms. Mentioned once in Scripture, at John 3:23.
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Andrew
Andrew was a fisherman from Bethsaida, the brother of Simon Peter and originally a disciple of John the Baptist. In John's Gospel he follows Jesus after John points Him out as the Lamb of God and then brings his brother Simon to Jesus; in the Synoptics he is called with Peter beside the Sea of Galilee.
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Annas
Annas, a high priest, played a significant role in the events surrounding Jesus' arrest, trial, and crucifixion, as well as in the early persecution of the apostles. Mentioned in 4 verses across 3 books, first at Luke 3:2.
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Barabbas
Barabbas was a prisoner held in Jerusalem at Passover, described as notorious, an insurrectionist, and a murderer in the different Gospel accounts. When Pilate offered the crowd a Passover release, the chief priests persuaded them to ask for Barabbas and to demand that Jesus be crucified.
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Beth-barah
Beth-barah (Bethabara) was a place where Gideon stationed men to intercept the fleeing Midianites, and where John the Baptist baptized. Mentioned in 2 verses across 2 books, first at Judges 7:24.
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Bethany
Bethany was a village on the eastern side of the Mount of Olives, a short walk from Jerusalem, and the home of Martha, Mary, and Lazarus. Jesus raised Lazarus there, was anointed there, lodged there during the final week, and led His disciples out toward Bethany before His ascension.
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Bethesda
Bethesda (Bethzatha) was a pool in Jerusalem with five roofed colonnades, where Jesus healed a man who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. (Jhn.5.2) Mentioned once in Scripture, at John 5:2.
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Caiaphas
Caiaphas was the high priest in Jerusalem during the ministry and trial of Jesus. The chief priests met in his courtyard to plan the arrest, and at his house Jesus was put under oath, declared Himself the Son of Man at God's right hand, and was judged worthy of death. John records that Caiaphas had earlier said it was better for one man to die for the people.
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Cana
Cana was a village in Galilee where Jesus turned water into wine at a wedding, the first of His signs in John's Gospel, and where He later healed an official's son from a distance. Nathanael was from Cana.
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Capernaum
Capernaum was a fishing town on the north shore of the Sea of Galilee that became the base of Jesus's Galilean ministry. Matthew calls it His own town; the Gospels place many healings and synagogue teachings there.
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Creation
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth, ordered the world by His word, and made humanity, male and female, in His own image to rule and care for it. The New Testament adds that everything was made through the Word who became flesh in Jesus.
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Ephraim
Ephraim, a city near the Judean wilderness where Jesus withdrew after the raising of Lazarus. Mentioned in 2 verses across 2 books, first at 2 Samuel 13:23.
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Faith
Faith in Scripture is trust that takes God at His word and acts on it. Abraham believed the promise and it was credited to him as righteousness; in the Gospels Jesus repeatedly answers faith with healing, rebukes its absence in a storm, and calls people to believe in Him for eternal life.
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Gabbatha
Gabbatha, also known as the Stone Pavement, was the location in Jerusalem where Pontius Pilate sat in judgment over Jesus. Mentioned once in Scripture, at John 19:13.
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Gethsemane
Gethsemane was a garden or olive grove at the foot of the Mount of Olives, across the Kidron Valley from Jerusalem, where Jesus often met with His disciples. On the night of His arrest He prayed there in anguish and was betrayed there by Judas.
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Golgotha
Golgotha, meaning Place of the Skull, was the site just outside Jerusalem's walls where Jesus was crucified. The Gospels give its name but not a precise location, and two sites in modern Jerusalem are proposed.
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Jesus
Jesus of Nazareth is the center of the Christian faith and of FaithGraph. The Gospels present Him as the promised Messiah of Israel, the eternal Word made flesh, who taught, healed, was crucified under Pontius Pilate, rose bodily on the third day, and commissioned His followers to carry the good news to all nations.
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Jesus appears by the Sea of Galilee
Seven disciples fished all night on the Sea of Galilee and caught nothing until a figure on the shore told them to cast on the right side. Recognizing Jesus, Peter swam ashore. After breakfast Jesus asked Peter three times whether he loved Him and three times charged him to care for His sheep.
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Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene
Weeping outside the tomb, Mary Magdalene saw two angels and then Jesus Himself, whom she took for the gardener until He spoke her name. He sent her to tell the disciples, and she became the first to announce that she had seen the Lord.
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Jesus appears to Thomas
Thomas had missed the first appearance and said he would not believe without touching the wounds. A week later Jesus came again, invited Thomas to do exactly that, and Thomas answered with the fullest confession in the Gospels, calling Jesus his Lord and his God.
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Jesus appears to the gathered disciples
That same evening Jesus stood among the disciples in a locked room, greeted them with peace, showed them His hands and side, and ate in front of them to prove He was no ghost. He opened their minds to the Scriptures, breathed on them, and told them they would be His witnesses.
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Jesus washes the disciples' feet
During the evening meal before Passover, Jesus laid aside His outer garments, wrapped a towel around Himself, and washed His disciples' feet, including the feet of the one who would betray Him. Peter protested and then asked to be washed entirely. Jesus told them He had given an example they should follow.
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John
John, also known as Jonah, was the father of Simon Peter, one of Jesus' closest disciples. Mentioned in 4 verses across 2 books, first at Matthew 16:17.
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John the Baptist
John the Baptist was the prophet who preached repentance in the wilderness of Judea and baptized in the Jordan River. He identified Jesus as the Lamb of God, baptized Him, and was later imprisoned and executed by Herod Antipas.
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Joseph of Arimathea
Joseph of Arimathea was a wealthy member of the council who had not agreed to its verdict against Jesus and who, John says, was a disciple in secret. After the crucifixion he asked Pilate for the body, wrapped it in linen, and laid it in his own new rock-cut tomb before the Sabbath.
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Judas
Judas, also known as Lebbaeus or Thaddaeus, was one of the twelve apostles chosen by Jesus Christ. Mentioned in 5 verses across 5 books, first at Matthew 10:3.
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Judas Iscariot
Judas Iscariot was one of the Twelve and, according to John, kept the group's money and stole from it. He agreed with the chief priests to hand Jesus over for thirty pieces of silver, identified Him with a kiss in Gethsemane, and afterward, filled with remorse, returned the money and took his own life.
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King of the Jews
King of the Jews is the title the magi used when seeking the newborn Jesus and the charge on which Pilate questioned and condemned Him. Pilate had it written on the cross in three languages and refused to change it.
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Lamb of God
Lamb of God is the title John the Baptist gave Jesus at the Jordan: the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. It gathers up the Passover lamb, the lamb Abraham said God would provide, and Isaiah's servant led like a lamb, and Revelation makes the Lamb its central figure.
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Lazarus of Bethany
Lazarus lived in Bethany with his sisters Martha and Mary and was a friend of Jesus. When he died, Jesus came to Bethany, wept, and called him out of the tomb four days after his burial. The sign led many to believe and moved the council to plot Jesus's death.
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Malchus
Malchus, the high priest's servant, had his ear cut off by Peter during Jesus' arrest. Mentioned once in Scripture, at John 18:10.
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Martha
Martha was the sister of Mary and Lazarus in Bethany. Luke records her serving while her sister listened at Jesus's feet, and John records her going out to meet Jesus after Lazarus died and confessing that He is the Christ, the Son of God, before He raised her brother.
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Mary Magdalene
Mary Magdalene was a follower of Jesus from whom, Luke says, seven demons had gone out. She was present at the crucifixion, went to the tomb early on the first day of the week, and in John's account was the first person to see the risen Jesus and to announce it to the disciples.
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Mary of Bethany
Mary of Bethany was the sister of Martha and Lazarus. She sat at Jesus's feet to hear His teaching, fell at His feet weeping after her brother's death, and anointed His feet with costly perfume six days before the Passover, an act Jesus connected with His burial.
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Mary, mother of Jesus
Mary was a young woman of Nazareth, betrothed to Joseph, who received the angel Gabriel's announcement that she would conceive a son by the Holy Spirit and name Him Jesus. Luke records her consent and her song of praise; John places her at the cross.
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Nathanael
Nathanael, also known as Bartholomew, was one of Jesus' twelve disciples, who was initially skeptical but later confessed Jesus as the Son of God. Mentioned in 6 verses across 1 book, first at John 1:45.
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Nazareth
Nazareth was a small village in Lower Galilee where Jesus grew up, which is why He is called Jesus of Nazareth. Luke records the annunciation to Mary there and Jesus's later rejection in its synagogue.
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Nicodemus
Nicodemus was a Pharisee and a leader of the Jews who came to Jesus at night and heard that a person must be born again to see the kingdom of God. He later urged the council to give Jesus a hearing and, after the crucifixion, brought spices to help Joseph of Arimathea bury Him.
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Nicodemus comes to Jesus at night
Nicodemus, a Pharisee and member of the council, came to Jesus at night. Jesus told him that no one can see the kingdom of God without being born again, of water and the Spirit, compared His coming lifting up to Moses's bronze serpent, and spoke of God's love in giving His only Son so that whoever believes may have eternal life.
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Peter
Peter, originally Simon, was a fisherman from Galilee whom Jesus called to follow Him and renamed Peter. He confessed Jesus as the Christ, denied Him during the trial, was restored after the resurrection, and preached the first sermon at Pentecost.
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Philip
Philip, one of the twelve apostles chosen by Jesus, from Bethsaida in Galilee. Mentioned in 15 verses across 5 books, first at Matthew 10:3.
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Pontius Pilate
Pontius Pilate was the Roman prefect of Judea who presided over the trial of Jesus. The Gospels record that he found no basis for a charge, yet handed Jesus over to be crucified under pressure from the crowd and the religious leaders.
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Rakkath
Tiberias (Rakkath), a city on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, near where Jesus fed the five thousand (Josh. 19:35; Jhn.6.23). Mentioned in 2 verses across 2 books, first at Joshua 19:35.
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Resurrection
Resurrection is God raising the dead to bodily life. The Old Testament glimpses it in Job, the Psalms, Isaiah, and Daniel; the Gospels narrate the raising of Jesus on the third day; and Paul calls Him the firstfruits, the first of a harvest that includes everyone who belongs to Him.
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Rome
Rome was the capital of the Roman Empire, where Paul was imprisoned and wrote several epistles (Act.28.16; Rom. 1:7). Mentioned in 21 verses across 4 books, first at John 11:48.
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Salim
Salim was a place near Aenon where John the Baptist was baptizing, because there was plenty of water there (Jhn.3.23). Mentioned once in Scripture, at John 3:23.
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Sea of Galilee
The Sea of Galilee is the freshwater lake in northern Israel, also called Gennesaret and Tiberias, around which most of Jesus's Galilean ministry took place. He called fishermen on its shore, taught from boats, calmed its storm, and walked on its water.
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Sheep Gate
The Sheep Gate was a gate in Jerusalem's wall, likely near the sheep market, that was rebuilt during Nehemiah's time (Neh. 3:1, 32; 12:39; Jhn.5.2). Mentioned in 4 verses across 2 books, first at Nehemiah 3:1.
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Shelah
Shelah, also called Shiloah, the King's Pool, or Siloam, was a pool in Jerusalem fed by the Gihon Spring via Hezekiah's Tunnel (Neh. 3:15; Isa. 8:6; Neh. 2:14; Luke 13:4; Jhn.9.7, 11). Mentioned in 6 verses across 4 books, first at Nehemiah 2:14.
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Simon
Simon was the father of Judas Iscariot, the disciple who betrayed Jesus. Mentioned in 4 verses across 1 book, first at John 6:71.
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Sychar
Sychar, a Samaritan city near Jacob's well, where Jesus spoke with a Samaritan woman (Jhn.4.5). Mentioned once in Scripture, at John 4:5.
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The Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit is God present and active among His people. He hovers over creation, fills prophets and craftsmen in the Old Testament, descends on Jesus at His baptism, is promised by Jesus as the Advocate, and comes on the church at Pentecost, giving power to witness, new birth, gifts, and fruit.
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The Last Supper
On the night before His death Jesus shared a final meal with His disciples in Jerusalem, gave them bread and the cup as His body and blood of the new covenant, washed their feet, and foretold His betrayal.
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The Samaritan woman at the well
At Jacob's well near Sychar Jesus asked a Samaritan woman for a drink and offered her living water. He told her about her life, spoke of worship in spirit and truth, and told her plainly that He is the Messiah. She brought her town to Him, and after two days many Samaritans confessed Him as the Savior of the world.
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The anointing at Bethany
At a dinner in Bethany, Mary, the sister of Lazarus, poured costly perfume on Jesus. Judas objected that it should have been sold for the poor, and John notes that he kept the money bag and stole from it. Jesus defended her, saying she had kept it for the day of His burial.
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The arrest of Jesus
Judas led a crowd with swords and clubs, and in John a band of soldiers, to the garden he knew Jesus frequented, and identified Him with a kiss. One disciple struck the high priest's servant, and Jesus stopped the violence and, in Luke, healed the man. He was bound and led away, and all the disciples fled.
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The birth of Jesus
Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea to Mary, a virgin betrothed to Joseph, during the reign of Herod the Great. Luke records the manger and the angels' announcement to shepherds; Matthew records Joseph's obedience and the visit of the magi.
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The burial of Jesus
Before the Sabbath began, Joseph of Arimathea, a council member and disciple, asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. With Nicodemus he wrapped it in linen with spices and laid it in a new tomb cut into rock in a garden near the place of crucifixion. The women from Galilee saw where He was laid, and Matthew records that the tomb was sealed and guarded.
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The calling of the first disciples
Beside the Sea of Galilee Jesus called two pairs of fishermen, Simon and Andrew, then James and John, to follow Him and become fishers of men, and they left their nets and their father's boat at once. John's Gospel records that Andrew and Simon had first met Jesus near the Jordan after John the Baptist pointed Him out.
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The crucifixion of Jesus
Jesus was crucified outside Jerusalem at Golgotha under Pontius Pilate. He died after several hours on the cross and was buried in a nearby tomb before the Sabbath. The Gospels present His death as the sacrifice for the sins of the world.
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The empty tomb is discovered
Early on the first day of the week, women who had followed Jesus came to His tomb and found the stone moved and the body gone. Messengers told them He had risen. Mary Magdalene ran to Peter and John, who found the linen cloths lying where the body had been.
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The farewell discourse
After Judas left, Jesus spoke at length with the eleven. He gave them a new commandment to love one another, promised the Holy Spirit as another Advocate, described Himself as the true vine, warned of the world's hatred, and prayed to the Father for Himself, for His disciples, and for all who would believe through their word.
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The feeding of the five thousand
In a remote place near the Sea of Galilee Jesus fed a crowd of about five thousand men, besides women and children, with five loaves and two fish, blessing and breaking the bread until all were satisfied and twelve baskets were left over. John records that the people wanted to make Him king by force, and that Jesus withdrew.
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The raising of Lazarus
When Lazarus of Bethany died, Jesus came four days after the burial, told Martha that He is the resurrection and the life, wept at the tomb, and called Lazarus out alive still bound in grave clothes. Many who saw it believed, and the council resolved from that day to put Jesus to death.
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The resurrection of Jesus
On the first day of the week the tomb of Jesus was found empty, and He appeared alive to Mary Magdalene, to the disciples, and, according to Paul, to more than five hundred people at once. The New Testament proclaims that God raised Him bodily from the dead.
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The trial before Pilate
At daybreak the council delivered Jesus to Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor. Pilate questioned Him about being King of the Jews, found no basis for a charge, sent Him to Herod Antipas, who mocked Him and returned Him, and offered the crowd a Passover release. The crowd chose Barabbas. Pilate washed his hands, had Jesus flogged, and handed Him over to be crucified.
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The triumphal entry
Approaching Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples for a colt and rode into the city while crowds spread cloaks and branches on the road and shouted words from Psalm 118, hailing Him as the Son of David who comes in the name of the Lord. Matthew and John say this fulfilled Zechariah's picture of a humble king on a donkey.
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The wedding at Cana
At a wedding in Cana of Galilee the wine ran out, and at His mother's prompting Jesus had six stone jars filled with water and turned it into wine of the best quality. John calls this the first of His signs, by which He revealed His glory and His disciples believed in Him.
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Thomas
Thomas, called Didymus, was one of the Twelve. John records him offering to die with Jesus, asking how the disciples could know the way, refusing to believe the resurrection without touching the wounds, and then confessing the risen Jesus as his Lord and God.
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