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John 1

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John 1 . 1

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.IPGenesis 1:1 · Proverbs 8:22-30CJohn 01:1-2TOSKJohn 1:1TTAdam (The First and Last Adam) · Eden as Temple (Original Sanctuary) · Glory-Cloud (Divine Presence) · Image of God (Priestly Vocation) · New Moons (Renewal and Rest) · These are the Generations of (Covenant Genealogy) · Tree of Life (Eternal Life in Christ) · The Beginning (Christ as the Archē of Creation)

John 1 . 2

2 He was with God in the beginning.CJohn 01:1-2TOSKJohn 1:2TTThe Beginning (Christ as the Archē of Creation)

John 1 . 3

3 Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made.IPGenesis 1:1TOSKJohn 1:3TTThe Beginning (Christ as the Archē of Creation)

John 1 . 4

4 In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.TOSKJohn 1:4TTTree of Life (Eternal Life in Christ)

John 1 . 5

5 The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.TOSKJohn 1:5

John 1 . 6

6 There came a man who was sent from God. His name was John.TOSKJohn 1:6

John 1 . 7

7 He came as a witness to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe.TOSKJohn 1:7

John 1 . 8

8 He himself was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light.TOSKJohn 1:8

John 1 . 9

9 The true Light who gives light to every man was coming into the world.TOSKJohn 1:9

John 1 . 10

10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him.TOSKJohn 1:10

John 1 . 11

11 He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.TOSKJohn 1:11TTRejection Then Exaltation (Pattern of Suffering and Glory)

John 1 . 12

12 But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—IPDeuteronomy 14:1TOSKJohn 1:12TTChurch as Israel (New Covenant People) · Covenant Succession (Inheritance and Election) · Eden as Temple (Original Sanctuary) · These are the Generations of (Covenant Genealogy)

John 1 . 13

13 children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God.IPDeuteronomy 14:1TOSKJohn 1:13TTChurch as Israel (New Covenant People) · Covenant Succession (Inheritance and Election) · Eden as Temple (Original Sanctuary) · These are the Generations of (Covenant Genealogy)

John 1 . 14

14 The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.IPExodus 25:8-9 · 1 Samuel 4:21-22 · Exodus 25:8 · Haggai 2:7TOSKJohn 1:14TTArk of the Covenant (God's Throne of Mercy) · Cherubim (Glorified Humanity) · Eden as Temple (Original Sanctuary) · Feast of Tabernacles (Dwelling with God) · Glory-Cloud (Divine Presence) · Golden Lampstand (Christ the Light) · Image of God (Priestly Vocation) · New Exodus (Second Exodus Pattern) · Pillar of Cloud and Fire (Divine Guidance and Protection) · Tabernacle (God Dwelling Among His People) · Temple Ecclesiology (Church as God's Dwelling) · Theophanies (Pre-Incarnate Appearances of Christ) · Solomon's Temple (Glory of God's Dwelling) · Sensory Access to God (From Sinai's Veil to Zion's Vision)LTTemple and Presence

John 1 . 15

15 John testified concerning Him. He cried out, saying, “This is He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’”TOSKJohn 1:15

John 1 . 16

16 From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace.TOSKJohn 1:16

John 1 . 17

17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.IPExodus 31:18TOSKJohn 1:17TTEden as Temple (Original Sanctuary)

John 1 . 18

18 No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.IPExodus 33:20TOSKJohn 1:18TTEden as Temple (Original Sanctuary) · Glory-Cloud (Divine Presence) · Image of God (Priestly Vocation) · Tabernacle (God Dwelling Among His People) · Theophanies (Pre-Incarnate Appearances of Christ) · Name of God (Revelation of Divine Character) · Sensory Access to God (From Sinai's Veil to Zion's Vision)

John 1 . 19

19 And this was John’s testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you?”CJohn 01:19-32TOSKJohn 1:19

John 1 . 20

20 He did not refuse to confess, but openly declared, “I am not the Christ.”CJohn 01:19-32TOSKJohn 1:20

John 1 . 21

21 “Then who are you?” they inquired. “Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” He answered, “No.”IPDeuteronomy 18:15 · Malachi 4:5-6CJohn 01:19-32TOSKJohn 1:21TTEden as Temple (Original Sanctuary) · Moses (The Prophet Like Unto Me) · Tree of Life (Eternal Life in Christ)

John 1 . 22

22 So they said to him, “Who are you? We need an answer for those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”CJohn 01:19-32TOSKJohn 1:22

John 1 . 23

23 John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet: “I am a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”IPIsaiah 40:3CJohn 01:19-32TOSKJohn 1:23TTEden as Temple (Original Sanctuary) · Glory-Cloud (Divine Presence) · New Exodus (Second Exodus Pattern) · Rejection Then Exaltation (Pattern of Suffering and Glory) · Return from Exile (Restoration and Hope) · Name of God (Revelation of Divine Character)

John 1 . 24

24 Then the Pharisees who had been sentCJohn 01:19-32TOSKJohn 1:24

John 1 . 25

25 asked him, “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”CJohn 01:19-32TOSKJohn 1:25

John 1 . 26

26 “I baptize with water,” John replied, “but among you stands One you do not know.CJohn 01:19-32TOSKJohn 1:26

John 1 . 27

27 He is the One who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”CJohn 01:19-32TOSKJohn 1:27

John 1 . 28

28 All this happened at Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.TOSKJohn 1:28

John 1 . 29

29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!IPExodus 12:3 · Isaiah 53:7 · Leviticus 16:21-22CJohn 01:19-32TOSKJohn 1:29TTScapegoat (Removal of Sins) · New Exodus (Second Exodus Pattern) · Passover (Christ Our Passover Lamb) · Sacrificial System (Christ Our Sacrifice) · Seed Promise (Redemption Through Offspring) · Sin Offering (Christ Bearing Our Sins)LTSacrifice and Atonement

John 1 . 30

30 This is He of whom I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’CJohn 01:19-32TOSKJohn 1:30

John 1 . 31

31 I myself did not know Him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that He might be revealed to Israel.”CJohn 01:19-32TOSKJohn 1:31

John 1 . 32

32 Then John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove and resting on Him.IPIsaiah 42:1CJohn 01:19-32 · John 01:32-51TOSKJohn 1:32

John 1 . 33

33 I myself did not know Him, but the One who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit descend and rest is He who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’CJohn 01:32-51TOSKJohn 1:33

John 1 . 34

34 I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.”CJohn 01:32-51TOSKJohn 1:34

John 1 . 35

35 The next day John was there again with two of his disciples.CJohn 01:32-51TOSKJohn 1:35

John 1 . 36

36 When he saw Jesus walking by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”CJohn 01:32-51TOSKJohn 1:36

John 1 . 37

37 And when the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus.CJohn 01:32-51TOSKJohn 1:37

John 1 . 38

38 Jesus turned and saw them following. “What do you want?” He asked. They said to Him, “Rabbi” (which means Teacher), “where are You staying?”CJohn 01:32-51TOSKJohn 1:38

John 1 . 39

39 “Come and see,” He replied. So they went and saw where He was staying, and spent that day with Him. It was about the tenth hour.CJohn 01:32-51TOSKJohn 1:39

John 1 . 40

40 Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard John’s testimony and followed Jesus.CJohn 01:32-51TOSKJohn 1:40

John 1 . 41

41 He first found his brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated as Christ).CJohn 01:32-51TOSKJohn 1:41

John 1 . 42

42 Andrew brought him to Jesus, who looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which is translated as Peter).CJohn 01:32-51TOSKJohn 1:42

John 1 . 43

43 The next day Jesus decided to set out for Galilee. Finding Philip, He told him, “Follow Me.”CJohn 01:32-51TOSKJohn 1:43

John 1 . 44

44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the same town as Andrew and Peter.CJohn 01:32-51TOSKJohn 1:44

John 1 . 45

45 Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law, the One the prophets foretold—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”IPDeuteronomy 18:15CJohn 01:32-51TOSKJohn 1:45TTEden as Temple (Original Sanctuary) · Moses (The Prophet Like Unto Me) · Tree of Life (Eternal Life in Christ)

John 1 . 46

46 “Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Nathanael asked. “Come and see,” said Philip.CJohn 01:32-51TOSKJohn 1:46

John 1 . 47

47 When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”CJohn 01:32-51TOSKJohn 1:47

John 1 . 48

48 “How do You know me?” Nathanael asked. Jesus replied, “Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.”CJohn 01:32-51TOSKJohn 1:48

John 1 . 49

49 “Rabbi,” Nathanael answered, “You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”IP2 Samuel 7:14CJohn 01:32-51TOSKJohn 1:49TTCovenant Succession (Inheritance and Election) · David (The King After God's Own Heart) · Eden as Temple (Original Sanctuary) · Seed Promise (Redemption Through Offspring) · These are the Generations of (Covenant Genealogy) · Tree of Life (Eternal Life in Christ)

John 1 . 50

50 Jesus said to him, “Do you believe just because I told you I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than these.”CJohn 01:32-51TOSKJohn 1:50

John 1 . 51

51 Then He declared, "Truly, truly, I tell you, you will all see heaven open and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man."IPGenesis 28:12CJohn 01:32-51TOSKJohn 1:51TTBethel (House of God) · Covenant Succession (Inheritance and Election) · Eden as Temple (Original Sanctuary) · Jacob (Transformed Supplanter) · Stone and Cornerstone (Rejected Foundation) · Temple Ecclesiology (Church as God's Dwelling) · Jacob's Ladder (Heaven-Earth Connection)

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Intertextuality Pairs

Quotations John 1:23 → Isaiah 40:3

Allusions John 1:1 → Genesis 1:1, John 1:1-3 → Proverbs 8:22-30, John 1:12-13 → Deuteronomy 14:1, John 1:14 → Exodus 25:8, John 1:14 → Exodus 25:8-9, John 1:17 → Exodus 31:18, John 1:18 → Exodus 33:20, John 1:21 → Deuteronomy 18:15, John 1:21 → Malachi 4:5-6, John 1:29 → Exodus 12:3, John 1:29 → Isaiah 53:7, John 1:29 → Leviticus 16:21-22, John 1:3 → Genesis 1:1, John 1:32-34 → Isaiah 42:1, John 1:45 → Deuteronomy 18:15, John 1:49 → 2 Samuel 7:14, John 1:51 → Genesis 28:12

Echoes John 1:14 → 1 Samuel 4:21-22, John 1:14 → Haggai 2:7

Trajectories

Adam (The First and Last Adam), Ark of the Covenant (God's Throne of Mercy), Bethel (House of God), Cherubim (Glorified Humanity), Church as Israel (New Covenant People), Covenant Succession (Inheritance and Election), David (The King After God's Own Heart), Eden as Temple (Original Sanctuary), Feast of Tabernacles (Dwelling with God), Glory-Cloud (Divine Presence), Golden Lampstand (Christ the Light), Image of God (Priestly Vocation), Jacob (Transformed Supplanter), Jacob's Ladder (Heaven-Earth Connection), Moses (The Prophet Like Unto Me), Name of God (Revelation of Divine Character), New Exodus (Second Exodus Pattern), New Moons (Renewal and Rest), Passover (Christ Our Passover Lamb), Pillar of Cloud and Fire (Divine Guidance and Protection), Rejection Then Exaltation (Pattern of Suffering and Glory), Return from Exile (Restoration and Hope), Sacrificial System (Christ Our Sacrifice), Scapegoat (Removal of Sins), +11 more

Longitudinal Themes

Sacrifice and Atonement, Temple and Presence

Chiasms

Shaped John 01:1–2, John 01:19–32, John 01:32–51