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FOLLOWING JESUS’ JOURNEY
The Gospel of John begins with John the
Baptist ministering near Bethany across
the Jordan River (1:28). Jesus also began
his ministry there, talking to some of
the men who would later become his
12 disciples. Jesus’ ministry in Galilee
began with a visit to a wedding in Cana
(2:1-11). Then he went to Capernaum,
which became his new home (2:12). He
journeyed to Jerusalem for the special
feasts (2:13) and there met with Nicodemus, a religious leader (3:1-21). When he
left Judea, he traveled through Samaria
and ministered to the Samaritans (4:3-42).
Jesus did miracles in Galilee (4:46-54)
and Jerusalem (5:1-15). We follow him as
he fed 5,000 near Bethsaida beside the
Sea of Galilee (Sea of Tiberias) (6:1-15),
walked on the water to his frightened
disciples (6:16-21), preached throughout
Galilee (7:1), returned to Jerusalem (7:10),
preached across the Jordan in Perea
(10:40), raised Lazarus from the dead in
Bethany (11:1-44), and finally entered
Jerusalem for the last time to celebrate the
Passover with his disciples and give them
key teachings about what was to come
and how they should act. His last hours
before his crucifixion were spent in the
city (13–17), in the garden of Gethsemane
(18:1-11), and finally in various buildings
in Jerusalem during his trial (18:12–19:16).
He would be crucified, but he would rise
again as he had promised.
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PROLOGUE: CHRIST, THE ETERNAL WORD
In the beginning the Word already existed.
The Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
He existed in the beginning with God.
God created everything through him,
and nothing was created except
through him.
The Word gave life to everything that was
created,*
and his life brought light to everyone.
The light shines in the darkness,
SO COMPLEX
(1:3-5) Do you ever feel as though your life is so complex
that God would never understand? Remember, God created the entire universe—nothing is too complex for him
to understand. He created you, he is alive today, and his
love is greater than any problem you may face.
and the darkness can never
extinguish it.*
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God sent a man, John the Baptist,* 7to tell
about the light so that everyone might believe
because of his testimony. 8John himself was
not the light; he was simply a witness to tell
about the light. 9The one who is the true light,
who gives light to everyone, was coming into
the world.
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He came into the very world he created, but
the world didn’t recognize him. 11He came to his
own people, and even they rejected him. 12But
to all who believed him and accepted him, he
gave the right to become children of God. 13They
are reborn—not with a physical birth resulting
from human passion or plan, but a birth that
comes from God.
1:3-4 Or and nothing that was created was created except through
him. The Word gave life to everything. 1:5 Or and the darkness
has not understood it. 1:6 Greek a man named John.
