The fourth and final Gospel: a look at the book of John
The fourth and final Gospel account is the Gospel of John, written by the “disciple that Jesus loved”. John’s account of Jesus’ life and ministry differs in some interesting ways from the other three Gospels—the author has an eye for details that the other accounts leave unmentioned. It’s thus well worth reading, even if you’re quite familiar with the other Gospels.
A few links to help you explore this unique Gospel account:
- As you can probably guess, the full text of John is available at the Bible Gateway.
- There’s an excellent and very thorough study of the book of John over at Village Schools of the Bible. Each installment covers 2 or 3 chapters from John and would be ideal for using in a personal or small group Bible study.
- International Bible Society provides plenty of good background information about John, including dates, author info, and thematic notes.
- Uplook Ministries has an introduction to John to go along with their introduction to the other Gospels.
- Last but not least, there are more John commentaries at BibleClassics.com than you’ll likely be able to read in a year!
This wraps up our brief look at the four Gospels this week—we hope they’ve provided you with some useful starting-points for your own study of these important Bible books. See you next week, when we’ll have plenty of Christmas material to help you through the final week before the big day!
