The Gospel of Saint John – as lesson new testament

The lecture presents a deep exegetical study of the Gospel of St. John compared with the other Gospels. The speaker begins by explaining the order of the Gospels’ writing: first Mark around the year 56 AD, then Matthew between 56 and 58, Luke in Caesarea during St. Paul’s imprisonment, and finally John in Ephesus around 95 AD. He clarifies that John wrote his Gospel later to complete what was not mentioned in the others, focusing on a double purpose — theological and spiritual: to prove that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing in Him grants eternal life.
He explains the meaning of “the only begotten Son” in John, affirming that Christ is the Son of God by nature and divine essence, while believers are children by adoption and faith. He presents examples proving Christ’s divinity: His conversations with Nicodemus, the man born blind, John the Baptist’s testimony, and Mary and Martha at Lazarus’s resurrection.
He notes that the title “Son of Man” in John does not deny His divinity but expresses His humility and incarnation while remaining fully divine.
He then reflects on John’s literary style — poetic, rhythmic, and full of purposeful repetition, using contrasts such as light and darkness, life and death, faith and unbelief.
Key words like “life,” “light,” “truth,” and “believe” are repeated as spiritual keys to the Gospel’s message.
The speaker highlights that John used Christ’s repeated “I Am” expressions — “I am the Bread of Life,” “I am the Light of the World,” “I am the Resurrection and the Life” — to affirm the Son’s unity with the Father, just as God said to Moses, “I Am.”
He concludes that the Gospel of John is the Gospel of Divinity and Love, revealing Christ as the eternal Word made flesh to grant us eternal life