Title IV · Secundum Ioannem

The Holy Gospel according to Saint John

the Eagle · 21 chapters · 879 verses · 59 passages in the Digest

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Of this Gospel

Author: Saint John the Apostle, the beloved disciple
Occasion: Written last, at Ephesus; the theological Gospel, 'that you may believe'.
Character: The seven signs, the seven 'I AM' sayings, the Bread of Life, the Last Supper discourses.

Challoner's preface

St. John the Apostle and Evangelist was the son of Zebedee and Salome, brother to James the Greater. He was called the Beloved disciple of Christ and stood by at his Crucifixion. He wrote the Gospel after the other Evangelists, about sixty-three years after our Lord's Ascension. Many things that they had omitted were supplied by him. The original was written in Greek; and by the Greeks he is titled: The Divine, St. Jerome relates that, when he was earnestly requested by the brethren to write the Gospel, he answered he would do it, if by ordering a common fast, they would all put up their prayers together to the Almighty God; which being ended replenished with the clearest and fullest revelation coming from Heaven, he burst forth into that preface: IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD.

Register of Chapters

Caput	Keyword	What is contained therein	Cited §
Cap. I1	The Word; Lamb of God	'In the beginning was the Word'; 'the Word was made flesh'; John's testimony; 'behold the Lamb of God'; Andrew, Peter, Philip, Nathanael.	§ 1–5, 11, 14, 29, 46
Cap. II2	Cana; Temple cleansed	Water into wine at the wedding of Cana; the Temple cleansed: 'destroy this temple'.	§ 1–11
Cap. III3	Nicodemus; 'God so loved'	'Born again of water and the Spirit'; 'God so loved the world'; John: 'He must increase, but I must decrease'.	§ 3–5, 8, 16, 30
Cap. IV4	Samaritan woman	Living water at Jacob's well; 'in spirit and in truth'; the fields white for harvest; the ruler's son healed.	§ 14, 24, 35
Cap. V5	Pool of Bethsaida	'Arise, take up thy bed'; the Son does what the Father does; the witnesses to Jesus.	§ 8
Cap. VI6	Bread of Life	Five thousand fed; walking on the sea; 'I am the bread of life'; 'unless you eat the flesh'; many leave; 'to whom shall we go?'	§ 35, 51–52, 54–57, 69–70
Cap. VII7	Tabernacles; living water	His brethren doubt; teaching in the Temple; 'rivers of living water'; the officers: 'never did man speak like this man'.	§ 24, 38
Cap. VIII8	Adulteress; light; 'I AM'	'He that is without sin'; 'I am the light of the world'; 'the truth shall make you free'; 'before Abraham was made, I am'.	§ 7, 11, 12, 32, 44, 58
Cap. IX9	Man born blind	Clay and the pool of Siloe; the Pharisees interrogate; 'I was blind, and now I see'.	§ 25
Cap. X10	Good Shepherd	'I am the door'; 'I am the good shepherd'; 'one fold and one shepherd'; 'I and the Father are one'.	§ 9, 10, 11, 16, 30
Cap. XI11	Lazarus raised	'I am the resurrection and the life'; 'Jesus wept'; 'Lazarus, come forth'; Caiphas: 'one man should die for the people'.	§ 25–26, 35
Cap. XII12	Bethania; entry; grain of wheat	Mary anoints his feet; the entry into Jerusalem; 'unless the grain of wheat die'; 'when I am lifted up'.	§ 24–25, 32
Cap. XIII13	Washing of feet; new commandment	Jesus washes the disciples' feet; Judas goes out into the night; 'a new commandment: love one another'.	§ 14–15, 34–35
Cap. XIV14	Way, Truth, Life; Paraclete	'In my Father's house are many mansions'; 'I am the way, the truth and the life'; the Paraclete promised; 'peace I leave with you'.	§ 1–3, 6, 15, 16–17, 27
Cap. XV15	The Vine; no greater love	'I am the vine, you the branches'; 'greater love than this no man hath'; 'if the world hate you'.	§ 1–5, 12–13, 16
Cap. XVI16	The Paraclete; 'I have overcome'	The Spirit of truth will convince the world; sorrow turned to joy; 'I have overcome the world'.	§ 33
Cap. XVII17	The High-Priestly Prayer	'Father, the hour is come'; 'that they all may be one'; Jesus prays for his disciples and for all who will believe.	§ 21
Cap. XVIII18	Arrest; Peter; Pilate	The garden; Malchus' ear; Annas and Caiphas; Peter's denial; 'my kingdom is not of this world'; 'What is truth?'	§ 36, 38
Cap. XIX19	Ecce Homo; Crucifixion	Scourging; 'Behold the Man'; 'Woman, behold thy son'; 'It is consummated'; the pierced side; burial in the new sepulchre.	§ 5, 26–27, 30, 34
Cap. XX20	Empty tomb; Thomas	Peter and John run; Mary Magdalen: 'Rabboni'; 'Peace be to you... receive ye the Holy Ghost'; Thomas: 'My Lord and my God'.	§ 19–23, 28, 29
Cap. XXI21	153 fish; 'Feed my sheep'	The miraculous draught at the sea of Tiberias; 'Simon, lovest thou me?'; 'Feed my sheep'; the beloved disciple.	§ 15–17, 25