John
An overview of every chapter in John, chapter by chapter.
| Chapter | Summary |
|---|---|
| John 1 | Prologue: Christ, the Eternal Word; The Book of Signs: The Word Displays His Glory: Jesus and John the Baptist - The Testimony of John the Baptist; Jesus, The Lamb of God; The First Disciples |
| John 2 | The Word Displays His Glory: Jesus and Jewish Institutions - The Wedding at Cana: Purification Water Turned to Wine; The Jerusalem Temple is Cleansed; Nicodemus: A Religious Leader Visits Jesus |
| John 3 | The Word Displays His Glory: Jesus and Jewish Institutions - Nicodemus: A Religious Leader Visits Jesus (continued); John the Baptist Exalts Jesus |
| John 4 | The Word Displays His Glory: Jesus and Jewish Institutions - The Samaritan Woman at the Well; Many Samaritans Believe; Jesus Heals a Government Official’s Son |
| John 5 | The Word Displays His Glory: Jesus and the Sabbath - Jesus Heals a Man on the Sabbath; Jesus Claims to Be the Son of God; Witnesses to Jesus |
| John 6 | The Word Displays His Glory: Jesus and Passover - Jesus Feeds Five Thousand; Jesus Walks on Water; Jesus, the Bread of Life; Many Disciples Desert Jesus |
| John 7 | The Word Displays His Glory: Jesus and the Festival of Shelters - Jesus and His Brothers; Jesus Teaches Openly at the Temple; Is Jesus the Messiah?; Jesus Promises Living Water |
| John 8 | The Word Displays His Glory: Jesus and the Festival of Shelters - A Woman Caught in Adultery; Jesus, the Light of the World; The Unbelieving People Warned; Jesus and Abraham: True Freedom |
| John 9 | The Word Displays His Glory: Jesus and the Festival of Shelters - Jesus Brings Light to the Blind; Spiritual Blindness |
| John 10 | The Word Displays His Glory: Jesus and the Festival of Dedication - The Good Shepherd and His Sheep; Jesus at Hanukkah |
| John 11 | The Word Displays His Glory: Foreshadowing Jesus’ Death and Resurrection - Lazarus: A Model of Jesus’ Resurrection; The Plot to Kill Jesus |
| John 12 | The Word Displays His Glory: Foreshadowing Jesus’ Death and Resurrection - Jesus Anointed at Bethany; Jesus’ Messianic Entry into Jerusalem; Jesus Predicts His Death; The Unbelief of the People |
| John 13 | The Book of Glory: The Word is Glorified: The Passover Meal - Jesus Washes His Disciples’ Feet; Jesus Predicts Judas’s Betrayal; Jesus’ Final Farewell - Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial |
| John 14 | The Word is Glorified: Jesus’ Final Farewell - Jesus, the Way to the Father; Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit |
| John 15 | The Word is Glorified: Jesus’ Final Farewell - Jesus, the True Vine of Israel; Jesus’ Disciples and the World |
| John 16 | The Word is Glorified: Jesus’ Final Farewell - Jesus’ Disciples and the World (continued); The Work of the Holy Spirit; Sadness Will Be Turned to Joy |
| John 17 | The Word is Glorified: Jesus’ Final Farewell - Jesus’ Final Prayer |
| John 18 | The Word is Glorified: Jesus’ Suffering and Death - Jesus is Betrayed and Arrested; Peter’s First Denial of Jesus; The High Priest Questions Jesus; Peter’s Second and Third Denials; Jesus’ Trial before Pilate; Jesus is Sentenced to Death |
| John 19 | The Word is Glorified; Jesus’ Suffering and Death - Jesus is Sentenced to Death (continued); The Crucifixion; The Death of Jesus; The Burial of Jesus |
| John 20 | The Word is Glorified: Jesus’ Resurrection - The Empty Tomb; Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene; Jesus Appears to His Disciples; Jesus Appears to Thomas; Purpose of the Book |
| John 21 | Epilogue: The Word Commissions His Followers: The Miraculous Catch of Fish; Peter’s Restoration; Concluding Remarks |