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Notes on the New Testament Click

Carr, Alan

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Calvin, John

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Our Daily Bread Hundreds of links to Illustrations offsite Click
Our Daily Bread Over 50 Devotional Illustrations onsite Click
Robertson, A. T. Word Pictures in the NT Click
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Spurgeon, C H Devotionals: Morning & Evening, Faith's Checkbook Click
Vincent, Marvin Greek Word Study Click

John: Precept Upon Precept
Precept Ministries International Inductive Study
Lesson 1 of each part can be downloaded as Pdf

John Part 1

From the beginning of his gospel, John reveals Jesus as the Son of God. Study John 1-11 and learn to walk with the Light of the World. Your relationship with Him will deepen and become more intimate. 19 weeks, 18 lessons (covers John 1-11)

John Part 2

In John 12-21 Jesus draws His disciples aside to teach them—and you—what it means to follow Him. This study will also teach you about His death, burial, and resurrection. 14 weeks, 13 lessons (covers John 12-21)

Bob Deffinbaugh
Commentary

Intro to John

John: The Man &His Gospel

John 1:1-18     

John 1:19-37

John 1:35-51

John 2:1-11

John 2:12-22

John 2:23-25

John 3:1-21

John 3:22-36

John 4:1-42

John 4:43-54

John 5:1-18

John 5:19-30

John 5:31-47

John 6:1-21

John 6:22-71

John 7:1-52

John 7:53–8:11

John 8:12-30

John 8:31-59

John 9:1-12

John 9:13-41

John 10:1-18

John 10:19-42

John 11:1-37

John 11:38-53

John 12:1-8

John 12:9-19

John 12:20-50

John 13:1-17

John 13:18-30

John 13:31-38

John 14:1-31

John 15:1-17)

John 15:18–16:11

John 16:12-33

John 17:1-5

John 17:6-19

John 17:20-26

John 18:1-11

John 18:12-27

John 18:28-38

John 18:28–19:16

John 19:17-37

John 19:38–20:9

John 20:10-31

John 21:1-25

Overview

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What Child Is This?

The Witness of John

The First Disciples

The First Sign: Jesus Turns Water Into Wine

The Cleansing of the Temple

Second Class Faith

Jesus and Nicodemus

John’s Joy and His Disciples’ Jealousy

The Woman at the Well

Jesus Heals the Royal Official’s Son

Jesus Heals the Man at the Pool of Bethesda

Like Father, Like Son

Why the Jews Are Against Jesus

The Messiah: Mightier Than Moses

The Bread of Life

Jesus in Jerusalem at the Feast of Tabernacles

The Savior and the Sinner

The Light of the World

Like Father, Like Son

Jesus and the Man Born Blind

The Blind Man Gets a Hearing

The Good Shepherd

The Sovereign Shepherd

Dealing With Death

The Raising of Lazarus

The Sweet Smell of Love and the Stench of Greed

The Un-Triumphal Entry

The Greeks Seek Jesus

Menial Service

Judas

The Eleventh Commandment

Having a Friend in High Places

Abiding in Christ

The Christian and the World

The Ministry of the Holy Spirit

The High Priestly Prayer of Jesus: Part I

The High Priestly Prayer of Jesus: Part II

The High Priestly Prayer of Jesus: Part III

Jesus, Lord at Thy Death

Did Jesus Take the Fifth Amendment?

Jesus Before Pilate: Part I

Jesus Before Pilate: Part II

The Crucifixion

The Burial and Resurrection of Jesus Christ

On Seeing and Believing

What Is This Thing Called Love?

An Overview of John in Retrospect

Explore the Bible
Teacher helps for Lifeway Series
 

Understanding Real Life (John 1:1—4:54

John 1:1-18: Recognizing Real Life
John 1:19-51: Willing to See
John 2: Believing in Jesus
John 3: Being Born Again
John 4: Having Eternal Life

Considering Real Life (John 5:1—8:59)

John 5: Real Life or Judgment?
John 6: Real Life and Commitment
John 7: Real Life and God’s Spirit
John 8: Real Life Is for Sinners

Experiencing Real Life (John 9:1—12:50)

John 9: Be Changed
John 10: Live in God’s Care
John 11: Have Assurance of Life after Death
John 12: Serve God

Living in the Real World (John 13:1—16:4)

John 13:1-38: A Serving Life
John 14: A Confident Life
John 15:1-17: A Productive Life
John 15:18-16:4: A Faithful Life

Rising Above the Real World (John 16:5—17:26)

John 16:5-15: Genuine Spirituality
John 16:16-33: Victorious Joy
John 17:1-26: Purposeful Prayer

Trouble in the Real World (John 18:1—19:42)

John 18:1-40: Standing for the Truth
John 19:1-42: Paying the Price

Choices in the Real World (John 20:1—21:25)

John 20:1-31: Trusting the Risen Christ
John 21:1-25: Following the Risen Christ

W Hall Harris III
Professor of New Testament Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary
Exegetical Commentary

Preface

Background

John &Synoptic Gospels

John 1:1-18

John 1:19 - 51

John 2

John 3

John 4

John 5

John 6

John 7

John 8

John 9

John 10

John 11

John 12

John 13

John 14

John 15

John 16

John 17

John 18

John 19

John 20

John 21

Alexander Maclaren
Expository Sermons on John

Table of Contents

John 1:1-14 The Word in Eternity, in the World, and in the Flesh

John 1:8, 35 The Light and the Lamps

John 1:14, Rev 8:15, 21:3 Three Tabernacles

John 1:16 The Fulness of Christ

John 1:17 Grace and Truth

John 1:29 The World’s Sin-bearer

John 1:37-39 The First Disciples: I. John and Andrew

John 1:40-42 The First Disciples: II. Simon Peter

John 1:43 The First Disciples: III. Philip

John 1:45-49 The First Disciples: IV. Nathanael

John 1:50, 51 The First Disciples: V. Believing and Seeing

John 2:1-11 Jesus the Joy-bringer

John 2:11 The First Miracle in Cana — The Water Made Wine

John 2:16 Christ Cleansing the Temple

John 2:19 The Destroyers and the Restorer

John 3:2 Teacher or Saviour?

John 3:3 Wind and Spirit

John 3:14 The Brazen Serpent

John 3:14 Christ’s Musts

John 3:16 The Lake and the River

John 4:6, 32 The Wearied Christ

John 4:7, 26 Give Me to Drink’

John 4:10 The Gift and the Giver

John 4:14 The Springing Fountain

John 4:54 The Second Miracle

John 5:8 The Third Miracle in John’s Gospel

John 5:17-27 The Life-giver and Judge

John 6:11 The Fourth Miracle in John’s Gospel

John 6:12 'Fragments’ or ‘Broken Pieces’

John 6:19, 20 The Fifth Miracle in John’s Gospel

John 6:28, 29 How to Work the Work of God

John 6:48-50 The Manna

John 7:33, 34, 8:33 One Saying with Two Meanings

John 7:37, 38 The Rock and the Water

John 8:12 The Light of the World

John 8:30, 31 Three Aspects of Faith

John 8:33 'Never in Bondage’

John 9:4 Ro 13:12 One Metaphor and Two Meanings

John 9:6, 7 The Sixth Miracle in John’s Gospel — The Blind Made to See, and the Seeing Made Blind

John 10:9 The Gifts to the Flock

John 10:14, 15 The Good Shepherd

John 10:16 Other Sheep’

John 11:5, 6 The Delays of Love

John 11:26, 27 Christ’s Question to Each

John 11:30-45 The Open Grave at Bethany

John 11:43, 44 The Seventh Miracle in John’s Gospel — The Raising of Lazarus

John 11:49, 50 Caiaphas

John 11:1-11 Love’s Prodigality Censured and Vindicated

John 12:12-26 A New Kind of King

John 12:26 After Christ: With Christ

John 12:32 The Universal Magnet

John 12:34 The Son of Man

John 12:35, 36 A Parting Warning

John 13:1 The Love of the Departing Christ

John 13:3-5 The Servant-master

John 13:27 The Dismissal of Judas

John 13:31, 32 The Glory of the Cross

John 13:33 Cannot and Can

John 13:33 Seeking Jesus

John 13:34, 35 'As I Have Loved’

John 13:37, 38 Quo Vadis?

John 13:38 A Rash Vow

John 14:1 Faith in God and Christ

John 14:2 'John 14:Many Mansions’

John 14:2, 3 The Forerunner

John 14:4-7 The Way

John 14:8-11 The True Vision of God

John 14:12-14 Christ’s Works and Ours

John 14:15 Love and Obedience

John 14:16, 17 The Comforter Given

John 14:18, 19 The Absent Present Christ

John 14:20, 21 The Gifts of the Present Christ

John 14:22-24 Who Bring Christ

John 14:25, 26 The Teacher Spirit

John 14:27 Christ’s Peace

John 14:28, 29 Joy and Faith, the Fruits of Christ’s Departure

John 14:30, 31 Christ Foreseeing His Passion

 

John 15:1-4 The True Vine

John 15:5-8 The True Branches of the True Vine

John 15:9-11 Abiding in Love

John 15:12, 13 The Oneness of the Branches

John 15:14-17 Christ’s Friends

John 15:18-20 Sheep among Wolves

John 15:21-25 The World’s Hatred, as Christ Saw It

John 15:26, 27 Our Ally

John 16:1-6 Why Christ Speaks

John 16:7, 8 The Departing Christ and the Coming Spirit

John 16:9-11 The Convicting Facts

John 16:12-15 The Guide into All Truth

John 16:16-19 Christ’s ‘Little Whiles’

John 16:20-22 Sorrow Turned into Joy

John 16:23, 24 'In That Day’

John 16:25-27 The Joys of ‘That Day’

John 16:28 'From’ and ‘To’

John 16:29-32 Glad Confession and Sad Warning

John 16:33 Peace and Victory

John 17:1-19 The Intercessor

John 17:14-16 'The Lord Thee Keeps’

John 17:20-26 The High Priest’s Prayer

John 24 The Folded Flock

John 17:26 Christ’s Summary of His Work

John 18:6-9 Christ and His Captors

John 18:15-27 Jesus before Caiaphas

John 18:28-40 Art Thou a King?

John 19:1-16 Jesus Sentenced

John 19:17-30 An Eye-witness’s Account of the Crucifixion

John 19:19 The Title on the Cross

John 19:22 The Irrevocable Past

John 19:30, Rev 21:6 Christ’s Finished and Unfinished Work

John 19:36 Christ Our Passover

John 19:38, 39 Joseph and Nicodemus

John 19:41 The Grave in a Garden

John 20:1-18 The Resurrection Morning

John 20:21-23 The Risen Lord’s Charge and Gift

John 20:28 Thomas and Jesus

John 20:30, 31 The Silence of Scripture

John 21:2 An Eloquent Catalogue

John 21:4 The Beach and the Sea

John 21:7 'It Is the Lord!’

John 21:15 'Lovest Thou Me?’

John 21:18, 19 Youth and Age, and the Command for Both

John 21:21, 22 They Also Serve Who Only Stand and Wait’

A W Pink
Exposition of the Gospel of John
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Introduction

1:1-13Christ, the Eternal Word

1:14-18Christ, the Word Incarnate

1:19-34Christ's Forerunner

1:35-51Christ and His First Disciples

2:1-11Christ's First Miracle

2:12-20Christ Cleansing the Temple

3:1-8Christ and Nicodemus

3:9-21Christ and Nicodemus, Concluded 

3:22-36Christ Magnified by His Forerunner

4:1-6 Christ at Sychar's Well

4:7-10Christ at Sychar's Well, Continued

4:11-19Christ at Sychar's Well, Continued

4:20-30Christ at Sychar's Well, Concluded

4:31-42Christ in Samaria

4:43-54Christ in Galilee

5:1-15Christ at the Pool of Bethesda

5:16-30The Deity of Christ: Sevenfold Proof

5:31-47The Deity of Christ: Threefold Witness

6:1-13Christ Feeding the Multitude

6:14-27Christ Walking in the Sea

6:28-40Christ the Bread of Life

6:41-59Christ in the Capernaum Synagogue

6:60-71Christ and His Disciples

7:1-13Christ and the Feast of Tabernacles

7:14-31Christ Teaching in the Temple

7:32-53Christ Teaching in the Temple, Concluded 

8:1-11Christ and the Adulterous Woman

8:12-32Christ the Light of the World

8:33-59Christ the Light of the World, Concluded

9:1-7Christ and the Blind Beggar

9:8-23Christ and the Blind Beggar, Continued

9:24-41Christ and the Blind Beggar, Concluded

10:1-10Christ the Door

10:11-21Christ the Good Shepherd

10:32-42Christ One with the Father

11:1-10 Christ Raising Lazarus

11:11-27 Christ Raising Lazarus, Continued

11:28-44 Christ Raising Lazarus, Concluded

11:45-57 Christ Feared by the Sanhedrin

12:1-11 Christ Anointed at Bethany

12:12-20 Christ's Entry into Jerusalem

12:20-36 Christ Sought by Gentiles

12:37-50 Christ's Ministry Reviewed 

13:1-11 Christ Washing His Disciples Feet

13:12-20 Christ's Example For Us

13:21-28 Christ's Warnings

14:1-11 Christ Comforting His Disciples

14:12-20 Christ Comforting His Disciples, Continued

14:21-31 Christ Comforting His Disciples, Concluded

15:1-6 Christ the True Vine

15:7-16 Christ the True Vine, Concluded

15:17-27 Christ Fortifying His Disciples

16:1-11 Christ Vindicate by the Spirit

16:12-22 Christ Glorified by the Spirit

16:23-33 Christ's Concluding Consolations

17:1-5 Christ's Interceding

17:6-12 Christ's Interceding, Continued

17:13-19 Christ's Interceding, Continued

17:20-26 Christ's Interceding, Concluded

18:1-11 Christ in the Garden

18:12-27 Christ Before Annas

18:28-40 Christ Before Pilate

19:1-11 Christ Before Pilate, Concluded

19:12-24 Christ Condemned to Death

19:25-42 Christ Laying Down His Life

20:1-10 Christ Risen From the Dead

20:11-23 Christ Appearing to His Own

20:24-31 Christ and Thomas

21:1-14 Christ by the Sea of Tiberius

21:15-25 Christ and Peter

Conclusion

John Piper
Sermons on the Gospel of John

John 1:1-5 Triumphant Light 

John 1:1-18 The Word Was God and Became Flesh  

John 1:6-8 A Burning Witness to the Light

John 1:9-13 How to Become a Child of God

John 1:14-18 The Word Became Flesh

John 2:15 A Vision for Harvest

John 2:19 Jesus is Alive to Serve

John 3:5-8 Role of the Holy Spirit in Conversion

John 3:16 The Danger: Perishing

John 3:16 The Design: Love

John 3:16 The Destiny: Eternal Life

John 3:16 The Duty: Faith

John 4:16-26 God Seeks People to Worship Him

John 6:27 Do Not Labor for Food Which Perishes

John 7:14-18 Preparing To Receive Christ (II)

John 7:37,38 Rivers from the Heart
John 10:11-18 I Have Authority to Lay it Down

John 10:14-18 The Depth of Christ's Love: Its Freedom

John 10:15-16 I Have Other Sheep That Are Not Of This Fold

John 10:16 I Am God Almighty, Be Fruitful

John 12:20-26 Dying As A Means Of Loving Part One

John 13:12-20 Sovereign Sacrifice Foretold

John 14:15-24 Test of Authenticity

John 15:1-8 Praying From the Fullness of the Word

John 15:7 Ask Whatever You Wish

John 15:7 If My Words Abide in You

John 15:16 I Chose You to Bear Fruit

John 16:22 Irrevocable Joy

John 16:24 Prayer: The Power of Christian Hedonism

John 18:37 Christmas and the Cause of Truth

John 18:37 Jesus Came to be Trusted

John 19:26,27 The Third Word From the Cross

Ray Stedman
Sermons

John 1

John 1:1-4 Who is Jesus?

John 1:5-13 Hello Darkness

John 1:14-18 The Stranger of Galilee

John 1:19-34 Call the First Witness

John 1:35-51 The Man Who Knew Men

John 2

John 2:1-11 Water to Wine

John 2:12-25 The Temple Cleanser

John 3

John 3:1-16 Born of the Spirit

John 3:16-36 The Best Possible News

John 4

John 4:1-42 The Man who Understood Women

John 4:43-54 Faith's Encouragement

John 5

John 5:1-17 Do You Want to Get Well?

John 5:18-20 The Secret of Jesus

John 5:21-30 He's Got the Whole World in His Hands

John 5:31-47 The Credentials of Jesus

John 6

John 6:1-15 The Testing of Faith

John 6:16-21 The New Resource

John 6:22-40 What Are you Working For?

John 6:41-59 Life With God

John 6:60-71 To Whom Shall We Go?

John 7

John 7:1-24 Is Jesus for Real?

John 7:25-52 For Those who Thirst

John 8

John 8:1-11 Judging the Judges

John 8:12-30 The Breakthrough Point
John 8:31-47 Straight Talk from Jesus

John 8:48-59 The Choice

John 9

John 9:1-39 Believing is Seeing

John 10

John 10:1-21 The Shepherd and His Sheep

John 10:22-42 Mad Man or God-Man?

John 11

John 11:1-16 God's Strange Ways

John 11:17-44 Death's Conqueror

John 11:45-54 What's Going On?

John 11:55-12:10 Worship or Waste?

John 12

John 12:12-26 Triumph or Tragedy?

John 12:27-50 Faithful Belief and Fatal Unbelief

John 13

John 13:1-17 Servant Authority

John 13:18-38 The One Commandment

John 14

John 14:1-14 The Cure for Heart Trouble

John 14:15-31 That Other Helper

John 15

John 15:1-11 The Vine and its Fruit

John 15:12-16:4 Loving Amidst Hate

John 16

John 16:5-33 The New Strategy

John 17

John 17 The Longest Prayer

John 18

John 18:1-19:3 The Way to the Cross

John 19

John 19:4-42 He Endured the Cross

John 20

John 20:1-18 The Incredible Hope

John 20:19-31 The New Commission

John 21

John 21 Breakfast by the Sea

 

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