TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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THE GOSPEL OF JOHN.
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Introduction 3
Supplementary Notes—
On the Introduction to John’s Gospel 13
The Incarnation 21
The Lamb of God 24
Christ’s Example in the Use of Wine 32
Christ as a Conversationalist 58
Christ’s Discourse on the Bread of Life 83
The Woman Taken in Adultery 105
The Parable of the Sheepfold 125
The Resurrection of Lazarus 135, 145
The Anointing of Jesus 150
The Lord’s Supper 162
Christ’s Last Discourse with his Disciples 171
The Parable of the Vine 185
Christ’s Intercessory Prayer 201
The Character of Pontius Pilate 221
The Character of John’s Gospel 240
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · Preliminary Note.—Before entering upon this discourse in detail, some preliminary considerations are necessary. 1. The report. There is no rNote 2 · Preliminary Note.—Verse 53 of ch. 7 belongs unquestionably with the first eleven verses of ch. 8. Whether the whole passage is really a partNote 3 · Preliminary Note.—There is nothing in John to indicate the time at which this miracle took place; and there is no general agreement among haNote 4 · Preliminary Note.—This anointing is not to be confounded with that of which Luke (7:36-50) gives an account. The reasons for distinguishing Note 5 · Preliminary Note.—John alone of the Evangelists gives no account of the institution of the Lord’s Supper. But he alone gives us a report of Note 6 · Preliminary Note.—The 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th chapters of John are the Holy of Holies of the Bible. Christ is about to depart from his disNote 7 · Preliminary Note.—Some scholars suppose that Christ, at the close of the preceding discourse, arose with his disciples and passed out of theNote 8 · Preliminary Note.—We rightly hesitate to analyze or criticise any prayer; the language of devotion is too sacred. How much more when the praNote 9 · On the Character of Pontius Pilate.—Concerning Pilate’s life before he became procurator nothing is known, except that his name indicates a Note 10 · Preliminary Note.—All modern critics agree in regarding this chapter as in the nature of a supplement, the original Gospel having been broug