The Gospel of John #2 = An Outline

The Gospel of John #2 = An Outline

The first Blog I wrote on John’s gospel presented its uniqueness.

In this Blog I will give an outline of it, and present its unity and flow. Remember John wrote chronologically, and that he wrote about only a few major events.

The Chronology can be followed by observing the three (3) Passovers which John records: Chapter 2, Chapter 6, and Chapter 11.

Below is a list of the events which John records.

If you are a preacher or teacher, this outline should give you a good framework around which to organize a teaching/preaching series upon the Gospel of John.

Chapter 1

• The Prologue = Unique To John’s Gospel (UTJG)

• John the Baptist sending his followers to Jesus, and the subsequent calling of Andrew, Phillip, and Nathaniel (UTJG)

Chapter 2

• The Commencement of Jesus ministry with the First Miracle, changing water to wine (UTJG)

• The First Passover

• Initial Cleansing of the Temple (UTJG)

Chapter 3

• Nicodemus, the leading teacher in Israel, going to talk with Jesus (UTJG)

• John the Baptist stepping aside (UTJG)

Chapter 4

• The Samaritan woman at the well (UTJG)

• Healing of Capernaum nobleman’s son (UTJG)

Chapter 5

• Healing of lame man at Pool of Bethesda, and the subsequent dispute because the man was healed on Sabbath (UTJG)

Chapter 6

• Feeding of 5000

• The Second Passover

*** Chapters 7- 10:21 all happen during one time period, within a few days of each other, starting when Jesus went to Jerusalem for the Feast of Booths, which occurs in Sept/Oct.

Chapter 7

• Feast of Booths, and statement about “living water” (UTJG)

• The next day the woman caught in adultery is brought to him (UTJG)

Chapter 8

• Woman caught in adultery, which leads into the long discourse about freedom from sin, you are of you father the devil, and before Abraham was I am (UTJG)

Chapter 9

• As Jesus is passing by, maybe the same day, the “Man Born Blind” is healed (UTJG)

Chapter 10

• Good Shepard Discourse, which is connected to healing of blind man by verse 21 (UTJG)

*** Chapter 10:22 picks up with The Feast of Dedication (Hanukkah) which is in Nov/Dec; there is a 2- 3 month interval between Chapter 10:21 and 10:22! This is all during the same year, between the Second and Third Passovers.

• Feast of Dedication (UTJG)

Chapter 11

• Raising of Lazarus, and subsequent plot to kill him (UTJG)

Chapter 12

• Eating at Lazarus house (UTJG)

• The Third Passover

• The Triumphal Entry

*** Chapters 13-20 record the events of an approximately 60 hour time period, starting with the Last Supper on Thursday afternoon/night; the trials before Annas, Caiaphas, Herod, and Pilate, which occurred started around mid-night on Thursday and ended early Friday morning; the Crucifixion which occurred around noon time on Friday; the Sabbath rest in the Tomb on Saturday; and the Resurrection very early Sunday morning.

One third of John’s gospel is devoted to this 2 ½ day, 60 hour period.

Chapter 13-17

• The Last Supper, which was Thursday night, and all that Jesus said to them while the were in the upper room around the table

Chapter 18

• The arrest in the Garden, and trial before Annas and Caiaphas, and then Pilate; note Herod is not mentioned in John’s gospel

Chapter 19

• The Crucifixion, Death, and Burial of Jesus

Chapter 20

• The Resurrection of Jesus, and his 2 appearances to the disciples in the upper room

• The Purpose of the Book (UTJG)

Chapter 21

• Jesus restoring Peter (UTJG)

15 September 2024