The Bible’s “fourth gospel” is getting fresh attention from scholars in a wave of new books, with one positing John was a ...

John's gospel is different from the other three in the New Testament. That fact has been recognized since the early church itself. Already by the year 200, John's gospel was called the spiritual ...

"Amen, amen, I say to you, I am the gate for the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. I am the gate. Whoever enters through me will be saved and ...

"These are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name." John 20:31 When we read the Gospel of John in the Bible, we find ...

In his 24th book, The Fourth Gospel: Tales of a Jewish Mystic (HarperOne, June), the always provocative Bishop John Shelby Spong takes on the Gospel of John, opening new windows of insight and ...

Editor’s note: This article first appeared during Holy Week, 2008. On Good Friday, millions gather together to read — or if they are lucky, to sing — John the Evangelist’s account of the Passion of ...

Elizabeth Schrader Polczer is assistant professor of New Testament at Villanova University. Her research focuses on textual criticism, Mary Magdalene, and the Gospel of John. Hear the full version of ...

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God, and through him were all things made." These words of the opening prologue of the ...