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Book of John is the fourth book of the New Testament in the Bible. It is the fourth book of the Four Gospels.
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Book of John has 21 chapters that include the following:
a hymn of praise of the "Word"; the preaching and message of John the Baptist as he announces the coming of Jesus - prophesied the Messiah or the Lamb of God that takes away our sins; Jesus choosing his disciples and his instructions to them; the miracles of Jesus - including the Wedding in Cana, the feeding of the five thousand with five small loaves of bread and two fishes, Jesus walking on water; the last week of Jesus – his trial and death; the resurrection of Jesus; and the appearance of Jesus to his disciples.
Compared to the other three gospel books (Matthew, Mark and Luke), John starts equating Jesus by calling him the "Word" in which God the creator created everything: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." Chapter 1, verse 1. In effect, the first chapter of John becomes a hymn, perhaps a song or a poem to a poet.
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Book of John teaches a lot about Jesus by showing and telling us what Jesus did when he was with other people, some of them through miracles, including the
conversations of Jesus with the Samaritan woman. John also included the famous doubting Thomas, his fellow disciple.
Jesus performed miracles that signify his being the Son of God. Above all, Jesus showed that he gives life through the power of his Father in heaven.
In this book, John tells the story of Jesus in his own unique way from the other gospels. For example, John showed through the lengthy conversations of Jesus with various people, about who he is and what God sent him to do. During the conversations, Jesus teaches important and significant things, including the best-known quote among Christians that he is "the way, the truth and the life." John also captures it in this gospel book when Jesus makes a claim being "the light of the world, the true vine and the good shepherd, among others.