The materials for this discussion board include the Reading Guide sections associated with our reading of John’s Gospel. This module is the second reading of a Gospel and focuses on the similarities and differences between John and Matthew
Question 1
Initial posts: Identify an aspect of John’s Gospel which indicates Jesus’ knowledge or control beyond that of a regular human being. Explain how this fits into John’s Gospel specifically using information from the Reading Guide.
Question 2
Initial posts: John’s Gospel includes longer discourses in which Jesus interacts at length in dialogue with someone. Choose and identify one such teaching and, using the Reading Guide information for John, offer some ideas as to how your discourse fits into John’s Gospel as a whole.
Question 3
Initial posts: Identify and describe a particular aspect of the passion, death, or resurrection of Jesus as presented in John’s Gospel. Aside from Jesus’ language about the Son being “lifted up,” identify some other aspect of John’s Gospel which can be seen as connected to your selected aspect.