Exegesis John 20

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MY LORD AND MY GOD"- THE PURPOSE OF JOHN”S GOSPEL (John 20:24-31) A Paper by Daniel Drake Presented to Dr. Daniel Powers In partial fulfillment of the requirements of Biblical Interpretation Nazarene Bible College Colorado Springs, CO June 22, 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………………3 ORIENTATION AND CONTEXT……………………………………..3 SIGNIFICANCE OF TEXT…………………………………………..3 HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL SETTING………………………………3 LITERARY CONTEXT………………………………………………………..5 PRESENTATION OF TEXT……………………………………………7 SCRIPTURE PASSAGE……………………………………………...7 TEXT CRITICAL NOTES……………………………………………7 OUTLINE OF PASSAGE…………………………………………….8 THOMAS HEARS OF JESUS’ RESURECTION………………………….…..9 JESUS APPEARS TO THE ELEVEN BEHIND CLOSED DOORS…………..10 THE PURPOSE OF JOHN’S GOSPEL..………………………………………..12 CONCLUSION………………………………………………………………….13 SUMMATION………………………………………………………...…13 APPLICATION………………………………………………………….15 WORKS CITED………………………………………………………………….16 INTRODUCTION ORIENTATION AND CONTEXT Significance of Text John wants to make one major thing clear to his audience and that is that Jesus is the Son of God and that believing in him will grant eternal life. This is the very same theme of the entire Gospel of John, therefore making this scripture a climax of John's Gospel. The author built the whole Gospel to build anticipation for this declaration. First, this theme is shown through a story centered on Thomas. The passage opens with Thomas' unbelief based upon not seeing the risen Christ himself (John 20:24-25). Jesus then appears and upon seeing Jesus he confesses the strongest declaration of Jesus' divinity recorded in the Gospels, "My Lord and my God" (John 20:28). In case anyone missed this theme the author records Jesus saying, "Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed" (NIV John 20:29b). The

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