Who Was Jesus  in John's Gospel?        

Contents:
1. Who did Men say Jesus was?
2. Who did Jesus claim to be?
      a) Son of Man   (x 12)
      b) Son of God   (x 7)
      c) He whom God has sent   (x 19)
      d) God,"My Father"   (x 83)
      e) The Messiah   (x 3)
      f) The Light,Bread,Shepherd, Door, Way, Vine  
      g) From Above   (x 8)
      h) Scriptures
      i) Victor over Death

 
1.  Who did Men say Jesus was?       [Top]

      a)  John, Apostle
            Jn 114 We beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father.
            Jn 117 No one has ever seen God; the only Son (Jesus Christ), ...
      who is in the bosom of the Father, he has made him known.
            Jn 2031 Jesus did many other signs ...
      but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God.

      b)   John, Baptist
            Jn 129,35 Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
            Jn 134 I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God.

      c)   Andrew
            Jn 141 We have found the Messiah.

      d)   Nathanael
            Jn 149 Rabbi, you are the Son of God!

      e)   Peter
            Jn 669 We have believed, ... that you are the Holy One of God.

      f)   Martha
            Jn 1127 Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God.

      g)   Samaritans
            Jn 442 We know that this is indeed the Saviour of the world.

      h)   Crowd
            Jn 1213 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!

      j)   Pilate
            Jn 1919 Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews.

      k)   Moses
            Jn 546 Moses, ... he wrote of me.

 
  2.   Who did Jesus claim to be?       [Top]

      a)   Son of man   (x 12)
            Jn 151 You will see the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.
            Jn 313 No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended from heaven, the Son of man.
            Jn 314 As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be
lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
            Jn 527 Authority to execute judgement because he is the Son of man.
            Jn 627 Labour   ... for the food which endures to eternal life,
      which the Son of man will give you.
            Jn 653 Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood,
      you have no life in you.
            Jn 662 What if you were to see the Son of man ascending where he was before?
            Jn 828 When you have lifted up the Son of man, then you will know that I am he.
            Jn 836 If the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.
            Jn 937 You have seen him (the Son of man), and it is he who speaks to you.
            Jn 1223 The hour has come for the Son of man to be glorified.
            Jn 1331 Now is the Son of man glorified, and in him God is glorified.

      b)   Son of God   (x 7)       [Top]
            Jn 316 God so loved the world that He gave his only Son, ...
            Jn 317 God sent the Son into the world, not to condemn the world ...
            Jn 318 ... condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
            Jn 336 He who believes in the Son has eternal life;
            Jn 525 The dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and he who hears will live.
            Jn 1036 ... Because I said, I am the Son of God.
            Jn 114 It is for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified ...

      c)   He whom God has sent   (x 19)       [Top]
            Jn 524 He who hears my word and believes him who sent me, has eternal life.
            Jn 530 I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.
            Jn 629 This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.
            Jn 716 My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me;
            Jn 718 He who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true,
      and in him is no falsehood.
            Jn 728 He who sent me is true, and him you do not know.
            Jn 733 ... then I go to him who sent me.
            Jn 826 He who sent me is true.
            Jn 829 He who sent me is with me.
            Jn 842 I proceeded and came forth from God; ... he sent me.
            Jn 94 We must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day.
            Jn 1142 ... that they may believe that thou didst send me.
            Jn 1244 He who believes in me, believes not in me but in him who sent me.
            Jn 1245 And he who sees me sees him who sent me.
            Jn 1320 He who receives me receives him who sent me.
            Jn 1521 ... because they do not know him who sent me.
            Jn 165 I am going to him who sent me;
            Jn 173 This is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God,
      and Jesus Christ whom thou has sent.
            Jn 178 They have received (the words) and know in truth that I came from thee;
      and they have believed that thou didst send me.

      d)   God "My Father ...."   (x 83)       [Top]
            Jn 216 You shall not make my Father's house a house of trade.
            Jn 335 The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand.
            Jn 423 True worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth.
            Jn 517 My Father is working still, and I am working.
            Jn 519 Only does what he sees the Father doing
            Jn 520 For the Father loves the Son, and shows him all that he himself is doing.
            Jn 521 As the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son
            Jn 522 The Father judges no one, but has given all judgement to the Son,
      that all may honour the Son, even as they honour the Father.
            Jn 526 As the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself.

            Jn 536 The works which the Father has granted me to accomplish, these very works
      which I am doing, bear me witness that the Father has sent me.
            Jn 537 The Father who sent me has himself borne witness to me.
            Jn 543 I have come in my Father's name.
            Jn 545 Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father, it is Moses ...
            Jn 627 On him has God the Father set his seal.
            Jn 632 My Father gives you the true bread from heaven.
            Jn 637 All that the Father gives to me will come to me;
      and him who comes to me I will not cast out.
            Jn 645 This is the will of my Father,
      that every one who sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life;
            Jn 644 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him;
            Jn 645 Every one who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me.
            Jn 646 No one has seen the Father except him who is from God; he has seen the Father.
            Jn 657 As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father,
      so he who eats me will live because of me.
            Jn 818 The Father who sent me bears witness to me.
            Jn 819 If you knew me, you would know my Father also.
            Jn 828 I speak thus as the Father taught me.
            Jn 838 I speak what I seen with my Father.
            Jn 849 I have not a demon; but I honour my Father, and you dishonour me.
            Jn 854 It is my Father who glorifies me.
            Jn 1015 As the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life ...
            Jn 1017 For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, ...
            Jn 1018 This charge I have received from my Father.
            Jn 1025 The works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness to me.
            Jn 1029 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all,
      and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. I and the Father are one.
            Jn 1032 I have shown you many works from the Father; for which of these do you stone me?
            Jn 1036 ... him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world,
            Jn 1037 If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me; ...
            Jn 1038 Understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.
            Jn 1141 Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.
            Jn 1226 If any one serves me, the Father will honour him.
            Jn 1227 And what shall I say, Father save me from this hour?
      No, for this purpose I have come to this hour. Father, glorify thy name.
            Jn 1249 The Father who sent me has himself given me commandment what to say ...
            Jn 1250 What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has bidden me.
            Jn 142 In my Father's house are many rooms, ...
            Jn 146 No one comes to the Father, but by me.
            Jn 147 If you had known me, you would have known my Father also.
            Jn 149 He who has seen me has seen the Father.
            Jn 1410 Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father in me?
            Jn 1410 But the Father who dwells in me does his works.
            Jn 1411 Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father in me.
            Jn 1412 And greater works than these will he do, because I go to the Father.
            Jn 1413 ... I will do it, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
            Jn 1416 And I will pray the Father, and he will give you another Counsellor.
            Jn 1420 In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.
            Jn 1416 And I will pray the Father, and he will give you another Counsellor.
            Jn 1416 And I will pray the Father, and he will give you another Counsellor.
            Jn 1421 He who loves me will be loved by my Father,
      and I will love him and manifest myself to him.
            Jn 1423 If any man loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him,
      and we will come to him and make our home with him.
            Jn 1424 The word which you hear is not mine but the Father's who sent me.
            Jn 1426 The Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you ...
            Jn 1428 If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I go to the Father;
      for the Father is greater than I.
            Jn 1431 I do as the Father has commanded me; so that the world may know that I love the Father.
            Jn 151 My Father is the vinedresser.
            Jn 158 By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit.
            Jn 159 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; abide in my love.
            Jn 1510 ... just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love.
            Jn 1515 All that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.
            Jn 1516 ... so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
            Jn 1523 He who hates me hates my Father also.
            Jn 1524 But now they have seen (the works) and hated both me and my Father.
            Jn 1526 When the Counsellor comes, whom I will send to you from the Father,
      even the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness to me.
            Jn 163 They will do this (kill you) because they have not known the Father; nor me.
            Jn 1615 All that the Father has is mine.
            Jn 1623 If you ask anything of the Father, he will give it to you in my name.
            Jn 1625 I shall no longer speak to you in figures but tell you plainly of the Father.
            Jn 1627 The Father himself loves you;
      because you have loved me and have believed that I came from the Father.
            Jn 1628 I came from the Father and have come into the world;
      again I am leaving the world and going to the Father.
            Jn 1632 I am not alone, for the Father is with me.
            Jn 171 Father, the hour has come; glorify thy Son, that the Son may glorify thee.
            Jn 175 Father, glorify thou me in thy presence with the glory which I had with thee
      before the world was made.
            Jn 1711 They are in the world, and I am coming to thee. Holy Father,
      keep them in thy name; which thou hast given me; that they may be one ...
            Jn 1721 ... that they may all be one; even as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee,
      that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
            Jn 1724 Father, I desire that they also, whom thou hast given me,
      may be with me where I am, to behold my glory ...
            Jn 1725 O righteous Father, the world has not known thee, but I have known thee;
      and these know that thou hast sent me.
            Jn 1811 Shall I not drink the cup which the Father has given me?
            Jn 2017 I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brethren and say to them;
      I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.
            Jn 2021 As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.

      e)   The Messiah   (x 3)       [Top]
            Jn 426 I who speak to you am he (the Messiah).
            Jn 1024 If you are the Christ; tell us plainly.
      Jesus answered them, I told you; and you do not believe.
            Jn 1319 I tell you this now, before it takes place,
      that when it does take place you may believe that I am he.

      f)   The Light, Bread, Shepherd, Door, Way, Vine etc       [Top]
            Jn 319 The light has come into the world, and men loved darkness ...
            Jn 633 The true bread of God is that which comes down from heaven, and gives life to the world.
            Jn 95 I am the light of the world.
            Jn 109 I am the door; if any one enters by me, he will be saved.
            Jn 1011 I am the good shepherd ... who lay down his life for the sheep.
            Jn 1125 I am the resurrection and the life;
            Jn 1235 The light is with you for a little longer.
            Jn 1313 You call me Teacher and Lord; and you are right, for so I am.
            Jn 146 I am the way, and the truth, and the life.
            Jn155 I am the vine.

      g)   From Above   (x 8)       [Top]
            Jn 331 He who comes from above is above all; ...
            Jn 736 Where I am you cannot come.
            Jn 823 You are from below, I am from above;
            Jn 858 Before Abraham was, I am.
            Jn 1633 Be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.
            Jn 1716 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
            Jn 1836 My kingship is not of this world;
            Jn 1911 You would have no power over me unless it had been given you from above.

      h)   Scriptures       [Top]
            Jn 539 The scriptures, ... it is they that bear witness to me.

      i)   Victor over Death
            Jn 219 Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in trhee days.

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