The Gospel According to St. John

by Brooke Foss Westcott

Publisher:

John Murray

, 1971

Overview

B. F. Westcott's classic commentary on the Gospel According to St. John. Contains extensive verse-by-verse exegetical commentary, as well as multiple “dissertations” on various subjects relating to the gospel.

• Title: The Gospel According to St. John
• Author: Brook Foss Westcott
• Publisher: Logos Research Systems, Inc.
• Pages: 307

Contents

• The Authorship of the Gospel
• The Composition of the Gospel
• Characteristics of the Gospel
• Relation to the other Apostolic Writings
• The History of the Gospel

Top Highlights

“The term λόγος never has the sense of reason in the New Testament.” (Page 2)

“Moses dwells on that which starts from the point, and traces the record of divine action from the beginning (comp. 1 John 1:1, 2:13), while St John lifts our thoughts beyond the beginning and dwells on that which ‘was’ when time, and with time finite being, began its course.” (Page 2)

“He who drinks of the Spiritual Rock becomes in turn himself a rock from within which the waters flow to slake the thirst of others.” (Page 123)

“Christ is all Himself. The pronoun is emphatic, and at once turns the thoughts of the apostles from a method to a Person.” (Page 202)

“St John introduces the term without any explanation. He assumes that his readers are familiar with it.” (Page 2)

Product Details

• Title: The Gospel according to St. John
• Author: Brooke Foss Westcott
• Series: Classic Commentaries on the Greek New Testament
• Publisher: John Murray
• Print Publication Date: 1971
• Logos Release Date: 2004
• Era: era:modern
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Bible. N.T. John › Commentaries
• Resource ID: LLS:29.48.17
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-08-30T23:15:10Z

About Brooke Foss Westcott

Brooke Foss Westcott (1825–1901) was a British bishop, biblical scholar, and theologian serving as bishop of Durham from 1890 until his death.

Westcott studied at Trinity College in Cambridge where he graduated in 1848. He stayed at Trinity, where in 1849 he obtained his fellowship and was ordained deacon and priest. He received honorary degrees from Oxford in 1881 and Edinburgh 1883. In 1890, he became the bishop of Durham.

He has authored several works, including Introduction to the New Testament in the Original Greek, A General View of the History of the English Bible, Westcott-Hort Greek New Testament, and Saint Paul’s Epistle to the Ephesians.