John, Revised Edition (Tyndale New Testament Commentaries | TNTC)

by Colin G. Kruse

Publisher:

Inter-Varsity

, 2017

Overview

Among the Gospels, John’s is unique. It has a structure with long conversations and extended debates, and much of its content is not found elsewhere. Jesus’ relationship to the Father and his teaching on the Holy Spirit are given special prominence. Ultimately, faith, believing in Jesus, is at the center—with signs highlighted to provoke faith and stories of those who responded to Jesus as examples of faith. Colin Kruse ably shows how the Fourth Gospel weaves its themes of belief and unbelief into its rich Christology.

The Tyndale New Testament Commentaries have long been a trusted resource for Bible study. Written by some of the world’s most distinguished evangelical scholars, these twenty volumes offer clear, reliable, and relevant explanations of every book in the New Testament.

These Tyndale volumes are designed to help readers understand what the Bible actually says and what it means. The introduction to each volume gives a concise but thorough description of the authorship, date, and historical background of the biblical book under consideration. The commentary itself examines the text section by section, drawing out its main themes. It also comments on individual verses and deals with problems of interpretation. The aim throughout is to get at the true meaning of the Bible and to make its message plain to readers today.

Key Features

• Offers a thoroughly revised, expanded, and updated edition in light of recent studies
• Looks at John’s unique portrayal of Jesus as equal and one with God the Father
• Details the distinct features of John’s gospel

Contents

Introduction

• Significance
• Overview
• Some Distinctive Features of the Gospel of John
• The Gospel of John and the Letters of John: A Scenario
• Literary Genre
• Composition of the Gospel of John
• Purpose and Readership
• Authorship
• Date and Place of Writing
• Historical Reliability
• Recent Trends in the Interpretation of the Gospel of John
• Theology of the Gospel of John
• Structure of the Gospel of John

Analysis

Commentary

Additional Notes

• Monogenēs
• ‘The Son of Man’
• Signs
• The Different Words Used for ‘Temple’ in 2:13-22
• Being Born of Water and the Spirit
• The Kingdom of God
• Eternal Life
• Judgment
• Well-traditions
• Egō eimi
• The Savior of the World
• Kingship
• Jesus’ ‘Deception’ of His Brothers
• The Experience of the Spirit Before and After
• Jesus’ Exaltation
• ‘In My Name’/‘In His Name’
• The Paraklētos
• ‘My Kingdom Is Not of This World’

Top Highlights

“Additional note: being born of water and the Spirit” (Page 115)

“The only place, then, where Gentiles could come and pray in the temple was the outer court, and this was being used as a marketplace.” (Page 105)

“This involves a play on words. The Greek word pneuma can mean ‘wind’, ‘breath’ or ‘spirit’.⁴⁷ This coincidence makes it possible to draw a comparison between the effects of the wind and the work of the Spirit. Just as people cannot see where the wind comes from or where it is going but can hear its sound, so too people cannot understand how they are born of the Spirit but nevertheless experience its reality in their lives.⁴⁸ This is a reminder for us not to tie the experience of being born of the Spirit to particular evangelistic formulae, but to recognize that the ways of the Spirit with different people may be different, though always, as this Gospel makes abundantly clear, connected with faith in Jesus Christ.” (Page 117)

“Most likely it means worship through the Holy Spirit, whom Jesus would give to those who believed in him, and in accordance with the truth of God as it has been made known through the person and teaching of Jesus.⁸² The Father seeks people who will worship him in the Spirit and in accordance with the teaching of Jesus. This is a reminder that worship is not restricted to what we do when we come together in church, but is about the way we relate to God through the Spirit and in accordance with the teaching of Jesus, and that touches the whole of life.” (Page 150)

“By depicting the Father as the gardener/vinedresser, Jesus indicated that the Father was in control of both his ministry (as the vine) and that of his disciples (as the branches).” (Page 366)

Endorsements

The Tyndale volumes have long been the premier shorter-length commentary series on both Testaments throughout the English-speaking world.

—Craig Blomberg, Denver Seminary

Tyndale commentaries are always useful, not least because they focus so clearly on the text of Scripture, and do not fall into the trap of paying too much attention to other commentaries and not enough to the scriptural text they are intended to expound and explain. So they retain their usefulness for preachers, Bible study leaders and for all readers of the Bible.

—Peter Adam, principal, Ridley College, Melbourne, Australia

There simply is no series of medium-length commentaries that approaches the excellence of the Tyndale commentaries.

—Donald A. Hagner, Fuller Theological Seminary

Product Details

• Title: John: An Introduction and Commentary (2nd Ed.)
• Author: Colin G. Kruse
• Edition: Second edition
• Series: Tyndale Commentaries
• Volume: 4
• Publisher: Inter-Varsity
• Print Publication Date: 2017
• Logos Release Date: 2017
• Pages: 480
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Bible. N.T. John › Commentaries
• ISBNs: 9781783595778, 9781783595785, 9780830829835, 9780830842940, 9780830894864, 9780830894987, 1783595779, 1783595787, 0830829830, 0830842942, 0830894861, 0830894985
• Resource ID: LLS:TNTC64JN2ED
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-02-15T16:35:54Z

About Colin G. Kruse

Colin G. Kruse (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is senior lecturer of New Testament at Melbourne School of Theology. In the twenty years following his ordination into the Anglican ministry, Kruse gained practical experience in parishes in Australia and the U.S. along with five years of missionary service as a theological lecturer in Indonesia. Besides journal articles on the New Testament, Old Testament and the Dead Sea Scrolls, Kruse has authored several books including Paul, the Law and Justification and New Testament Models for Ministry: Jesus and Paul. He has also written the Tyndale New Testament Commentary on 2 Corinthians and the Pillar New Testament Commentary titles The Letters of John and Paul's Letter to the Romans.