People’s Bible Commentary: John

by Richard A. Burridge

Publisher:

Bible Reading Fellowship

, 2022

Overview

The People’s Bible Commentary series presents scholarly insights in straightforward terms, aiming to instruct the head but also to warm the heart, and pointing to how the truths received can be applied personally. John’s gospel is a sublime masterpiece that has fascinated theologians and mystics for centuries.

Key Features

• Presents scholarly insights in straightforward terms
• Points to how the truths received can be applied personally
• Fascinates theologians and mystics for centuries

Praise for John

The fourth commentary, on John’s Gospel, is written by Revd Professor Richard Burridge, former Dean of King’s College, London. He describes it as one in which ‘a child may paddle but an elephant can swim deep’. The book begins with a detailed introduction and overview of the gospel, exploring themes, background and key words. The writing has an energy which excites the reader to ‘plunge in’ and learn more. This is followed by close commentary on the text, broken up into 107 small sections, each ending with a short prayer. The book is therefore suitable for both personal daily study and meditation and for reference. The commentary is very readable and a goldmine of interesting facts and comments, often referring back to the original Greek. The small sections, although self-contained, never lose the sense of being part of a greater whole. The book ends with comprehensive notes, references and glossary. For those who preach or prepare Bible studies this is an invaluable resource, and I would recommend it to fellow-ministers and students. Above all, it enables the reader to go deeper into the stories of Jesus: to ponder his identity as light, logos, shepherd and Passover lamb; to watch him turning water into wine and death into life and to encounter the Jesus who is Christ – and God.

—April McIntyre

Product Details

• Title: John
• Author: Richard A. Burridge
• Series: People’s Bible Commentary
• Publisher: Bible Reading Fellowship
• Print Publication Date: 2022
• Pages: 264
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• ISBNs: 9781800391604, 1800391609
• Resource ID: LLS:BRFPBC64JN
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-08-01T20:56:10Z

About Richard A. Burridge

Richard A. Burridge is dean of King’s College London, where he is also professor of biblical interpretation and director of New Testament studies. Winner of the 2013 Ratzinger Prize, he is the first non-Catholic ever to receive that prestigious award.