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2026-03-26T06:02:19-04:00

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The Gospel of John: The Bread of Life Discourse, Part II

Last updated on: March 26, 2026 at 6:02 am By Gabriel Blanchard

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You can find my two-part introduction to the Gospel of John at these two links, and my index/outline for it here; for the previous installment on John 6:22-51, go here. The Bread of Life Discourse, Part II (John 6:52-71) St. Peter’s Church in Capernaum, Israel. Authorship unclear—used via a CC BY 2.0 license (source). We now conclude the Bread of Life discourse, which completes the first half of the “grand foreshadowing” (discussed in the postscript two weeks ago), the part corresponding to the Passion.... Read more

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2026-03-19T07:50:46-04:00

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The Gospel of John: The Bread of Life Discourse, Part I

Last updated on: March 19, 2026 at 7:50 am By Gabriel Blanchard

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Happy Solemnity of St. Joseph! You can find my two-part introduction to the Gospel of John at these two links, and my index/outline for it here; for the previous installment on John 6:1-21, go here. The Bread of Life Discourse, Part I (John 6:22-51) The Gathering of the Manna (c. 1440), from the anonymously-made Hours of Catherine of Cleves. With the Bread of Life Discourse, we reach the center of the “Book of Signs” (roughly John 1-11), not only positionally but conceptually. The... Read more

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2026-03-12T03:23:48-04:00

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The Gospel of John: The Five Thousand and the Fifth Sign

Last updated on: March 12, 2026 at 3:23 am By Gabriel Blanchard

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You can find my two-part introduction to the Gospel of John at these two links, and my index/outline for it here; for the previous installment on John 5:19-47, go here. The Five Thousand and the Fifth Sign (John 6:1-21) Church of the Multiplication in Tabgha,1 Israel. Photo taken by David Shankbone in 2007, made available via a CC BY-SA 3.0 license (source). I’ve translated most of this passage before, but that was a couple of years ago, and I’ve made a number of different... Read more

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2026-03-05T22:28:37-04:00

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The Gospel of John: The Third Sign, Part II

Last updated on: March 5, 2026 at 10:28 pm By Gabriel Blanchard

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You can find my two-part introduction to the Gospel of John at these two links, and my index/outline for it here; for the previous installment on John 5:1-18, go here. The Third Sign, Part II (John 5:19-47) Here, we have the Lord’s longest homily in the book thus far. His last homily was the one delivered to Nikodemos in chapter 3, which concluded without a reply from what seemed to be its sadly bewildered recipient; as of 5:18, the third-chapter theme of judgment has... Read more

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2026-02-19T02:31:53-04:00

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The Gospel of John: The Second Sign

Last updated on: February 19, 2026 at 2:31 am By Gabriel Blanchard

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You can find my two-part introduction to the Gospel of John at these two links, and my index/outline for it here; for the previous installment on John 4:4-42, go here. The Second Sign (John 4:43-54) Folio 309r from the Book of Kells (early 9th c.), containing part of the Gospel of John. Though a comparatively short bit of narrative, this passage has a good deal of structural significance. After the episode in Samaria, the action returns to the Galilee—where, compared with the Synoptics, we... Read more

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2026-02-26T15:17:59-04:00

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The Gospel of John: The Third Sign, Part I

Last updated on: February 26, 2026 at 3:17 pm By Gabriel Blanchard

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You can find my two-part introduction to the Gospel of John at these two links, and my index/outline for it here; for the previous installment on John 4:43-54, go here. The Third Sign, Part I (John 5:1-18) In transitioning from chapter 4 to chapter 5 of the Gospel of John, we pass into the third arc of the book. Chapters 5 through 10 inclusive present us with a theological “cold war”—slowly heating up, and with several individual temperature spikes—between Yeshua and the religious establishment... Read more

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2026-02-12T10:18:39-04:00

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The Gospel of John: The Witness of Sychar

Last updated on: February 12, 2026 at 10:18 am By Gabriel Blanchard

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You can find my two-part introduction to the Gospel of John at these two links, and my index/outline for it here; for the previous installment on John 3:22-4:3, go here. The Witness of Sychar (John 4:4-42) Christ’s “trial” before the reader proceeds with further testimony. At this point, however, John has covered enough territory that we begin to get echoes of earlier parts of the narrative—in musical terms, we get variations on earlier motifs, featuring inversions and retrogrades. Its setting, however, is almost unique;... Read more

2026-02-06T00:46:41-04:00

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The Gospel of John: The Witness of the Baptist

Last updated on: February 6, 2026 at 12:46 am By Gabriel Blanchard

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You can find my two-part introduction to the Gospel of John at these two links, and my index/outline for it here; for the previous installment on John 2:13-22, go here. The Witness of the Baptist (John 3:22-4:3) Though turning from the religious establishment in Yrushalem to its millenarian fringe in the person of the Baptist, even so, we here continue the series of “statements from witnesses” that this part of John’s Gospel consists in. Intriguingly, we find another narrative curveball for the Christian reader... Read more

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2026-02-03T15:26:58-04:00

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The Gospel of John: The First Nightfall

Last updated on: February 3, 2026 at 3:26 pm By Gabriel Blanchard

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You can find my two-part introduction to the Gospel of John at these two links, and my index/outline for it here; for the previous installment on John 2:13-22, go here. The First Nightfall (John 2:23-3:21) Nicodemus Visiting Christ (1899), by Henry Ossawa Tanner. The structure of the narrative thus far has been as follows: a cosmic-level prologue (1:1-18), dealing with the identity of the divine Logos and his incarnation as a man; the seven days of the new creation he is initiating (1:19-2:12); and... Read more

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2026-01-22T05:15:31-04:00

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The Gospel of John: The Sacred Heart

Last updated on: January 22, 2026 at 5:15 am By Gabriel Blanchard

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You can find my two-part introduction to the Gospel of John at these two links, and my index/outline for it here; for the previous installment on John 2:1-12, go here. The Gospel of John: The Sacred Heart (John 2:13-22) We have passed through the new creation narrative of the early chapters, and the author has also evoked the forging of God’s covenant with the Israelites at Sinai. This brings the Tabernacle to mind, and with it, the Temple, and this is the image that... Read more

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