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2026-01-17T01:54:37-04:00

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The Gospel of John: The Beginning of the New Cosmos, Part IV

Last updated on: January 17, 2026 at 1:54 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 1:43-51, go here. The Beginning of the New Cosmos, Part IV (John 2:1-12) Nozze di Cana [Wedding at Cana] (c. 1300-1330), by Giotto di Bodone. Having passed through four days, we now add three more in one go. We thus reach what is both the seventh day, evoking the completion of the first creation, and the third,... Read more

2026-01-17T01:53:01-04:00

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The Gospel of John: Beginning of the New Cosmos, Part III

Last updated on: January 17, 2026 at 1:53 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 1:29-42, go here. The Beginning of the New Cosmos, Part III (John 1:43-51) Verse 43 brings us to the fourth day of the “new creation” sequence. Two more apostles, SS. Philip and (by most accounts) Bartholomew, are called, and the connection of Jesus’ ministry with the Galilee begins. John 1:43-51, RSV-CE The next daya Jesus decided to... Read more

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2026-01-08T01:48:46-04:00

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The Gospel of John: The Beginning of the New Cosmos, Part II

Last updated on: January 8, 2026 at 1:48 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 1:19-28, go here. The Beginning of the New Cosmos, Part II (John 1:29-42) In v. 29, we pass from the first to the second day of the “new creation” inaugurated by the Logos. Appropriately, this is the day on which Christ’s baptism is recounted (indirectly, through the Baptist’s own report)—corresponding with the day of the original creation... Read more

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2026-01-17T01:50:58-04:00

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The Gospel of John: The Beginning of the New Cosmos, Part I

Last updated on: January 17, 2026 at 1:50 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 1:14-18, go here. The Beginning of the New Cosmos, Part I (John 1:19-28) We now enter on the main body of the Gospel, from 1:19 to 20:31 inclusive. The Logos has been declared to be God himself, though at the same time distinct from God the Father: the Logos is the Creator of mankind, our light, our... Read more

2026-02-01T05:54:02-04:00

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The Gospel of John: The Prologue, Part II

Last updated on: February 1, 2026 at 5:54 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 1:1-13, go here. The Prologue, Part II (John 1:14-18) 16th-c. Russian ikon of the Nativity. The prologue now comes to a shocking climax, disclosing the means of the entry of the Logos into creation: namely, incarnation—a notion which Jews would have considered blasphemous, and which the Greeks who originated Logos-philosophy would have laughed... Read more

2026-01-17T01:55:43-04:00

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The Gospel of John: The Prologue, Part I

Last updated on: January 17, 2026 at 1:55 am By Gabriel Blanchard

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Housekeeping Much as I have done in the past, under the new translating-the-whole-New-Testament regime for the blog, I’ll offer a little bit of intro material up front (mostly just an on-ramp to the text itself). I’ll then offer two renderings of the passage in question: first, the Catholic Edition of the Revised Standard Version (RSV-CE), which is the “default” translation used by the Ordinariate of the Chair of Peter; and second, my own rendering. Following that will be textual notes,... Read more

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2026-05-28T03:59:25-04:00

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An Index/Outline for the Gospel of John

Last updated on: May 28, 2026 at 3:59 am By Gabriel Blanchard

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I’m hoping for this post to serve not only as an outline of John, but also an index for my translation. I’m planning to come back and add links to this outline each time I complete a section of text; once I’ve finished (Lord willing!), this will then be usable as a kind of menu, to navigate to any section of John the reader chooses. Subdividing my own subdivisions may become necessary—for instance, I doubt I’ll be able to finish... Read more

2026-02-10T19:05:16-04:00

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The Gospel According to Saint John: An Outroduction

Last updated on: February 10, 2026 at 7:05 pm By Gabriel Blanchard

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Table of Contents i. A Fore-Foreword ii. A Regular Foreword and Table of Contents I. Bibliography and Additional Reading II. Who, When, and Where: The Composition of John …1. The Traditional View …2. Scholarly Views …3. My Theory III. What: The Material of John …1. The Wise Man and the Scribe: Influences on John …….a. The Torah …….b. Judaic Wisdom Literature …….c. Hellenistic Judaism and Greek Philosophy …2. What It Says on the Tin: John’s Relation to the Synoptics …….a.... Read more

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2025-12-07T00:30:14-04:00

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The Gospel According to Saint John: An Introduction

Last updated on: December 7, 2025 at 12:30 am By Gabriel Blanchard

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i. A Fore-Foreword As a refresher, here’s our plan of the New Testament. We’ve re-structured it on the plan of the Hebrew Bible, or Tanakh1: the Tanakh is the story of the Temple, and the New Testament is likewise the story of the Church. Below, I’ve used “Evangel”2 as a term for the common genre of the Gospels and Acts, the equivalent in Christianity of what the Torah proper is in Judaism. Similarly, the Nevi’im are recapitulated in the Epistles.... Read more

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2025-11-25T21:44:04-04:00

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Pivot for MMXXVI

Last updated on: November 25, 2025 at 9:44 pm By Gabriel Blanchard

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It Is Written A few years ago, I shifted from writing mainly theological and political commentary to mainly translating New Testament passages. In doing so, I’ve followed the lectionary pretty exclusively. Lately I’ve been thinking about reorienting slightly; I decided to take the plunge with the new liturgical year, MMXXVI (2026), which begins at sunset on 29th November, 2025. What I mean to do now is a straightforward translation of the whole New Testament, start to finish. There are parts... Read more

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