JOHN OUTLINE

A. Ralph Johnson

THEME: Jesus the Beloved son of God.  

Features his divinity --The Word became flesh. 

Key words: “Love” (agapē) and “knowledge” (genōskō) 

Written by the apostle, John about 90 AD

Focused on Jesus’ later ministry. Features his discourses

CHAPTERS & KEY WORDS	OUTLINE 21ch(6) (brief)
1: Prologue	PROLOGUE – The Word was God which became flesh (1:1-18)
	I.    BEGINNING MINISTRY (1:19-2:12) Bethabara beyond Jordan in the wilderness
	John Baptist (19-28)
	John acclaims Jesus coming to him (29-34) Peter & Andrew follow Jesus (35-42)
	Philip & Nathaniel follow Jesus (43-51)
2: Cana	Cana of Galilee marriage —first miracle -- water to wine (1-11) (town)
	Capernaum (12 )
	II.   PUBLIC MINISTRY, FIRST YEAR (2:13-4:54)
	Jerusalem to the Passover (13)
	Cleansing temple (14-22)
	Passover (23-25)
3: Nicodemus	Nicodemus (1-12)
	Aenon—John Baptist purifying (22-25)
	Baptism of Jesus (22-36)
4: Samaria	Departure for Galilee he goes through Samaria to Sychar (1-5)
	Samaritan Woman at the well. Living water. (6-29, 39-42)
	Outside the city: Jesus talks with his disciples (30-38)
	Cana of Galilee: He is received by the people (43-45)
	Capernaum-- Nobleman's son healed (46-54)
	III.  PUBLIC MINISTRY, SECOND YEAR (5:1-47)
5: Pool	Jerusalem—Jesus at the feast
	Healing the man at the Pool of Bethesda on Sabbath (2-15)
	Jews challenge Jesus' authority and Jesus answers  (16-47)
	IV.  PUBLIC MINISTRY, THIRD YEAR (6:1-12:50)
	Jesus crosses the sea of Galilee and goes up onto a mountain at Passover (1-4)
6: Bread	5,000 fed (5-13)
	Jesus refuses to be made king (14-15)
	Walk on sea (16-21)
	Capernaum (22-24)
	Bread of life discourse (25 -65) Forsaken by the multitudes he speaks with the twelve (66-71)
7: Jerusalem	Jesus remains in Galilee as the Feast of Tabernacles approaches (1-2)
	His unbelieving brethren try to get him to go to the feast (3-5)
	Jesus tells them to go up to the feast (6-9)
	Jesus goes up to secretly to the feast at Jerusalem (10)
	The people question, Who is this man? (10-13)
	Jesus goes into the temple and teaches  (14)
	The source of Jesus’ teaching (15-24)
	The people wonder if he is the Christ (25-27)
	Jesus Cries out that he is sent by the father (28-29)
	Pharisees and Priests try to take him but many of the people believe (30-32)
	Where he is going they cannot come. They are puzzled (33-36)
	The last day of the feast Jesus offers Rivers of living water (37-39)
	The people are divide concerning him (40-44)
	The council struggles with the problem (45-49)
	Nicodemus speaks (50-53)
	Jesus goes to the Mount of Olives and returns to the temple in the morning (1-2)
8: Challenged	Woman in adultery accused by the scribes and Pharisees (3-11)
	Jesus, the Light of the world (12)
	The Pharisees challenge his credentials (13)
	In the treasury, Jesus credentials affirmed—the Father bears record (14-20)
	Jesus again declares that where he is going they cannot come (21)
	The Jews question and Jesus explains why --they are from beneath (22-29)
	Bondage versus true freedom (30-36)
	Sons of Abraham or sons of the devil? (37-50)
	Before Abraham, I am (51-59)
9: Blind	Man born blind healed with clay on eyes on Sabbath (1-9)
	Questioning the man and his parents (10-33)
	He is cast out (34-41)
10: Shepherd	Jesus, the good shepherd, contrasted with others (1-18)
	Division among the Jews over him (19-21)
	Jesus on Solomon’s porch at Feast of Dedication (22-23)
	The Jews dispute with him and accuse him of blasphemy (24-39)
	Beyond Jordan (40)
11: Lazarus	Bethany:
	Lazarus, brother of Mary & Martha, raised from the dead (1-45)
	The Jewish Council meets and Caiaphas advises to leave him alone  (46-53)
	Jesus goes to the town of Ephraim (54)
	Passover at hand (55-57)
	V.   CLOSING MINISTRY (chap. 12:1—18:11)
	Anointing at Mary & Martha's in Bethany (1-11)
12: Jerusalem	Triumphal entry into Jerusalem (12-19)
	Last public discourse
	The Hour is come (23-26)
	Voice from heaven assuring Jesus’ glorification (27-30)
	The son of man must be lifted up (31-36)
	The people don’t believe but secretly some rulers believe (37-43)
	Jesus’ challenge to believe  (44-50)
13: Supper	Passover Supper And Farewell Discourse
	Jesus washes the disciples feet (1-20)
	Who would betray him--Sop given to Judas and he goes out (21-30)
	Disciples urged to love one-another  (31-35)
	Peter’s denial predicted (36-38)
14: Comforter	Jesus going away and would come back for them (1-4) Thomas questions about where he is going—Jesus says, to the father (5-7)
	Philip asks to see the Father – Jesus says, I and the Father are one (8-11)
	Assurance, You will do even greater works (12-14)
	Be faithful. I will send the Helper—The Holy Spirit (15-26)
	“My peace I leave with you” "I will come again." (27-31)
15: Vine	Bear fruit (1-9)
	Love one another and God (10-17)
	Hatred from the world (18-25
	Helper to come (26-27)
16: Comforter	Persecution to come (1-6)
	Comforter coming (7-15)
	A little while (16-24)
	Dark sayings to end (25-33)
17: Prayer	Prayer for his disciples
	That the son might be glorified (1-14) That his disciples be Kept from the evil one (15-16) That they might be sanctified in the truth (17-20) That they might be one that the world might believe  (21-26)
18: Betrayal	Garden Of Gethsemane
	Betrayal and capture (1-11)
	VI.  TRIALS AND CRUCIFIXION (18:12—19:42)
	Before Annas (12-23)
	Before Caiaphas (24-27)
	Peter’s denial (25-27)
	Before Pilate in the Praetorium (28-40)
19: Crucified	Continued (1-18)
	Crucified on Galgotha (16-30)
	Burial in Joseph of Arimathaea’s tomb (31-42)
	VII.   RESURRECTION AND APPEARANCES (chap. 20—21)
20: Resurrected	Empty tomb (1-10)
	Appearance to Mary Magdalene at the tomb (11-18)
	Appearance in the house to the disciples at evening in Jerusalem (19-23)
	Appearance to the disciples and Thomas (24-30)
	Signs are written for belief (30-31)
21: Fishing	Jesus appears on shore of the Sea of Tiberius (Sea of Galilee) (1-14)
	Peter admonished: Feed my sheep (15-17)
	Peter’s manner of death foretold (18-23)
	What about John? "What is that to thee?  Follow me" (18-23)
	CLOSING AFFIRMATION OF JOHN (21:24-25)