The Gospel and Epistles of John A Concise Commentary Raymond E. Brown, $.3. Union Theological Seminary New York City 10027 1988 THE LITURGICAL PRESS Collegeville, Minnesota 56321mn 1960 an early form of Raymond E. Brown's introduction and commentary on the "Contraternity” translation of the Gospel and Epistles of John (a translation from the Latin) was published as #13 of The Liturgical Press New Testament Reading Guide, with minor revisions made in 1965 (2 ed.) and 1982 (3d ed.). That work has now been thoroughly revised, updated, and adjusted to the New American Bible 1986 trans- lation of the New Testament, which appears atthe top of each commentary page. Thus, this constitutes virtually a new work ‘The reader is encouraged to use diligently the column of references found at the side ‘of each commentary page ae an important study tool. Por those who wish to proveed to a greater depth in the study of these Johannine writings, Raymond E. Brown is the author of long commentaris in the Doubleday Anchor Bible series on The Gospel according to John (2 vols., #29 and 29A) and The Epistles of John (#30). An. overall, survey of Johannine thought ind development is supplied by his book The Commu- nity of the Beloved Disciple (New York: Paulist, 1979) Revisd New Testament: Scripture texts ured in this werk are taken from the Revised New Testament —New Amer- can Bible, ©1985 Confraterit of Christian Doctrine. All Rights Reserved. No par: ofthe Re- ‘ised New Testament—New Aeon Bible may be reproduced in any form without persion, in wtting from the copyright over. ‘Nihil obetat: Stephen J. Hartéegen, OLF.M., L.S.S., Consor deputatas Imprimanur: + James A. Hickey, ST.D.,.C.D., Archbishop of Washington, August 27, 186 Commentary iil obstat: Robert C. Marten, CL, Censor deputatus Imprimatur: + Jerome Harus, O.5.B., Bishop of St, loud. March 9, 1988 Copyright ©1988 by The Order of St. Benedit Ine., Collegeville, Minnesota, All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America Cover: Si ok the Evangelist rom The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters Collection, 197. Used by permission. Cover design by Ann Blattner. 5 ‘ z 8 9 Library of Congress Catalogingin-Publiatlon Data Brown, Raymond Edward “The Goopel and Epctles of John : a concise commentary / Raymond E, Brown, ISBN) 0618612530 (64) 1. Bible, NT, Jobn—Conmentarie, 2, Bible, NT. pits of foha— Cominentariee 1 Tle BSszs01 B77 908 tae 126" 077-419 —de oP TO THE MEMORY (OF MY MOTHER (+ 1963) AND MY FATHER (+1973)CONTENTS Abbreviations codecs 7 Introduction to The Gospel According, to John ° Text and Commentary 6.2.2.0. .seeeeees 21-104 Prologue: The Johannine Hymn oe .a Part One: The Bock of Signs see oa 1. First Week of the New Creation. ae er 2. Replacing Jewish Institutions; Reaction to Jesus ........... 30 3. Replacing the Feasts of “the Jews" <.....00ccceceeseevevee 39) 4, From Death to Life and from Life to Death «....0..2.0s+ 61 Patt Two: The Book of Glory ...+.2+0..0+00 n 1. The Last Supper cipro eeeeneeeeeet 2, Trial and Death ......... eee eiecae 3. The Resurrection Appearances in Jerusalem. 96 Epilogue: Appearances in Galilee ; coe 100 Introduction to the Epistles of John ... 108 Text and Commentary on First Jobn ........ eevee 109-122 ‘Text and Commentary on Second John voces T2324 ‘Text and Commentary on Third John... 125-126 Passages Used As Lectionary Readings aw Review Aids and Discussion Topics 133