John's gospel is different from the other three in the New Testament. That fact has been recognized since the early church itself. Already by the year 200, John's gospel was called the spiritual ...

"Amen, amen, I say to you, I am the gate for the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. I am the gate. Whoever enters through me will be saved and ...

A tide of books about the Gospel of John are now hitting the shelves, marking a trend that is perhaps worthy of a biblical text that opens with the phrase, “In the beginning was the Word.” These ...

Dr M J C Warren is the author of 'My Flesh is Meat Indeed: A Nonsacramental Reading of John 6:51–58' (Fortress Press, 2015). With more than 1,000 outlets across the length and breadth of the United ...

Editor’s note: This article first appeared during Holy Week, 2008. On Good Friday, millions gather together to read — or if they are lucky, to sing — John the Evangelist’s account of the Passion of ...

In 1964 the Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini created a new mode of presenting Jesus in film. His The Gospel according to St. Matthew is a word-for-word rendering of Matthew’s Gospel. It contains ...

Throughout this year of Mark, Jesus’ healing of the sick — physically and spiritually — is prominent. All this year, we’ve seen a recurrent pattern. Jesus encounters a sick person. Someone — either ...

The Gospel of John: Biblical drama. Starring Henry Ian Cusick. Narrated by Christopher Plummer. Directed by Philip Saville. Written by John Goldsmith. (PG-13. 180 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) Jesus ...