6c Characterizational Emphases
Taken from Parallel Lives of Jesus
author: Edward Adams
contributor: SPCK - Edward Adams
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Characterizational Emphases
The Fourth Evangelist lays emphasis on the heavenly character of Jesus. Jesus has come from heaven and will return to it (e.g., 3:13, 31; 6:33). He is “from above”; he is “not of this world” (8:23). Jesus comes across as a more detached and other-worldly figure in John’s Gospel than in the Synoptic Gospels, but he is not without human tenderness…
Taken from Parallel Lives of Jesus by Edward Adams
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