John

New Testament · Gospels · 49 chapter studies · 11 narrated · Total audio: 4 hrs 28 min

Read John in canonical sequence.

1. Intro John - Overview John bears apostolic witness to the eternal Word made flesh so that the Church may believe, abide in His life, and become a truthful witness in the world. 20 min read
2. 1 John 1:1-18 - The Word Became Flesh John opens his Gospel by revealing the eternal Word, the true Light, and the Only Begotten Son who became flesh for our adoption and salvation. 16 min read Narrated
3. 1 John 1:19-34 - Behold the Lamb, Witness and Theophany John the Baptist refuses borrowed glory, identifies Jesus as the Lamb who takes away the world's sin, and testifies that the Spirit's descent reveals the Son of God. 17 min read Narrated
4. 1 John 1:35-51 - Come and See Witness leads people to Christ, but His finding and prior seeing come first; disciples seek, remain, bring others, receive vocation, and are promised an opened heaven upon the Son... 18 min read Narrated
5. 2 John 2:1-12 - The Wedding at Cana, the First Sign On the third day at Cana, Christ receives a human lack, commands hidden obedience, transforms purification water into abundant wine, and manifests the glory that deepens His... 19 min read Narrated
6. 2 John 2:13-25 - The True Temple and the Cleansing of Worship Christ cleanses His Father's house, reveals His crucified and risen Body as the true Temple, and tests whether belief awakened by signs will mature into communion. 20 min read Narrated
7. 3 John 3:1-21 - From Night to New Birth Christ teaches Nicodemus that religious knowledge cannot open the Kingdom unless a person is born from above by water and the Spirit and comes into the light of the lifted up Son. 24 min read Narrated
8. 3 John 3:22-36 - The Friend of the Bridegroom John the Baptist answers anxious rivalry with holy joy, teaching that the friend of the Bridegroom rejoices when Christ increases and gives life from above. 19 min read Narrated
9. 4 John 4:1-42 - Living Water for Samaria Christ meets the Samaritan woman at Jacob's well, gives living water, reveals true worship, and turns truthful encounter into witness. 26 min read Narrated
10. 4 John 4:43-54 - Trusting the Word Before Seeing Jesus heals a royal official's son at a distance and leads urgent, imperfect faith into obedient trust in His life giving word. 19 min read Narrated
11. 5 John 5:1-18 - Rise, Take Up Your Bed, and Walk At Bethesda, Christ gives a long afflicted man the wholeness His command requires, calls the healed life to repentance, and reveals His work as the Father's life giving work. 18 min read Narrated
12. 5 John 5:19-47 - The Father Works in the Son Christ reveals His inseparable work with the Father, calls the dead to life, judges righteously, and exposes the religious honor that can keep a reader of Scripture from coming to... 19 min read Narrated
13. 6 John 6:1-21 - Bread in the Wilderness, Lord over the Sea Christ sees the multitude before the disciples can measure its need, gives abundance without becoming a king of human appetite, and comes over the sea as the Lord whose presence... 14 min read
14. 6 John 6:22-40 - The Bread from Heaven Christ exposes a search fixed on perishing bread, reveals Himself as the true Bread from heaven, receives the one who comes, and promises resurrection at the last day. 15 min read
15. 6 John 6:41-59 - My Flesh for the Life of the World Christ reveals Himself as the living Bread from heaven, gives His flesh for the life of the world, and joins Eucharistic communion to abiding in Him and resurrection at the last... 18 min read
16. 6 John 6:60-71 - Will You Also Go Away? Christ answers the offense caused by the Bread of Life discourse, guards the mystery from carnal misunderstanding, receives Peter's confession, and exposes Judas without coercing... 17 min read
17. 7 John 7:1-24 - At the Feast, Hiddenness and Righteous Judgment Christ refuses the demand for public display, teaches from the Father, and exposes the difference between appearance and righteous judgment through His healing of the whole person. 18 min read
18. 7 John 7:25-52 - Living Water and the Divided Crowd Christ reveals His mission from the Father, offers the Spirit as living water, and exposes the difference between hearing Him and judging by partial knowledge. 18 min read
19. 7-8 John 7:53-8:11 - Mercy and Judgment before Christ Christ exposes accusing hypocrisy, refuses to minimize sin, and opens mercy as a call to repentance. 11 min read
20. 8 John 8:12-30 - The Light of the World Christ reveals Himself as the Light of the world, exposes judgment according to the flesh, warns against dying in sin, and points to the Cross where the lifted up Son will be... 19 min read
21. 8 John 8:31-59 - The Truth That Makes Free Christ calls those who have believed to abide in His word, exposes slavery to sin and false confidence in ancestry, and reveals His eternal divine identity: before Abraham was, I... 19 min read
22. 9 John 9:1-41 - The Blind Man Who Sees Christ gives sight to the man born blind, exposes spiritual blindness in those who refuse the sign, and brings the cast out witness into confession and worship. 24 min read
23. 10 John 10:1-21 - The Good Shepherd Lays Down His Life Christ reveals Himself as the Door and the Good Shepherd who knows His sheep, gathers one flock, lays down His life freely, and takes it again in divine authority. 20 min read
24. 10 John 10:22-42 - One with the Father Christ reveals that His sheep are held in the hand of the Son and the Father, answers the charge of blasphemy with Scripture and works, and gathers believers beyond the Jordan... 23 min read
25. 11 John 11:1-27 - I Am the Resurrection and the Life Christ delays in love, meets Martha in grief, and reveals Himself as the Resurrection and the Life before raising Lazarus. 16 min read
26. 11 John 11:28-44 - The Lord Who Weeps and Calls Forth Life Christ receives Mary’s lament, weeps before Lazarus’ tomb, calls the dead man forth, and commands the witnesses to unbind him. 22 min read
27. 11 John 11:45-57 - One Man for the People After Lazarus is raised, the sign brings many to faith but hardens the leadership plot, while Caiaphas unwittingly prophesies that Christ will die for the nation and gather God's... 16 min read
28. 12 John 12:1-11 - The Fragrance of Burial and Devotion At Bethany, Martha serves, Mary anoints Christ for burial, Judas hides theft behind concern for the poor, and Lazarus becomes a living witness to the Life giver. 14 min read
29. 12 John 12:12-19 - Behold, Your King Is Coming The crowd greets Jesus as Israel's King, but the donkey, the coming Cross, and Lazarus's raised life reveal the saving rule of the One who conquers death without coercion. 15 min read
30. 12 John 12:20-36 - The Hour and the Grain of Wheat Greeks come seeking Jesus, and Christ announces that His hour has come: the grain of wheat must die, the ruler of this world will be cast out, and the lifted up Son will draw all... 17 min read
31. 12 John 12:37-50 - The Final Public Appeal John closes the public ministry with Isaiah's witness, the danger of hidden faith, and Christ's final cry that to believe in Him is to come to the Father, while the rejected word... 19 min read
32. 13 John 13:1-20 - He Loved Them to the End Jesus enters His hour by washing the disciples' feet, revealing sovereign love, cleansing humility, servant leadership, and a warning that even betrayal cannot surprise or defeat... 20 min read
33. 13 John 13:21-38 - Love in the Night of Betrayal Jesus meets betrayal and overconfident love with the truth of the Cross, the new commandment, and a promise that reaches beyond Peter's failure. 19 min read
34. 14 John 14:1-14 - The Way, the Truth, and the Life Jesus meets troubled hearts by giving Himself as the way to the Father, the perfect revelation of the Father, and the ascended Lord whose work continues through believing prayer. 24 min read
35. 14 John 14:15-31 - The Spirit, Peace, and Obedient Love Jesus teaches that love is kept in obedience, promises the Holy Spirit as another Helper, gives His own peace, and goes to the Passion freely in love for the Father. 17 min read
36. 15 John 15:1-17 - Abide in the True Vine Jesus reveals Himself as the true Vine, calls His disciples to abide in Him, and sends them to bear lasting fruit through obedient love. 18 min read
37. 15-16 John 15:18-16:4 - The World Hatred and the Spirit Witness Jesus prepares His disciples for the world's hatred, promises the Spirit of truth, and steadies them for faithful witness without stumbling. 19 min read
38. 16 John 16:5-33 - Sorrow Turned to Joy Jesus teaches that His departure opens the mission of the Spirit, that the disciples' sorrow will become Resurrection joy, and that peace is found in Him who has overcome the... 20 min read
39. 17 John 17:1-8 - Eternal Life and the Son's Glory Jesus begins His High Priestly Prayer by asking the Father to glorify the Son, defining eternal life as knowing the Father and the sent Son, and entrusting the disciples who have... 17 min read
40. 17 John 17:9-19 - Sanctified in the Truth Jesus prays for the disciples given to Him by the Father, asks that they be kept in the Father's name, sends them into the world, and sanctifies Himself so they may be sanctified... 16 min read
41. 17 John 17:20-26 - That They All May Be One Jesus prays for all who will believe through the apostolic word, asking that they may be one in the Father and the Son, perfected in love, and brought to behold His glory. 15 min read
42. 18 John 18:1-27 - The Arrest and Peter's Denial Jesus freely goes to the garden, gives Himself into the hands of those who arrest Him, protects His disciples, rejects Peter's sword, bears unjust questioning, and lets Peter's... 21 min read
43. 18-19 John 18:28-19:16 - Behold the Man, Behold Your King Jesus stands before Pilate as the innocent King, rejected by religious calculation and political fear, crowned in mockery, and delivered to be crucified while revealing that His... 24 min read
44. 19 John 19:17-30 - It Is Finished Jesus is crucified at Golgotha as the true King, fulfills Scripture in His garments and thirst, entrusts His mother to the beloved disciple, and freely gives up His spirit when... 20 min read
45. 19 John 19:31-42 - The Pierced Side and the Burial John testifies that Jesus truly died, that His bones were not broken, that blood and water flowed from His pierced side, and that Joseph and Nicodemus buried Him reverently in a... 14 min read
46. 20 John 20:1-18 - Mary Magdalene and the Risen Lord Mary Magdalene finds the stone taken away, Peter and the beloved disciple see the empty tomb and linen cloths, and the risen Lord calls Mary by name and sends her to announce His... 20 min read
47. 20 John 20:19-31 - Peace, Thomas, and the Purpose of the Gospel The risen Christ stands among fearful disciples, gives peace, sends them with the Holy Spirit's gift, heals Thomas through His wounds, and states the Gospel's purpose: faith in... 17 min read
48. 21 John 21:1-14 - Breakfast by the Sea The risen Christ meets seven disciples after a fruitless night, fills the net at His word, draws recognition into loving obedience, and feeds His servants by the sea. 14 min read
49. 21 John 21:15-25 - Peter Restored and the Beloved Disciple Witness The risen Christ restores Peter through love, entrusts him with pastoral care, foretells the death by which he will glorify God, corrects curiosity about the beloved disciple, and... 16 min read