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John 20:16 is the sixteenth verse in the twentieth chapter of the Gospel of John in the New Testament of the Bible.The verse describes the moment that Mary Magdalene realizes that Jesus has returned from the dead, when she recognizes his voice calling her name.
John 20:31 is the thirty-first (and the last) verse of the twentieth chapter of the Gospel of John in the New Testament. It contains the statement of purpose for the whole gospel. It contains the statement of purpose for the whole gospel.
The Bible was first translated into Castilian Spanish in the so-called Pre-Alfonsine version, which led to the Alfonsine version for the court of Alfonso X (ca. 1280). The complete Catholic Bible was printed in 1785, since the Inquisition had allowed Bible translations a few years earlier. A new version appeared in 1793.
Healing the man blind from birth in John 9:1–7; The raising of Lazarus in John 11:1–45; The seven signs are seen by some scholars and theologians as evidence of new creation theology in the Gospel of John, the resurrection of Jesus being the implied eighth sign, indicating a week of creation and then a new creation beginning with the ...
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The New International Version translates the passage as: There came a man who was sent from God; his name was John. The New Living Translation identifies John as "John the Baptist". [1]
Verse 6 introduces "a man sent from God, whose name was John". [16] Joseph Benson notes that the name " John " means 'grace': "a name fitly given to the Messiah's forerunner, who was sent to proclaim the immediate accomplishment of God's gracious intentions".
This verse appears to hold a similar meaning as verse 27, where John seems to be saying that, "I, who you hold in such esteem, am not worthy of Him, for the distance between us is infinite. Christ is God, and I, a mere man. For even though I was born before him and preached before him (i.e. 'comes after me') he surpasses me". [1]
And while about to change his name, Christ wishes to show that even that which his parents had given him, was not without a meaning. For Simon signifies obedience, Joanna grace, Jona a dove: as if the meaning was; Thou art an obedient son of grace, or of the dove, i. e. the Holy Spirit; for thou hast received of the Holy Spirit the humility, to ...