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He was born at Thessalonica in April 1743, the son of Peter Paradise (died 1 February 1779), who was the English consul there, and of a half-Greek half-English mother. [1] Paradise was a member of the Greek Orthodox Church, and apparently not a convert but born into it. [1] He was educated at Padua, then lived in London for most of his life in ...
Third John is the shortest book of the Bible by word count, [4] though 2 John has fewer verses. [5] 3 John has 15 verses in the critical SBL Greek New Testament text, [6] or 14 in the Textus Receptus. [7] It is the only New Testament book which does not contain the names "Jesus" or "Christ".
It provides a comprehensive introduction to the Gospel of John. It was published in 1990 and written by D. A. Carson, who is also the General Editor of the series. In 1992, Christianity Today magazine awarded it Number 1 Critic's Choice for Commentaries and Runner-up Reader's Choice. [1]
John 3 is the third chapter of the Gospel of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It deals with Jesus ' conversation with Nicodemus , one of the Jewish pharisees , and John the Baptist 's continued testimony regarding Jesus.
The Pillar New Testament Commentary (or PNTC) is a series of commentaries in English on the New Testament. It is published by the William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. [1] Expanding during the last twenty years and already being revised, this series seems designed for students and pastors. [2]
Richard John Bauckham FRSE FBA [1] (/ ˈ b ɔː k əm /; born 22 September 1946) is an English Anglican scholar in theology, historical theology and New Testament studies, specialising in New Testament Christology and the Gospel of John.
The Apocryphon of John, also called the Secret Book of John or the Secret Revelation of John, is a 2nd-century Sethian Gnostic Christian pseudepigraphical text attributed to John the Apostle. It is one of the texts addressed by Irenaeus in his Christian polemic Against Heresies , placing its composition before 180 AD.
The present form of the Mandaean Book of John dates no earlier than the Islamic conquests. [4] Linguistically, the Islamic-era material can be found to date to the later stages of the composition and redaction of the Book of John. [10] The name "John" appears in the text as Yohannā or Yahyā.