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Gospel According to John

Gospel According to John

5.5
The fourth book of the New Testament that tells about the life and teachings of Jesus
  • noun
translation icon : Evangelio según Juan
  • Many people find inspiration in the teachings of the Gospel According to John.

Examples

  • In church, the pastor often references the Gospel According to John during sermons.

  • The Gospel According to John (The New International Commentary on the New Testament).

    Blog text (8)

  • 10 Leon Morris, The Gospel According to John (The New International Commentary on the New Testament), Revised ed. (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans)

    Blog text (8)

  • The Gospel According to John is widely studied in theological courses.

Synonyms

John
vsGospel According to John
123 4.4

The fourth Gospel in the New Testament that tells about Jesus

uses a longer formal phrase rather than a single-word title
Gospel of John
vsGospel According to John
5 5.8

The fourth and last book in the New Testament that tells about the life and what Jesus taught

uses a more formal phrasing that emphasizes attribution to the author

Surface Forms

Gospel According to John singular

Morphology

Gospel + According + to + John

The phrase is compositionally transparent: 'Gospel' (a book about Jesus) combined with the attribution marker 'according to' plus the name 'John' directly signals the gospel as told by John. The attribution pattern 'according to X' is common cross-linguistically and predictable for B1 learners who know the constituent words, so the overall meaning is easily inferable.

Etymology

The title Gospel According to John uses Gospel, an old word for 'good news', and the name John to show this is John's version of the story. So it means the 'good news' about Jesus 'as told by' John.