The Gospel according to John

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John 1:1Greek concept of logos, an eternally existent reason HeraclitusNature 2Go to Reference
John 1:1Jewish concept of logos, God creating mankind in the image of his LogosPhiloAns. Genesis 2.62Go to Reference
John 1:1Jewish concept of logos, Man made in the likeness of Logos, the original seal, the archetypal ideaPhiloAns. Genesis 1.4Go to Reference
John 1:1Jewish concept of logos, Descending “dew” is the LogosPhiloAns. Genesis 4.215Go to Reference
John 1:1Jewish concept of logos, Logos, the governor of heavenPhiloAns. Genesis 4.111Go to Reference
John 1:1Jewish concept of logos, Logos, divine and governor of all thingsPhiloAns. Genesis 4.110Go to Reference
John 1:9Torah interpretted as the light of the worldBabylonian TalmudBaba Bathra 4aGo to Reference
John 1:29The warrior lamb of God, overcoming attackersTestament of the PatriarchsTest. Jos. 19.8Go to Reference
John 1:29Warrior Sheep slays those who have sinned, bring back those who have strayedEnochEnoch 89:35-36Go to Reference
John 1:29Symbolic ram fighting with the ravensEnochEnoch 90:13Go to Reference
John 2:1Village of Cana in GalileeJosephusLife of Jos. 3Go to Reference
John 2:1Marriage feast usually occurs first 3 days of the week, and they get married on the 4thBabylonian TalmudKethuboth 2aGo to Reference
John 2:1Before Ezra, women could marry any day, afterwards, the courts were open only on the 2nd and 5th daysBabylonian TalmudKethuboth 3aGo to Reference
John 2:1Wedding custom differences between Judea and GalileeBabylonian TalmudKethuboth 12aGo to Reference
John 2:6Sealed pots of stone, protects the purity of their contentsBabylonian TalmudKelim 10.1Go to Reference
John 2:6Water poured from stone vessels used for cleaning handsBabylonian TalmudYadayim 1.2Go to Reference
John 2:20One who has not seen the temple of Herod has not seen a beautiful buildingBabylonian TalmudBaba Bathra 4aGo to Reference
John 2:20In the 18th year of Herod’s reign, he began building the templeJosephusAnt. 15.11.1Go to Reference
John 2:20The Temple finishedJosephusAnt. 20.9.7Go to Reference
John 3:1Nicodemus ben Gorion, contemporary of Jochanan Ben ZakkaiRabbi EliezerPirke 2Go to Reference
John 3:1Nicodemus Ben Gorion, considered one of three of great wealth Babylonian TalmudGittin 56aGo to Reference
John 3:1Nicodemus Ben Gorion known for his charityBabylonian TalmudKethuboth 66bGo to Reference
John 3:1Nicodemus really named BoniBabylonian TalmudTaanith 20aGo to Reference
John 3:2Studying the torah at night, God provides such person grace by dayBabylonian TalmudAvodah Zarah 3bGo to Reference
John 3:2One who studies the Torah at night, the presence of God is with themBabylonian TalmudTamid 32bGo to Reference
John 3:3One who is a proselyte, is like one newly bornBabylonian TalmudYevamoth 22aGo to Reference
John 3:14Reading of the serpents in the wilderness, allegoricallyPhiloAlleg. Law 19Go to Reference
John 3:14Matter of beholding God through looking upon the serpentPhiloAlleg. Law 20Go to Reference
John 3:29Roll of the friend of the bridegroomBabylonian TalmudKethuboth 12aGo to Reference
John 3:33Seal of the Holy one is truthBabylonian TalmudYoma 69bGo to Reference
John 4:4It was necessary to pass through Samaria to get to Jerusalem, for sake of timeJosephusLife of Jos. 51Go to Reference
John 4:4Galileans going through Samaria for festivalsJosephusAnt. 20.6.1Go to Reference
John 4:4Galileans going through Samaria for festivalsJosephusWar 2.12.3-4Go to Reference
John 4:10Jewish connection of Wisdom with the Torah, and living waterBabylonian TalmudBerachoth 56bGo to Reference
John 4:18Cutheans are not well versed in the law regarding betrothal and divorceBabylonian TalmudKiddushin 76aGo to Reference
John 4:20Mention of worship on Ebal and Gerazim in SamariaBabylonian TalmudSotah 32aGo to Reference
John 4:20Samaritans resolved to send the sacrifice to Mount GerizzimJosephusAnt. 12.1.1Go to Reference
John 4:20Jewish seperation from Samaritans, and denial of Temple on Mount GerizzimJosephusAnt. 12.5.5Go to Reference
John 4:20Temple on Mount Gerizzim built during AlexanderJosephusAnt. 13.3.4Go to Reference
John 4:27Jewish teaching not to converse much with womenPirke AvothAvoth 1.5Go to Reference
John 4:27When a man talks to much with women, his result is inheriting GehinnomPirke AvothAvoth 1.6Go to Reference
John 4:27Jewish Belief: Unfit of a scholar to talk with a woman in the streetBabylonian TalmudBerachoth 43bGo to Reference
John 4:45Galileans going up to Jerusalem for festivalsJosephusAnt. 20.6.1Go to Reference
John 4:53Taking note of the moment when a fever left someoneBabylonian TalmudBerachoth 34bGo to Reference
John 5:10Specific manner of carrying things on the SabbathBabylonian TalmudShabbath 92aGo to Reference
John 5:10Assembling a bed, not allowed on the SabbathBabylonian TalmudShabbath 47aGo to Reference
John 5:10Dispute over legitimacy of spreading a bed or canopy on the SabbathBabylonian TalmudShabbath 138aGo to Reference
John 5:17God never stops creating, it is one of his propertiesPhiloAlleg. Law 3Go to Reference
John 5:18Stoning was the punishment for BlasphemyBabylonian TalmudSanhedrin 53aGo to Reference
John 5:19The Word, the firstborn, imitating the father in what he doesPhiloConf. Lang. 14Go to Reference
John 5:31Nobody was allowed to testify concerning themselvesBabylonian TalmudKethuboth 27bGo to Reference
John 6:1The Jordan flows from the Lake of Tiberias to the Dead SeaPausaniasDes. Gr. Elis 7Go to Reference
John 6:1Sea of Tiberias in the portion of NaphtaliBabylonian TalmudBaba Kama 81bGo to Reference
John 6:1One of the seven seas of Israel, the Sea of TiberiasBabylonian TalmudBaba Bathra 74bGo to Reference
John 6:23Unsure whether Tiberias was a fortified city because one of its boundaries was the lakeBabylonian TalmudMegilah 5bGo to Reference
John 6:29Jewish recognition that the just shall live by faithBabylonian TalmudMakkoth 24aGo to Reference
John 6:32Jewish belief that on the merit of Moses was the manna givenBabylonian TalmudTaanith 9aGo to Reference
John 6:32God being the manna which one receivesPhiloAlleg. Law 21Go to Reference
John 6:32The bread which God gives us to eat is his wordPhiloAlleg. Law 60Go to Reference
John 6:34Josephus description of Manna: how it satisfied, why it was namedJosephusAnt. 3.1.6Go to Reference
John 7:2Rules for tabernacle sizeBabylonian TalmudSukkah 2aGo to Reference
John 7:10Necessity to offer a sacrifice during the Festival of TabernaclesBabylonian TalmudChagigah 9aGo to Reference
John 7:22Circumcision supercedes the sabbathBabylonian TalmudShabbath 132aGo to Reference
John 7:22All the requirements for circumcision may be done on the sabbathBabylonian TalmudShabbath 128bGo to Reference
John 7:30None dies before his timeBabylonian TalmudYevamoth 114bGo to Reference
John 7:30None dies before his timeBabylonian TalmudSanhedrin 29aGo to Reference
John 7:37Water Libation that was to be made during SukkahBabylonian TalmudSukkah 48aGo to Reference
John 7:37He who has not seen rejoicing at the recitation of water drawing has not seen rejoicingBabylonian TalmudSukkah 51aGo to Reference
John 7:37The water libation was given Moses at SinaiBabylonian TalmudZevachim 110bGo to Reference
John 7:37The Torah enjoined Israel to pour out water during Festival of Tabernacles so to receive rainBabylonian TalmudRosh Hashanah 16aGo to Reference
John 7:37God judges regarding rain, during Festival of TabernaclesBabylonian TalmudRosh Hashanah 16aGo to Reference
John 7:39After the latter prophets, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, the Holy Spirit left IsraelBabylonian TalmudYoma 9bGo to Reference
John 7:39Rabbis taught that when Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi died, the Holy Spirit left IsraelBabylonian TalmudSotah 48bGo to Reference
John 7:39One of the 5 things that were in the 1st Temple, but not Second, the Holy SpiritBabylonian TalmudYoma 21bGo to Reference
John 7:42Bethlehem, belonging to the tribe of JudahJosephusAnt. 5.2.8Go to Reference
John 7:42Bethlehem, belonging to the tribe of JudahJosephusAnt. 5.9.1Go to Reference
John 7:42Jesse the Son of Obed lived in BethlehemJosephusAnt. 6.8.1Go to Reference
John 7:53Papias relates the story of a woman accused of much, brought before JesusEusebiusEcc. Hist. 3.39.16Go to Reference
John 8:17At the testimony of 2 or 3, one may be put to deathBabylonian TalmudMakkoth 5bGo to Reference
John 8:33Even the poor should be considered as freemen, because they are the children of Abraham, Isaac, and JacobBabylonian TalmudBaba Kama 86aGo to Reference
John 8:39Children of Abraham recognized by their mercyBabylonian TalmudBeitzah 32bGo to Reference
John 8:39Three things to be a disciple of Abraham: a good eye, a lowly soul, a humble spiritPirke AvothAvoth 5.21Go to Reference
John 8:48Israelites say Amen after an Israelite prayer, but not after a cuthean/samaritan prayerBabylonian TalmudBerachoth 51bGo to Reference
John 8:48Jewish excomunication of the Cutheans/Samaritans during EzraRabbi EliezerPirke 38Go to Reference
John 8:48Cutheans/Samaritans did not share in the afterlife with IsraelRabbi EliezerPirke 38Go to Reference
John 8:57At fifty men could give counselPirke AvothAvoth 5.24Go to Reference
John 8:57An interpreter is not assigned to a congregation until they are 50 years oldBabylonian TalmudChagigah 14aGo to Reference
John 9:2Platonic belief that the transmigration of souls explains people being born with defectsSallustiusOn Gods 20Go to Reference
John 9:6Tradition that the spittle of the firstborn has healing qualitiesBabylonian TalmudBaba Bathra 126bGo to Reference
John 9:6Vespasian’s spit used to cure a blind manTacitusHist. 4.81Go to Reference
John 9:6It is forbidden to put saliva in one’s eye on the sabbathBabylonian TalmudShabbath 108bGo to Reference
John 9:7The vessel for the Festival of Tabernacles Water Libation was filled from the pool of SiloamBabylonian TalmudSukkah 48aGo to Reference
John 9:7The fountain of SiloamJosephusWar 5.4.1Go to Reference
John 9:16It is forbidden to put saliva in one’s eye on the sabbathBabylonian TalmudShabbath 108bGo to Reference
John 9:22Entrance to the Temple for the excommunicated Rabbi EliezerPirke 17Go to Reference
John 9:22Those caught in a heinous sin are cast out from societyJosephusWar 2.8.8Go to Reference
John 9:28Disciples of Moses, the term for the teachers who teach the high priest for 7 daysBabylonian TalmudYoma 4aGo to Reference
John 10:11An indifferent, shepherd called a sheep keeper, a good one called a shepherdPhiloTill. Earth 6Go to Reference
John 10:11The title shepherd has been given to those who are wise kings PhiloTill. Earth 10Go to Reference
John 10:11God as the shepherd of all mankindPhiloTill. Earth 12Go to Reference
John 10:12Laws regarding shepherds and hired shepherds when animals attackBabylonian TalmudBaba Metzia 93bGo to Reference
John 10:22Festival celebrating restoration of temple worship, called Festival of LightsJosephusAnt. 12.7.7Go to Reference
John 10:22Festival of Dedication, Hanukah celebrated in LyddaBabylonian TalmudRosh Hashanah 18bGo to Reference
John 10:22List of winter months, Kislev includedBabylonian TalmudBaba Metzia 106bGo to Reference
John 10:23Mention of the porch of SolomonJosephusAnt. 20.9.7Go to Reference
John 10:33Stoning was the punishment for BlasphemyBabylonian TalmudSanhedrin 53aGo to Reference
John 10:34The law/Torah contains resurrection, as shown from proverbs, and IsaiahBabylonian TalmudSanhedrin 92aGo to Reference
John 10:34Use of Psalm 84 to show that the Torah teaches the resurrectionBabylonian TalmudSanhedrin 91bGo to Reference
John 10:34Use of Isaiah 52 to show that the Torah teaches the resurrectionBabylonian TalmudSanhedrin 91bGo to Reference
John 11:4Difference between being sick and dying, based on destination unto life or deathBabylonian TalmudKiddushin 71bGo to Reference
John 11:9There are 12 hours in a dayPhiloDreams 40Go to Reference
John 11:9The day consists of 12 hoursBabylonian TalmudAvodah Zarah 3bGo to Reference
John 11:19Do not console someone when their dead friend is before themPirke AvothAvoth 4.23Go to Reference
John 11:20During the first week of mourning, the mourner does not leave their houseBabylonian TalmudMoed Katan 23aGo to Reference
John 11:38Each grotto, must have 8 sepulchral chambersBabylonian TalmudBaba Bathra 100bGo to Reference
John 11:38Mention of the caves, in SyriaJosephusAnt. 14.15.5Go to Reference
John 11:39Identification of a corpse can only be done by someone who has seen them within 3 days of their deathBabylonian TalmudYevamoth 120aGo to Reference
John 11:44The face of the corpse of the poor was covered, because it was unsightly, the face of the rich was uncoveredBabylonian TalmudMoed Katan 27aGo to Reference
John 11:49The office of high priest became, a position appointed and changed every 12 monthsBabylonian TalmudYoma 8bGo to Reference
John 11:49The king appointed the high priestBabylonian TalmudYevamoth 61aGo to Reference
John 11:54Ephraim a small city next to BethelJosephusWar 4.9.9Go to Reference
John 11:55Cleanness and uncleanness with respect to observing the passoverBabylonian TalmudPesachim 79aGo to Reference
John 12:6Deluskema/glossokuma, a box used by men for keeping documentsBabylonian TalmudGittin 28aGo to Reference
John 12:6Deluskema/glossokuma, a box used by men for keeping documentsBabylonian TalmudBaba Metzia 20bGo to Reference
John 12:19The world following after someoneBabylonian TalmudYoma 71bGo to Reference
John 12:20Hellenes get their name from King HellenPliny the ElderHist. Nat. 4.7Go to Reference
John 12:21Philip advanced the village of Bethsaida on Lake GennesarethJosephusAnt. 18.2.1Go to Reference
John 12:34The name of the Messiah existed before he was bornRabbi EliezerPirke 32Go to Reference
John 12:34The name of the Messiah has existed before the creation of the WorldBabylonian TalmudPesachim 54aGo to Reference
John 12:34The name of the Messiah has existed before the creation of the WorldBabylonian TalmudNedarim 39bGo to Reference
John 13:2Scortea/iscariot, a leather apronBabylonian TalmudOholoth 8.1Go to Reference
John 13:2Scortea/iscariot, a tanner’s coatBabylonian TalmudNedarim 55bGo to Reference
John 13:5A student/slave cannot take off the shoe of their teacher/masterBabylonian TalmudKethuboth 96aGo to Reference
John 13:5The duty of a wife to her husband to wash his feetBabylonian TalmudKethuboth 96aGo to Reference
John 13:10Going to pee required not immersion, but washing their hands and feet before Yom KippurBabylonian TalmudYoma 28aGo to Reference
John 13:20A man’s agent is an equivalent to himselfBabylonian TalmudBerachoth 34bGo to Reference
John 13:20Reasoning from passover, that one’s agent is as themselvesBabylonian TalmudKiddushin 41bGo to Reference
John 13:20Throughout the Torah, a man’s agent is considered as himselfBabylonian TalmudBaba Metzia 96aGo to Reference
John 13:23If they are sitting upright, each prays for himself, if reclined, one prays for allBabylonian TalmudBerachoth 41aGo to Reference
John 13:23Lying on one’s back is not reclining, nor is it if on one’s right sideBabylonian TalmudPesachim 108aGo to Reference
John 13:27A person does not commit a transgression until a spirit of folly enters into himBabylonian TalmudSotah 3aGo to Reference
John 14:2The saying that Moses and his law are truthBabylonian TalmudBaba Bathra 74aGo to Reference
John 14:16Comforter, suggested as one of the names of the MessiahBabylonian TalmudSanhedrin 98bGo to Reference
John 14:16The one who fulfills the Torah gains an advocatePirke AvothAvoth 4.13Go to Reference
John 14:27Greeting others with “peace be with you”Babylonian TalmudGittin 62aGo to Reference
John 15:25The law/Torah contains resurrection, as shown from proverbs, and IsaiahBabylonian TalmudSanhedrin 92aGo to Reference
John 15:25Use of Psalm 84 to show that the Torah teaches the resurrectionBabylonian TalmudSanhedrin 91bGo to Reference
John 15:25Use of Isaiah 52 to show that the Torah teaches the resurrectionBabylonian TalmudSanhedrin 91bGo to Reference
John 15:25The second temple was destroyed because of hatred without causeBabylonian TalmudYoma 9bGo to Reference
John 16:13The Holy Spirit rested on Joseph, leading him in matters of wisdomRabbi EliezerPirke 39Go to Reference
John 16:21When a male comes into the world, peace comes into the worldBabylonian TalmudNidah 31bGo to Reference
John 16:21Happy to him whose children are males, woe to him whose children are femalesBabylonian TalmudPesachim 65aGo to Reference
John 16:21Happy to him whose children are males, woe to him whose children are femalesBabylonian TalmudKiddushin 82bGo to Reference
John 16:30The Messiah full of discernment and wisdomBabylonian TalmudSanhedrin 93bGo to Reference
John 17:3People wishing to kill others because they forsake eternal life for temporal lifeBabylonian TalmudTaanith 21aGo to Reference
John 17:12The servants whom the lord gives will not perish2 Esdras2 Esdras 2:26Go to Reference
John 18:1The brook of Cedron at the boundary of JerusalemJosephusAnt. 8.1.5Go to Reference
John 18:1Kidron Valley along the walls of JerusalemJosephusWar 5.4.2Go to Reference
John 18:1The blood of the altar ran into the brook of KidronBabylonian TalmudMiddoth 3.2Go to Reference
John 18:1No gardens or orchards could be cultivated in JerusalemBabylonian TalmudBaba Kama 82bGo to Reference
John 18:6Instantly Gabriel came and smote some to the groundBabylonian TalmudSanhedrin 19bGo to Reference
John 18:7Josephus’ account of Elisha similar to Christ’s hereJosephusAnt. 9.4.3Go to Reference
John 18:10Mention of one prophet and author named MalchusJosephusAnt. 1.15.1Go to Reference
John 18:10Porphyry’s Syrian name was Malchus, meaning kingEunapiusLife PlotinusGo to Reference
John 18:10R. Malkio of the same name as MalchusBabylonian TalmudNidah 52aGo to Reference
John 18:16A Female door keeper in Plautus’ playPlautusForgery 1.1Go to Reference
John 18:18Passover would not be moved for the sake of heavy snowsBabylonian TalmudSanhedrin 11aGo to Reference
John 18:28The dwelling place of heathens are uncleanBabylonian TalmudOholoth 18.7Go to Reference
John 18:28One cannot sacrifice the Passover for unclean peopleBabylonian TalmudPesachim 71bGo to Reference
John 18:31Forty years before the destruction of the Temple, the Sanhedrin lost power to adjudicate capital crimesBabylonian TalmudShabbath 15aGo to Reference
John 18:31Forty years before the destruction of the Temple, the Sanhedrin lost power to adjudicate capital crimesBabylonian TalmudSanhedrin 41aGo to Reference
John 18:31Forty years before the destruction of the Temple, the Sanhedrin lost power to adjudicate capital crimesBabylonian TalmudAvodah Zarah 8bGo to Reference
John 18:31Since, the Sanhedrin was exiled, they have not had authority to put someone to deathBabylonian TalmudBerachoth 58aGo to Reference
John 19:14Search made for the leaven in the housesBabylonian TalmudPesachim 2aGo to Reference
John 19:14Rules for cooking food when a festival falls on the sabbathBabylonian TalmudBeitzah 15bGo to Reference
John 19:14Festival of unleavened bread called Passover by the JewsJosephusWar 2.1.3Go to Reference
John 19:15In prayer, recited “we have no king but thee (God)”Babylonian TalmudTaanith 25bGo to Reference
John 19:15The Jews murdered their kingMara Bar SerapionEp. 28-36Go to Reference
John 19:17In a dream, if one carries a demon into the under world, it means you will carry your cross to deathArtemidorusOneicritica 2.56Go to Reference
John 19:17A character carrying a cross through a city, then to be nailed to itPlautusFrag. CarbonariaGo to Reference
John 19:17Carrying one’s cross out of the city gatePlautusMiles Glor. 2.8Go to Reference
John 19:17Every criminal must carry his own crossPlutarchMor. 554Go to Reference
John 19:19An inscription, describing why a man was to be crucifiedCassius DioRom. Hist. 54.3.7-8Go to Reference
John 19:22The tablet of the proconsul once read, cannot be altered in any wayApuleiusFlorid. 9Go to Reference
John 19:23The garment of the high priest was woven not sewnBabylonian TalmudYoma 72bGo to Reference
John 19:29Types of Hyssop used for sprinkling the water of the sin offeringBabylonian TalmudParah 11.7Go to Reference
John 19:29Bethezub, the house of Hyssop, beyond the JordanJosephusWar 6.3.4Go to Reference
John 19:31The bones of Jesus were not broken, as was the custom at the timeLactantiusDiv. Inst. 4.26Go to Reference
John 19:36The bone of the paschal lamb cannot be broken as with other sacrificesBabylonian TalmudPesachim 85bGo to Reference
John 19:37Explanation of who the one slain in Zechariah 12 is; one suggests the Messiah, son of JosephBabylonian TalmudSukkah 52aGo to Reference
John 19:38Ramatha/Arimathia located in JudeaJosephusAnt. 13.4.9Go to Reference
John 19:39Spices and myrrh used for embalmingHerodotusHist. 2.86Go to Reference
John 19:39Myrrh that smells as funeralsMartialisEpigrams 11.54Go to Reference
John 19:39Nicodemus Ben Gorion, considered one of three of great wealth Babylonian TalmudGittin 56aGo to Reference
John 19:39Nicodemus Ben Gorion known for his charityBabylonian TalmudKethuboth 66bGo to Reference
John 19:39Nicodemus really named BoniBabylonian TalmudTaanith 20aGo to Reference
John 19:40Mention is made of the spices of the deadBabylonian TalmudBerachoth 51bGo to Reference
John 19:42Burial places could not be dug during the festivalsBabylonian TalmudMoed Katan 8bGo to Reference
John 20:26Courses of priests should serve for 8 days, from Sabbath to SabbathJosephusAnt. 7.14.7Go to Reference
John 20:29Bad thing to only believe something if you see itBabylonian TalmudBaba Bathra 75bGo to Reference
John 20:29Bad thing to only believe something if you see it, an insult to those who taught youBabylonian TalmudSanhedrin 100aGo to Reference