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I am the Bread of Life (John 6:35) I am the Light of the World (John 8:12) I am the Door (John 10:9) I am the Good Shepherd (John 10:11,14) I am the Resurrection and the Life (John 11:25) I am the Way and the Truth and the Life (John 14:6) I am the Vine (John 15:1,5)
A Christ figure, also known as a Christ-Image, is a literary technique that the author uses to draw allusions between their characters and the biblical Jesus.More loosely, the Christ figure is a spiritual or prophetic character who parallels Jesus, or other spiritual or prophetic figures.
For a list of all events in the life of Jesus, see Gospel harmony For a list of parables told by Jesus, see Parables of Jesus For a list of miracles attributed to Jesus, see Miracles of Jesus
Exegesis in the Interpreter's Bible (1953) comparing the raising of Lazarus to other resurrections in the Bible comments that, "The difference between revival immediately after death, and resurrection after four days, is so great as to raise doubts about the historicity of this story, especially in view of the unimaginable details in vs. 44 ...
Paul (c. 53–54) Mark 16:1-8 (66–70) Matthew (70-110) Luke (80–110) Acts (80-90) John (90–110) Mark Longer ending (c. 2nd-4th cent.) Mark Shorter ending
The statement in John 14:11 "I am in the Father, and the Father in me" further asserts the special relationship of Jesus and the father. [13] The statement in John 14:26: "the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name" is within the framework of the "sending relationships" in John's gospel. [15]
Some disagree with this list of seven signs. John Marsh and Stephen Smalley, amongst others, have suggested six initial signs (seeing the walking on the water as part of feeding the 5000, rather than a separate sign in itself), and that the seventh sign is the crucifixion of Jesus and the resurrection appearance to Thomas (20:26–29). [5]
For the editors of the New American Bible Revised Edition, this chapter "fulfills the basic need for testimony to the resurrection", which it does via "a series of stories". [6] There are several inconsistencies both within the chapter and between it and the resurrection account in the other gospels.