Notes for Introduction

1. The following example is from G. R. Beasley-Murray, John (Word Biblical Commentary, 36; Waco: Word, 1987), 5.

2. This chiastic structure is adapted from the works of:

Alan Culpepper, "The Pivot of John's Prologue," New Testament Studies (1980); 1-31, and

Jeff Staley, "The Structure of John's Prologue: Its Implications for the Gospel's Narrative Structure," Catholic Biblical Quarterly 48.2 (1986); 241-264.

James M. Hamilton, God's Glory in Salvation through Judgment: A Biblical Theology (Wheaton, Ill.: Crossway, 2010), 405.

3. Lamar Williamson, Jr., Preaching the Gospel of John (Louisville/London: Westminster John Knox, 2004) 2.

4. J. Ramsey Michaels, The Gospel of John (NICNT; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2010), 45.

5. Lamar Williamson, Jr., Preaching the Gospel of John (Louisville/London: Westminster John Knox, 2004) 7.