INTRODUCTION
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Nathanael. `Follow Me.'
This section dealing with witness is paralleled at the close in
inverse order as follows:
B 21:15-25. WITNESSES.
b 21:15-23. Simon Peter, Son of Jonas, John. `Follow Me'.
a 21:24,25. The witness of John. `We know that his testimony is
true'.
The bulk of the Gospel lies between these two outposts, and, as we
have said above, is interwoven with the eight distinctive `signs'. No
good purpose will be served by setting out in full detail this great
section - the details will unfold themselves before our eyes as our
studies proceed - but in order to make this analytical survey in a
measure complete, we must show how this central section is arranged.
The Eight Signs (2:1 to 21:14)
FIRST SIGN. MARRIAGE AT CANA (2:1-11).
`My meat ... to finish His work' (ergon).
`Now we believe' (pisteuo) (2:13 to 4:42).
SECOND SIGN. NOBLEMAN'S SON. `Except ye see signs' (4:43-52).
`He believed' (pisteuo) (4:53,54).
THIRD SIGN. IMPOTENT MAN (5:1-15).
`My Father worketh ... and I work' (ergon).
`Believe on Him that sent Me' (pisteuo) (5:16-47).
FOURTH AND FIFTH SIGNs. 5,000 FED. WALKING ON SEA (6:1-25).
`This is the work (ergon) of God that ye believe (pisteuo) ... the
works of your father' (6 to 8).
SIXTH SIGN. MAN BORN BLIND (9:1-41).
`The works (ergon) ... in My Father's name bear witness'.
`Ye believed not' (pisteuo) (10:1-42).