Page "Gospel of John" Paragraph 142

According to one scholar, John portrays Jesus Christ as " a brief manifestation of the eternal Word, whose immortal spirit remains ever-present with the believing Christian.

" The book presents Jesus as the divine Son of God, and yet subordinate to God the Father.

The gospel gives far more focus to the relationship of the Son to the Father than the other gospels and it has often been used in the Christian development and understanding of the Trinity.

John includes far more direct claims of Jesus being a Son of God than the Synoptic Gospels.

The gospel also focuses on the relation of the Redeemer to believers, the announcement of the Holy Spirit as the Comforter ( Greek Paraclete ), and the prominence of love as an element in the Christian character.