It's great to go through John and note particular themes (life, belief, light, word etc.) recently I've done the latter and seen something i would love your comments on:
John presents Jesus' words as God's Words...
Throughout the gospel we hear that Scripture is being fulfilled (12:38, 13:18, 15:25, 17:12, 19:24b, 28, 36).
And then John uses the same construction for Scripture being fulfilled (especially 19:24b, 28) as he does for Jesus' words being fulfilled.
18:9 "This was to fulfill the word that he had spoken: "Of those whom you gave me I have lost not one."" cf. 17:12
18:32 "This was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken to show by what kind of death he was going to die" cf. 12:32
Jesus' words belong in the Bible
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