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John

21 Chapters · Douay-Rheims Bible · New Testament

About This Book

St. John the Apostle and Evangelist was the son of Zebedee and Salome, brother to James the Greater. He was called the Beloved Disciple of Christ and stood by at his Crucifixion. He wrote the Gospel after the other Evangelists, about sixty-three years after our Lord’s Ascension. Many things that they had omitted were supplied by him. The original was written in Greek; and by the Greeks he is titled The Divine. St. Jerome relates that, when he was earnestly requested by the brethren to write the Gospel, he answered he would do it, if by ordering a common fast, they would all put up their prayers together to the Almighty God; which being ended replenished with the clearest and fullest revelation coming from Heaven, he burst forth into that preface: In the beginning was the Word. (For more information, see the article GOSPEL OF JOHN in the Catholic Encyclopedia.)

Chapter Directory

  1. Chapter 1The divinity and incarnation of Christ. John bears witness of him. He begins to call his disciples.
  2. Chapter 2Christ changes water into wine. He casts the sellers out of the temple.
  3. Chapter 3Christ's discourse with Nicodemus. John's testimony.
  4. Chapter 4Christ talks with the Samaritan woman. He heals the ruler's son.
  5. Chapter 5Christ heals on the sabbath the man languishing thirty-eight years. His discourse upon this occasion.
  6. Chapter 6Christ feeds five thousand with five loaves. He walks upon the sea and discourses of the bread of life.
  7. Chapter 7Christ goes up to the feast of the tabernacles. He teaches in the temple.
  8. Chapter 8The woman taken in adultery. Christ justifies his doctrine.
  9. Chapter 9He gives sight to the man born blind.
  10. Chapter 10Christ is the door and the good shepherd. He and his Father are one.
  11. Chapter 11Christ raises Lazarus to life. The rulers resolve to put him to death.
  12. Chapter 12The anointing of Christ's feet. His riding into Jerusalem upon an ass. A voice from heaven.
  13. Chapter 13Christ washes his disciples' feet. The treason of Judas. The new commandment of love.
  14. Chapter 14Christ's discourse after his last supper.
  15. Chapter 15A continuation of Christ's discourse to his disciples.
  16. Chapter 16The conclusion of Christ's last discourse to his disciples.
  17. Chapter 17Christ's prayer for his disciples.
  18. Chapter 18The history of the passion of Christ.
  19. Chapter 19The continuation of the history of the Passion of Christ.
  20. Chapter 20Christ's resurrection and manifestation to his disciples.
  21. Chapter 21Christ manifests himself to his disciples by the sea side and gives Peter the charge of his sheep.

Edition Record

Book
John
Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible
Old Testament
First published at Douay in 1609
New Testament
First published at Rheims in 1582
Revision and Notes
Bishop Richard Challoner, 1749
Historical Imprimatur
James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore, 1 September 1899