John Outline Summary

John 1

  1. The Word Became Flesh
  2. John the Baptist Denies Being the Messiah
  3. John Testifies About Jesus
  4. John’s Disciples Follow Jesus
  5. Jesus Calls Phillip and Nathanael

John 2

  1. Jesus Changes Water into Wine
  2. Jesus Clears the Temple Courts

John 3

  1. Jesus Teaches Nicodemus
  2. John Testifies Again About Jesus

John 4

  1. Jesus Talks with a Samaritan Woman
  2. The Disciples Rejoin Jesus
  3. Many Samaritans Believe
  4. Jesus Heals an Official’s Son

John 5

  1. The Healing at the Pool
  2. The Authority of the Son
  3. Testimonies About Jesus

John 6

  1. Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand
  2. Jesus Walks on the Water
  3. Jesus the Bread of Life
  4. Many Disciples Desert Jesus

John 7

  1. Jesus Goes to the Festival of Tabernacles
  2. Jesus Teaches at the Festival
  3. Division Over Who Jesus Is
  4. Unbelief of the Jewish Leaders

John 8

  1. Mount of Olives
  2. Dispute Over Jesus’ Testimony
  3. Dispute Over Who Jesus Is
  4. Dispute Over Whose Children Jesus’ Opponents Are
  5. Jesus’ Claims About Himself

John 9

  1. Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind
  2. The Pharisees Investigate the Healing
  3. Spiritual Blindness

John 10

  1. The Good Shepherd and His Sheep
  2. Further Conflict Over Jesus’ Claims

John 11

  1. The Death of Lazarus
  2. Jesus Comforts the Sisters of Lazarus
  3. Jesus Raises Lazarus From the Dead
  4. The Plot to Kill Jesus

John 12

  1. Jesus Anointed at Bethany
  2. Jesus Predicts His Betrayal
  3. Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial

John 13

  1. Jesus Washes His Disciples’ Feet
  2. Jesus Predicts His Betrayal
  3. Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial

John 14

  1. Jesus Comforts His Disciples
  2. Jesus the Way to the Father
  3. Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit

John 15

  1. The Vine and the Branches
  2. The World Hates the Disciples
  3. The Work of the Holy Spirit

John 16

  1. So that you will not fall away
  2. The Disciples’ Grief Will Turn to Joy

John 17

  1. Jesus Prays to Be Glorified
  2. Jesus Prays for His Disciples
  3. Jesus Prays for All Believers

John 18

  1. Jesus Arrested
  2. Peter’s First Denial
  3. The High Priest Questions Jesus
  4. Peter’s Second and Third Denials
  5. Jesus Before Pilate

John 19

  1. Jesus Sentenced to Be Crucified
  2. The Crucifixion of Jesus
  3. The Death of Jesus
  4. The Burial of Jesus

John 20

  1. The Empty Tomb
  2. Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene
  3. Jesus Appears to His Disciples
  4. Jesus Appears to Thomas
  5. The Purpose of John’s Gospel

John 21

  1. Jesus and the Miraculous Catch of Fish
  2. Jesus Reinstates Peter