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more than a dozen striking omissions from the Gospel of John
Much more than in the Synoptics, the whole narrative of the Fourth Gospel centers round the Person of the Redeemer. The Gospel of John is unique in not recounting any of the parables.
Much more than in the Synoptics, the whole narrative of the Fourth Gospel centers round the Person of the Redeemer. The Gospel of John is unique in not recounting any of the parables.
== Omissions ==
There are many omissions from the [[Gospel of John]], some of which even involved [[John]] such as the [[transfiguration]]. Here is a sample of the many omissions of events described elsewhere:
*Background and baptism of Jesus, and [[John the Baptist]]'s fate.
*[[Three Temptations of Christ]].
*[[Hell]].
*[[Parable]]s.
*[[Transfiguration]].
*[[Eucharist]].
*[[Peter]] weeping after denying [[Christ]].
*[[Apocryphal]] "Forgive them, Father, for they do not know what they are doing."
*Use of the concept [[repent]] and [[forgiveness]].
*Use of the term [[gospel]] or compassion.
*Teaching against divorce.
*Use of the concept [[faith]].
*No ban on preaching to the [[Samaritan]]s, and there is even a suggestion that Jesus may have been a Samaritan.
*[[Exorcism]]s.
*the Second Coming of Jesus is also mostly omitted.
==Author==
==Author==
* Those who denied the Divinity of Christ, the very heresy to which St. John devotes special attention throughout his Gospel, are believed to have disseminated this view near the end of the first century.
* Those who denied the Divinity of Christ, the very heresy to which St. John devotes special attention throughout his Gospel, are believed to have disseminated this view near the end of the first century.
* This Gospel also emphasizes the mortality of Jesus (e.g., he ate fish), which countered another heresy that he was not mortal.<ref>https://christ.org/questions-and-answers/when-was-the-gospel-of-john-written/</ref>
* This Gospel also emphasizes the mortality of Jesus (e.g., he ate fish), which countered another heresy that he was not mortal.<ref>https://christ.org/questions-and-answers/when-was-the-gospel-of-john-written/</ref>
* John mentions the banning of Christians (followers of Jesus) form the synagogues, which happened around A.D. 90 (see Council of Jamnia).
There is also a school of thought that John, and the entire [[New Testament]] for that matter, were written before the fall of Jerusalem in A.D. 70 believing that heresies had always been around. John 5:2 is cited, where John speaks of a pool with "is" instead of was, even though it was destroyed in A.D. 70. (It should be noted that John sometimes uses the present tense to describe situations that have passed in other instances.)<ref>NIV Study Bible, Zondervan, 1985</ref>
There is also a school of thought that John, and the entire [[New Testament]] for that matter, were written before the fall of Jerusalem in A.D. 70 believing that heresies had always been around. John 5:2 is cited, where John speaks of a pool with "is" instead of was, even though it was destroyed in A.D. 70. (It should be noted that John sometimes uses the present tense to describe situations that have passed in other instances.)<ref>NIV Study Bible, Zondervan, 1985</ref>