Most People Miss This in John’s Gospel!

The Gospel of John is more than stories and sayings—it is carefully structured to reveal a theme of new creation. From the opening words “In the beginning,” to the counting of days, to the seven signs and seven “I AM” statements, John echoes the creation week in Genesis. And when we read John alongside the Septuagint—the ancient Greek Old Testament—these connections come into even sharper focus. In this video, we’ll explore: Why John counts off the days in his opening chapter How the seven signs correspond to the seven “I AM” sayings Pilate’s declaration “Behold the Man” on the sixth day The deeper meaning of Jesus’ words “It is finished” Why Mary mistaking Jesus for the gardener is more significant than we think How John 20 echoes Genesis 2 when Jesus breathes on the disciples I should note: I did not come up with these insights on my own. I’m indebted to the work of several excellent scholars who have traced these themes and shown how John’s Gospel points us to Jesus as the New Adam