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Excerpt from The Lutheran Commentary, Vol. 5: A Plain Exposition of the Holy Scriptures of the New Testament
The treatment of the Gospel of St. John as presented in this volume of the Lutheran Commentary is in some respects different from the volumes which have thus far appeared.
In the introduction the points referring to the Isagogics of this Gospel have received somewhat fuller considera tion. The writer endeavored to give a brief survey of those features which are peculiarly characteristic of the fourth Gospel, and to show its relation to the other Gospels, the three Synoptists.
The question of authorship has also been taken up in a brief summary, furnishing the reader with the principal testimonies in favor of the Apostle St. John as the Writer of this Gospel. This has been done without a full review of the battle that may be raging about this point, but in such a manner that the lay-members of the Church may have within easy reach, a short survey of the main question, and the leading arguments on the positive' side. In view of the overtowering importance of the fourth Gospel for the faith of the Christian Church, we did not feel justified in passing this point in silence.
The exposition of. The Gospel itself does not propose to give a detailed explanation of the words of the text, in a series of exegetical annotations from verse to verse.
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