Posts made in September, 2007

How Many Signs?

Posted by on Sep 28, 2007 in Blog | 5 comments

When I wrote my BECNT commentary on John, I surveyed a considerable amount of literature on John’s Gospel in general and on people’s views on Jesus’ messianic “signs” in John in particular. I found that commentators widely agree on six Johannine “signs” but beyond this the consensus crumbles. The six undisputed Johannine “signs” are: (1) The turning of water into wine at the wedding in Cana (2:1–11) (2) The healing of the official’s son (4:46–54) (3) The healing of the lame man (5:1–15) (4) The feeding of the multitude (6:1–15) (5) The healing of the man born blind... Read More