Joh 21:25 | KingComments | STEP | At the end, John points to himself as the author of this Gospel. He has testified to the glory of the Lord Jesus and that God has given us eternal life. In this testimony he involves all the apostles. “We”, that is the apostles, are all convinced of these things. “We” confirm John’s testimony. John has described a certain side of the Lord Jesus. He has presented Him as the eternal life. It is not entirely accurate to speak of ‘a certain side’, for to present Him as the eternal life is to present Him in His whole being. The King or Messiah (Gospel according to Matthew), the Servant (Gospel according to Mark) and the Man (Gospel according to Luke) also appear in this Gospel in a special way. We might therefore call this Gospel the “overarching” Gospel. The Person of Christ, the Son of God, with all His manifestations is such a comprehensive subject, that it can never be written about exhaustively. However, through the four Gospels that are given to us, we can discover more and more of Christ’s various glories. In them is written all that God wants us to know of the things that the Son of God has done.

‏ John 21:25

John’s Testimony Confirmed

At the end, John points to himself as the author of this Gospel. He has testified to the glory of the Lord Jesus and that God has given us eternal life. In this testimony he involves all the apostles. “We”, that is the apostles, are all convinced of these things. “We” confirm John’s testimony. John has described a certain side of the Lord Jesus. He has presented Him as the eternal life.

It is not entirely accurate to speak of ‘a certain side’, for to present Him as the eternal life is to present Him in His whole being. The King or Messiah (Gospel according to Matthew), the Servant (Gospel according to Mark) and the Man (Gospel according to Luke) also appear in this Gospel in a special way. We might therefore call this Gospel the “overarching” Gospel.

The Person of Christ, the Son of God, with all His manifestations is such a comprehensive subject, that it can never be written about exhaustively. However, through the four Gospels that are given to us, we can discover more and more of Christ’s various glories. In them is written all that God wants us to know of the things that the Son of God has done.