Johannine vocabulary
Subtitle: a comparison of the words of the Fourth Gospel with those of the three
By: by Edwin A. Abbott.
Series: His Diatessarica -- pt. 5
Publisher: A. and C. Black
Published: 1905
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 364
Subjects: Bible. N.T. John -- Language, style; Bible. N.T. Gospels -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
Notes: CONTENTS 

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References and Abbreviations . . xvi — xviii 
Introduction 

§ I The problem (1436-43) 

§ 2 How to deal with the problem (1444—9) 

§ 3 A specimen of allusiveness, "hating one's own life" (1450) 

§ 4 Another specimen, " reclining the head " (1451 — 8) 

§ 5 Inferences (1459—62) 



BOOK I 
JOHANNINE "KEY- WORDS" 

CHAPTER I 

" BELIEVING " 

§ I "Believing," or, "trusting," a key-word in the Fourth Gospel 
(1463—6) 

§ 2 Why John prefers "believe" to "belief" (1467—8) 

§ 3 " Believing," in the Old Testament (1469—71) 

§ 4 " Believing," in Philo (1472—3) 

§ 5 "Believing," in the New Testament, excluding the Fourth 
Gospel (1474—7) 

§ 6 Antecedent probability of a restatement of the doctrine of 
"believing" (1478—9) 
 
§ 7 " Believing," in the Fourth Gospel (1480—1) 

§ 8 " Through whom," or " what," do all " believe " ? (1482) 

§ 9 " Believing in the name " (1483—7) 

§ lo Our Lord's first mention of "believing" or "trusting" (1488) 

§ 1 1 Christ's disciples " beheved in him " (1489—90) 

§ 12 " Believing the Scripture " (1491—2) 

§ 13 " Believing," in the Dialogue with Nicodemus (1493—1500) 

§ 14 After the Baptist's last words (1501—2) 

§ 15 In Samaria (1503—7) 

§ 16 The nobleman's "believing" (1508—9) 

§ 17 " Believing" the testimony of the Father (1510—1) 

§ 18 After the Feeding of the Five Thousand (1512-9) 

§ 19 " Not believing " (1520—1) 

§ 20 " Believing witnesses " (1522—3) 

§ 21 After the Healing of the Blind Man (1524—7) 

§ 22 The Raising of Lazarus (1528—36) 

§ 23 " Believing in the light " (1537—44) 

§ 24 The Last Discourse (1545—9) 

§ 25 The Last Prayer (1550) 

§ 26 After the Death and Resurrection (1551—61) 

CHAPTER II 
" AUTHORITY " 

§ I " Authority," in the Triple Tradition of the Synoptists (1562) 

§ 2 " Authority," in the Apocalypse (1563—4) 

§ 3 Luke's view of " authority " (1565—71) 

§ 4 Christ's " authority," how defined by the Synoptists (1572—5) 

§ 5 " Authority," in the Fourth Gospel (1576—8) 

§ 6 " Authority " to become " children " of God (1579—80) 

§ 7 The " authority " of the Son to " do judgment " (1581—5) 

§ 8 " Authority " in connexion with " life " (1586—94) 
 
CHAPTER III 

JOHANNINE SYNONYMS 

§ I The use of synonyms in this Gospel (1595 — 6) 

§2 "Seeing" (1597—1611) 

§3 "Hearing" (1612—20) 

§ 4 " Knowing " (1621—9) 

§ 5 "Coming" (1630—9) 

§ 6 " Worshipping " (1640—51) 

§ 7 " Going away (or, back)," and " going on a journey " (1652 — 64) 



BOOK II 

JOHANNINE AND SYNOPTIC DISAGREEMENTS 

CHAPTER I 
JOHANNINE DEVIATIONS FROM SYNOPTIC VOCABULARY 

§ I Introductory remarks (1665 — 71) 

Synoptic Words comparatively seldom or never used 
BY John (1672—96) 

CHAPTER II 
SYNOPTIC DEVIATIONS FROM JOHANNINE VOCABULARY 

§ I Introductory remarks (1697—1706) 

JOHANNINE Words comparatively seldom or never used 
BY THE Synoptists (1707—28) 

Additional Note (1728 in—p) 

 

BOOK III 
JOHANNINE AND SYNOPTIC AGREEMENTS 

CHAPTER I 

WORDS PECULIAR TO JOHN AND MARK 

§ I Antecedent probability (1729—30) 

§ 2 The fact (1731—2) 

§ 3 Parallels and Quasi-parallels (1733) 

John-Mark Agreements (1734—8) 

§ 4 Jn xii. 9 " the common people," lit. " the great multitude " 
(1739-40) 

§ 5 Inferences (1741—4); Additional Note (1744 (i)— (xi)) 

CHAPTER II 

WORDS PECULIAR TO JOHN AND MATTHEW 

§ I Parallelisms very few (1745 — 7) 

§ 2 " Light of the world," " my brethren " (1748—9) 

John-Matthew Agreements (1750—5) 
§ 3 Inferences (1756—7) 

CHAPTER III 
WORDS PECULIAR TO JOHN AND LUKE 

§ I Antecedent probability (1758—9) 

§ 2 The fact (1760—1) 

§ 3 Quasi-parallels (1762—3) 

John-Luke Agreements (1764 — 75) 
§ 4 " Son of Joseph " (1776—8) 
§ 5 " The Lord " meaning " Jesus " (1779—81) 
§6 "Sons of light "(1782— 3) 
§ 7 "My friends " (1784—92) 

§ 8 " Standing in the midst " applied to Jesus (1793—7) 
§ 9 " Stooping (?) and looking in " (1798) 
§ lo What does Trapa/cwTrro) mean ? (1799—1804) 
 



CHAPTER IV 

WORDS PECULIAR TO JOHN, MARK, AND MATTHEW 

§ I Introductory remarks (1805 — 9) 

John-Mark-Matthew Agreements (1810—16) 
§ 2 Absence of Quasi-parallels (1817) 

CHAPTER V 
WORDS PECULIAR TO JOHN, MARK, AND LUKE 

§ I Introductory remarks (1818 — 9) 

§ 2 " Latchet," " spices," " rouse up " (1820—2) 

§ 3 Mark, Luke, and John, on "rejection" (1823—31) 

John-Mark-Luke Agreements (1832 — 4) 
§ 4 " The Holy One of God " (1835) 

CHAPTER VI 

WORDS MOSTLY PECULIAR TO JOHN, MATTHEW, AND LUKE 

§ I Verbal Agreements numerous, but parallelisms non-existent 
(1836—8) 

§ 2 " Lay the head to rest " (1839—46) 

§ 3 John-Matthew-Luke Agreements (in English) (1847—50) 

Words mostly peculiar to John, Matthew, and Luke 
(1851-66); Additional Note (1866 (i)— (iv)) 

CONCLUSION 
§ I Review of the evidence (1867—74) 
§ 2 What remains to be done (1875—7) 
§ 3 Johannine Grammar (1878—80) 

APPENDIX ON PREPOSITIONS 
§ I Introductory remarks (1881—3) ; statistics (1884—5)
Table of contents: title: The problem (para 1436-43)
class: section
label: Introduction; label: BOOK I
title: Johannine Key-Words; label: Chapter I
title: "Believing"; title: "Authority"
label: Chapter II; title: Johannine Synonyms
label: Chapter III; title: Johannine and Synoptic Disagreements
label: BOOK II; label: Chapter I
title: Johannine Deviations from Synoptic Vocabulary; title: Synoptic Deviations from Johannine Vocabulary
label: Chapter II; title: Johannine and Synoptic Agreements
label: BOOK III; title: Words Peculiar to John and Mark
label: Chapter I; label: Chapter II
title: Words Peculiar to John and Matthew; label: Chapter III
title: Words Peculiar to John and Luke; label: Chapter IV
title: Words Peculiar to John, Mark and Matthew; title: Words Peculiar to John, Mark and Luke
label: Chapter V; label: Chapter VI
title: Words Mostly Pec. to John, Matthew and Luke; label: Conclusion; label: Appendix
title: On Prepositions