As I look at the chart on page 175 in the book Jensen’s Survey of the New Testament, I see several things that stand out to me; the book of John is written several years after Christ died, Jerusalem has been destroyed, it is written after the other three synoptic gospels, yet stands out to be different, the facts are interpreted, and it is basically written to the world, even though it is addressed to Greeks, Jews, and Romans.
Jesus’ beloved John, wrote the book of John in A.D. 85 around Ephesus. “By this time, John wrote his gospel the church had matured in its transition from a Jewish exclusivism (cf. Acts10) to a universal outreach.” (Jensen 1981, p. 178). By the time the gospel of John was written it was directed more to the world that
Jesus’ beloved John, wrote the book of John in A.D. 85 around Ephesus. “By this time, John wrote his gospel the church had matured in its transition from a Jewish exclusivism (cf. Acts10) to a universal outreach.” (Jensen 1981, p. 178). By the time the gospel of John was written it was directed more to the world that