• John 1

  • Video Introduction to the Book of John

  • Sahidic Coptic Translation of John 1:1

  • Early Manuscript of John’s Gospel

  • Gospel of John—Some Major Events

  • View of the Valley of Jezreel

  • John 2

  • Stone Jars

  • John 3

  • Sealing a Document

  • John 4

  • Mount Gerizim

  • Reapers

  • John 5

  • Pool of Bethzatha

  • John 6

  • Baskets

  • John 9

  • Pool of Siloam

  • John 10

  • Sheepfold

  • Wolf

  • Solomon’s Colonnade

  • John 11

  • Jesus Resurrects Lazarus

  • The Sanhedrin

  • John 12

  • Palm Tree

  • Colt, or Young Donkey

  • John 15

  • Vine

  • John 18

  • Kidron Valley

  • Oldest Known Fragment of the Christian Greek Scriptures

  • John 19

  • Nail in a Heel Bone

  • The Hyssop Mentioned in the Bible

  • Roman Spears

  • Tomb Chamber

  • John 21

  • First-Century Fishing Boat

  • Remains of a Galilean Fishing Boat

  • Fish of the Sea of Galilee

The items shown in the illustrations and 3-D video footage in the Media Gallery are based on extensive research. However, they are artists’ renditions and, at times, depict only one of several possibilities.

Early Manuscript of John’s Gospel

Early Manuscript of John’s Gospel

Shown here is the first page of an early Bible manuscript called Papyrus Bodmer 2 (P66), which was copied and bound as a codex about 200 C.E. This manuscript contains a large part of the Greek text of the Good News (or, Gospel) According to John. The first page of this manuscript begins with the title (highlighted) Eu·ag·geʹli·on Ka·taʹ I·o·anʹnen (“Good News According to John”). Titles were evidently not part of the original text but were added later by copyists. The use of such titles along with the name of the writer may have come about for practical reasons, providing a clear means of identification of the books.

Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny (Genève)

Related Scripture(s)

Joh 1:1
John 1
John 2
John 3
John 4
John 5
John 6
John 9
John 10
John 11
John 12
John 15
John 18
John 19
John 21