John: Genesis and Jesus

Κατὰ Ἰωάνην [1]

John opens with an echo of the creation narrative. “In the beginning . . .” This should immediately grab our attention as perceptive readers of a literary work. As John develops his story we notice something else creation-esque. We run across a numbering, just like is in Genesis 1. “Jesus performed this beginning of the signs . . .” Later, John continues

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