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John / Chapter 17
Jesus shifts from teaching to prayer, asking the Father to complete the mission in the approaching hour, guard his disciples in the Father’s name, and extend their unity and joy to all who later believe through them.
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John / Chapter 17
Jesus shifts from teaching to prayer, asking the Father to complete the mission in the approaching hour, guard his disciples in the Father’s name, and extend their unity and joy to all who later believe through them.
Context Snapshot
Date
Events c. AD 27-33; written c. AD 70-100
Genre
Gospel
Setting
Ephesus
Audience
Churches in Ephesus and beyond
World Stage
c. AD 27-33Tiberius Tiberius (AD 14-37)
John's Gospel is set in Jesus' ministry under Roman rule, with repeated movement between Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. Its later first-century writing setting frames that story as testimony for churches navigating belief, identity, and witness.
Movement
From signs to believing life
Artifact
Witness to the Word made flesh
Biblical Timeline
Jesus' Ministry
John context: AD 29 - AD 33
Biblical Timeline
Jesus' Ministry
John context
Jesus' Ministry / AD 29 - AD 33
John context is set in Jesus' ministry, where Jesus' public ministry, teaching, signs, death, and resurrection.
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