The book of john is a gospel that contains narrative history, sermons, parables, and a few prophetic oracles. However, the john rylands fragment, discovered in the 1920s, has been documented to be a small portion of a copy of the gospel of john dated between ad 125 and 150. A new translation from the greek by david robert palmer. Bob utley, retired professor of hermeneutics biblical interpretation. John 1 new international version niv the word became flesh. John begins with the profound announcement that jesus is the in the beginning creative word of god who had become embodied incarnated as a human being to be the light of life for the world.
He cried out, saying, this is the one i spoke about when i said, he who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me. Who was john the baptist with when he said look, the lamb of god. John 1, new international version niv the bible app. The holy gospel of jesus christ, according to john. The gospel of john niv audio bible non dramatized youtube. It was written by the discipleapostle john around 8595 a. Free pdf download books by new international version. Be sure to answer the bible study questions yourself before leading this study, and consider how jesus has brought life and light to you.
History of niv bible the new international version project was started after a meeting in 1965 at trinity christian college in palos heights, illinois between the. Accurate and readable, the niv new international vers. Since this is a copy, the gospel itself must have been written before this time. John niv the word became flesh in the bible gateway. John s gospel tells the complete story of the life, death and resurrection of jesus christ. Click on the above link to download the new international version holy bible pdf.