Gentile Encounters in the Gospel of John

One stumbling block to the view that John was writing for the whole world, rather than to Jews, is the apparent absence from the Gospel of references to Gentile role-models. A superficial inspection seems to confirm this. By contrast, the Synoptic Gospels show Jesus interacting with and healing several people who definitely were not Jews.



In the author’s opinion, a closer look tells a different story, and it is this aspect that this booklet concentrates on and deals with such questions as:

1. Who are the Gentiles in John’s Gospel?

2. Are they significant and if so, why?

3. Can they be thought of as role-models and if so, what can we learn from them?r