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Excerpt from The Messages of Jesus According to the Gospel of John: The Discourses of Jesus in the Fourth Gospel, Arranged, Analyzed, and Freely Rendered in University This little volume has a twofold aim. It seeks to give an interpretation of the Gospel and to set forth the Gospel's peculiar structure and nature. The former aim is accomplished by means of a paraphrase in which underlying connections of thought are supplied, figurative terms are explained and such amplifications of the text are introduced as shall make the meaning clear. Such a method gives room for only the results of exegesis. The discussions showing why and how these results are obtained belong to commentaries which consider the text piece by piece. If a paraphrase is of any value it is in presenting as a connected, readable whole what has been obtained by a careful critical study of each phrase and sentence. Such value we hope the book offers. Every earnest student of this Gospel knows how prolonged and determined has been the battle of criticism over its worth and its authorship. Hardly a chapter has escaped destructive attack and noble work has been done in defense. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.