17. The Book of Signs
John’s Book of Signs: Before the Hour (John 2-12)
J 4 Sign 1 — The Water to Wine at a Wedding in Cana (John 2:1-12; Aland # 22-23)
2 Baruch 29:5
1 Enoch 10:19
Tobit 11:19
m Betsah 2:3
J 5 The Cleansing of the Temple and an Allusion to Resurrection, the Great Sign (John 2:13-25; Aland # 24-26)
b Shebuoth 36a
b Sanhedrin 38b
m Bekhorot 8:7
Shekalim 7:2
Benediction 14 of the Shemoneh Esreh
4Qflor
Mekilta on Exodus 16:32 [Tractate Vayassa’ 6 lines 60-64]
J 6 What Do the Signs Show? Jesus and Nicodemus (John 3:1-21)
1QS 6:6-8
Jubilees 1:23-25
1QS 4:19-21
J 7 Jesus and John the Baptist- The Bridegroom, the Christ, The One from Above Must Increase (John 3:22-36; Aland # 28-29)
1 Maccabees 9:39
Midrash Rabbah on Leviticus 15:2
J 8 Jesus and the Samaritan Woman- Worship in Spirit and Truth (John 4:1-42; Aland # 30-31)
Josephus, Antiquities 20.118
Josephus, War 2.232; Life 269).
m. Niddah 4.1
Pirke Aboth 1.5
m Sotah 3.4
Shebiith 8.10
Judg 14:6, 19; 15:14 LXX
1 Kgdms 10:2, 10 LXX (= 1 Sam 10:6, 10)
Isa 35:6 LXX
J 9 A Second Galilean Sign: The Healing of a Royal Official’s Son (John 4:43-54; Aland # 32, 85)
Josephus, War 1.45
Josephus, Life 72, 400-01
J 10 A Controversial Sabbath Healing in Jerusalem (John 5:1-18; Aland # 140-141a)
m Shabbat 7.2
m Shabbat 10.5
Legum Allegoriae I 5-6
Exodus Rabbah 30.6
J 11 The Discourse Defending the Sabbath Healing- “The Son Does Nothing of His Own Accord” (John 5:19-47; Aland #141b)
b Taanith 2b
Shemoneh Esreh, blessing no. 2
Sirach 48:1
b Shabbat 116b
Pirke Aboth 2.7
Baruch 4:1-2
J 12 The Feeding of the Five Thousand (John 6:1-15; Aland # 146)
Josephus, Jewish War 3.57; 4.456
Gen 37:30 LXX
2 Kngs 4:12, 14, 25 LXX= 2 Kings 4 Eng
Tobit 6
Philo, De Specialibus Legibus 3.57
1 Enoch 62:14
J 13 Jesus Walks on the Water (John 6:16-21; Aland # 147)
Midrash Mekilta on Exodus describing nation as it passes through Red Sea
J 14 The Bread of Life Come Down from Above Discourse (John 6:22-59; Aland # 148-49)
2 Baruch 29:8
Sibylline Oracles 3.49
Rabbah 1.9
Sirach 24:21
J 15 Reaction to the Discourse: The Offense and the Confession (John 6:60-71; Aland #157-58)
Aboth 6.7
Midrash Mekilta on Exod 15:26
J 16 Jesus Goes from Galilee to Jerusalem (John 7:1-13; Aland # 238-39)
Josephus, Antiquities 8.100
m Ma’as 3.7
m Bikk 1.6, 10
m Shek 3.1; 6.3
J 17 Jesus Teaches in the Temple to Mixed Reaction (John 7:14-52; Aland # 240-41)
m Shab 18.3
m Shab 19.1-2
m Ned 3.11
1 Enoch 48:6
2 Baruch 29:3
4 Ezra 7:28; 13:51-52
Justin Martyr, Dialogue with Trypho 8.7
m Sukk 4.9
Exodus Rabbah 21.3
b Sukk 27b
[18 The Woman Caught in Adultery (John 7:53—8:11; Aland # 242)]
Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History 3.39.16
Apostolic Constitutions 2.24 (= Syriac Didascalia 7)
b B. Mes 91a
Susanna 36-40
m Sanhedrin 7.4
J 18 The Dispute Deepens as Jesus Claims To Be The Light of the World, the Truth and Abraham’s Superior (John 8:12-59; Aland # 243-47)
m Shekalim 2.1; 6.1, 5
m Sukkah 5.1-4
Wisdom 18:3-4
1QS 2:3; 3:7, 20-21
m Pirke Aboth 4.8
Josephus, War 7.323
b Sanh 128a
Genesis Rabbah 44 (28a)
Mekilta Exodus on 20:18 (78b)
J 19 Healing of the Man Born Blind- Jesus, the Light of the World (John 9:1-41; Aland # 248)
b Sanh 55a
Ruth Rabbah 6.4
m Shab 7.2; 24.3
m Shab 14.4
m Sanhedrin 10.1
b Abodah Zarah 28b
m Ta’an 3.8
m Ned 1.1
m ‘Eduy 5.6
m Midd 2.2
J 20 Jesus, the Good Shepherd with a New Flock (John 10:1-21; Aland # 249-250)
m B Mes 7.9
J 21 Jesus Declares His Unity with the Farther at the Feast of Dedication (John 10:22-42; Aland # 257-58)
1 Macc 4:52-59
J 22 Jesus Shows His Power over Life: the Raising of Lazarus and the Jewish Reaction (John 11:1-54; Aland # 259-260)
Levitucus Rabbah 18.1
Ecclesiastes Rabbah 12.6
m Yebamot 16.3
m Ketuboth 4.4
m Bikk 2.2
2 Macc 5:19
Josephus, Jewish War 2.166
Josephus, Antiquities 11.327
Josephus, Antiquities 13.299
b Sota 12b
b Baba Bathra 199b
Midrash Ps 90 4
Josephus, Jewish War 4.551
J 23 The Anointing at Bethany and Opposition Near Passover Time (John 11:55-12:11; Aland # 261, 267-68)
Josephus, Jewish War 1.229
Ecclesiasticus Rabbah 7.1.1
J 24 Jesus Enters Jerusalem at Passover (John 12:12-19; Aland # 269)
1 Maccabees 13:51
1 Macc 13:51
2 Macc 10:7
J 25 The Son of Man To Be Lifted Up Issues an Explanation and a Warning (John 12:12-50; Aland # 302-304)
1 Enoch 49:1; 62:14
Psalms of Solomon 17–18
4 Ezra 7:28-29
Targum to Isaiah 6:1, 4
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