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4 - John the Baptist

The outline of the Gospel of John is very simple. It begins with the prologue in the first eighteen verses which emphasizes the eternal Logos of God and how the logos, the Word, became flesh or incarnate. So 1:1-18 is the introduction of the eternal logos of God incarnate; 1:19-12:50, the seven signs that testify that Jesus is the Messiah; chapters 13-20, the greatest sign: the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ; chapter 21 is the epilogue: the final statements related to Jesus as the