... an adult preaching in his earthly ministry as introduced by John the Baptist. Within the prologue, the main themes of the whole gospel are spelled out to make the ideas obvious to someone what they are to expect, the first theme is the comparison of light and darkness, in ch.1 v.4-5, 'the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it'2, as the mention of light was good, like the story of the woman by the well. When she meets Jesus it is midday and this is also when she comes to believe in him and it being light shows that she understands and accepts Jesus and that is when she is welcomed into the family of God in chapter 4. Another example of the light being mentioned is when in chapter 8, and then Jesus says, 'I am the light of the world.' However, in comparison to ...

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