Kress Biblical Resources :: The Passion and Resurrection (John 18:1-20:31)

Detailed Outline of John

The Word of God, Jesus Christ the Son of God has come to bring light and eternal life—believe in Him

4. The passion and resurrection as the ultimate sign of the Son of God, Who is eternal life (Jhn 18:1-20:31)
   1. The Son’s arrest and yet absolute sovereignty (Jhn 18:1-11)
      1. The details surrounding the Son’s betrayal and arrest (Jhn 18:1-3)
         1. The place (Jhn 18:1)
         2. The person who betrayed Him (Jhn 18:2)
         3. The people who came to arrest Him (Jhn 18:3)
      2. The divine sovereignty of the Son (Jhn 18:4-9)
         1. The divine knowledge (Jhn 18:4)
         2. The divine name (Jhn 18:5)
         3. The divine power (Jhn 18:6)
         4. The divine love (Jhn 18:7-8)
         5. The divine faithfulness (Jhn 18:9)
      3. The determined submission of the Son (Jhn 18:10-11)
         1. The sword of Peter and the slave’s ear (Jhn 18:10)
         2. The submission of the Son to the Father’s will (Jhn 18:11)
   2. The Son’s assertion of truth and Peter’s abject denials (Jhn 18:12-27)
      1. The people before whom Jesus testified (Jhn 18:12-14)
         1. The military who had escorted Jesus (Jhn 18:12)
         2. The man Annas and his relationship to the Caiaphas (Jhn 18:13-14)
      2. The people before whom Peter testified (Jhn 18:15-18)
         1. The unnamed disciple who had escorted Peter (Jhn 18:15-16)
         2. The unnamed servant-girl (Jhn 18:17)
         3. The unoccupied slaves and officers (Jhn 18:18)
      3. The prudent but faithful words of Jesus (Jhn 18:19-24)
         1. Jesus asserted that He had nothing to add to His already public teaching and testimony (Jhn 18:19-21)
         2. Jesus answered with courage in the face of opposition (Jhn 18:22-24)
      4. The plain and repeated denials by Peter (Jhn 18:25-27)
         1. Peter denied knowing Christ while warming himself by the fire (Jhn 18:25)
         2. Peter denied knowing Christ before the relative of the one whose ear he had cut off (Jhn 18:26-27)
   3. The Son’s affirmation of the truth and Pilate’s acquiescence to injustice (Jhn 18:28-19:16)
      1. The indictment brought before Pilate—false accusations and fulfilled prophecy (Jhn 18:28-32)
         1. Their carefulness concerning ceremonial defilement (Jhn 18:28)
         2. Their charge was unspecific, but they called for capital punishment (Jhn 18:29-32)
            1. The charges presented to Pilate were unspecified (Jhn 18:29-30)
            2. The concern of the Jewish leadership was not justice, but a conviction calling for capital punishment (Jhn 18:31-32)
         3. Their call for capital punishment would fulfill the prophecy of crucifixion (Jhn 18:32)
      2. The interrogation by Pilate—the Son’s affirmation of truth and Pilate’s agnosticism concerning truth (Jhn 18:33-38a)
         1. The question concerning the charge—Are you the King of the Jews? (Jhn 18:33)
         2. The questioner questioned—Are you concerned about the answer or only in what others are saying? (Jhn 18:34)
         3. The questioner’s concern—What have you done to so upset the Jews? (Jhn 18:34)
         4. The question answered and explained—I am a King, my kingdom is not of earthly origin, I came to bear witness to the truth (Jhn 18:36-37)
         5. The questioner’s questioning of truth—what is truth? (Jhn 18:38a)
      3. The injustice carried out—the scourging, the silent witness, the sovereignty, and the sentence of death (Jhn 18:38b-19:16)
         1. The truth stated—I find no guilt in Him (Jhn 18:38b)
         2. The truth ignored—not this man, but Barabbas (Jhn 18:39-40)
         3. The truth compromised—scourging, mocking, and abuse (Jhn 19:1-3)
         4. The truth repeated and repeatedly rejected—I find no guilt in Him (Jhn 19:4-6)
            1. The pronouncement repeated (Jhn 19:4)
            2. The pathetic injustice and contradiction (Jhn 19:5)
            3. The people’s cry for crucifixion and Pilates pronouncement repeated (Jhn 19:6)
         5. The Truth’s silence and submission to sovereignty (Jhn 19:7-12)
            1. The call for death for claiming to be the Son of God (Jhn 19:7)
            2. The concern of Pilate (Jhn 19:8-9)
            3. The confidence of Jesus (Jhn 19:10-11)
            4. The conflict between Pilate and the Jews (Jhn 19:12)
         6. The Truth sentenced to be crucified (Jhn 19:13-16)
            1. The politician’s final attempt to compromise (Jhn 19:13-14)
            2. The people’s final cry for crucifixion (Jhn 19:15)
            3. The politician’s final injustice—the Truth sentenced to be crucified (Jhn 19:16)
   4. The Son’s accomplishment of the Father’s plan in crucifixion and two secret disciples’ act of faith in His burial (Jhn 19:17-42)
      1. The facts of Jesus’ crucifixion (Jhn 19:17-22)
         1. The place of the crucifixion (Jhn 19:16-17)
         2. The placement between two men (Jhn 19:18)
         3. The placard of His crime (Jhn 19:19-22)
            1. The charge/conviction (Jhn 19:19)
            2. The crowd of witnesses (Jhn 19:20)
            3. The chief priests’ objection (Jhn 19:21)
            4. The conclusion of the matter (Jhn 19:22)
      2. The fulfillment of prophecy in Jesus’ crucifixion (Jhn 19:23-37)
         1. The division of His garments (Jhn 19:23-25a; cf. Psa 22:18)
            1. The soldiers and the garments (Jhn 19:23)
            2. The Scripture they fulfilled (Jhn 19:24-25a; Psa 22:18)
         2. The deliverance of His mother to another’s care (Jhn 19:25b-27; cf. Luk 2:35)
            1. The grieving women (Jhn 19:26)
            2. The giving of His mother into His beloved disciples care (Jhn 19:26-27)
         3. The declaration, “I am thirsty” (Jhn 19:28-29; cf. Psa 69:21)
            1. The Savior’s forethought (Jhn 19:28)
            2. The Scripture fulfilled (Jhn 19:29; Psa 69:21)
         4. The declaration just before His death, “It is accomplished” (Jhn 19:30; cf. Psa 22:30-31)
         5. The details just after His death on the cross (Jhn 19:31-37)
            1. The prophetic statement and the picture of the Passover Lamb—no broken bones (Jhn 19:31-33, 36; Psa 34:20; Exo 12:46; Num 9:12)
            2. The personal testimony of the beloved disciple (Jhn 19:35)
            3. The prophecy of the pierced Messiah (Jhn 19:37; Zec 12:10)
      3. The faith of two secret disciples in Jesus’ burial (Jhn 19:38-42; cf. Isa 53:9)
         1. The petition of Joseph of Arimathea, a formerly secret disciple (Jhn 19:38)
         2. The preparations of Nicodemus, who had come to Jesus by night (Jhn 19:39)
         3. The personal preparation of Jesus’ body (Jhn 19:40)
         4. The place of the burial because of the preparation day (Jhn 19:41-42)
   5. The Son’s appearances as the resurrected Lord, the admonition to believe, and the aim of the book (Jhn 20:1-31)
      1. The absence of the Lord’s body from the tomb (Jhn 20:1-10)
         1. The report of Mary concerning the empty tomb (Jhn 20:1-2)
         2. The race to the tomb of Peter and John (Jhn 20:3-4)
         3. The rolled-up facecloth and linen wrappings (Jhn 20:5-7)
         4. The resurrection of Christ first believed (Jhn 20:8-9)
         5. The return to their own dwellings (Jhn 20:10)
      2. The appearance of the Lord to Mary (Jhn 20:11-18)
         1. The anguish of Mary who remained at the tomb (Jhn 20:11)
         2. The angels who questioned Mary at the tomb (Jhn 20:12-13)
         3. The appearance of Jesus to Mary at the tomb (Jhn 20:14-17)
            1. Mary first mistook the risen Jesus to be a gardener (Jhn 20:14-15)
            2. Mary fully recognized Jesus when He called her by name (Jhn 20:16)
            3. Mary was first chosen to announce the resurrection and the ascension to the disciples (Jhn 20:17)
         4. The announcement of Mary to the disciples (Jhn 20:18)
      3. The appearance of the Lord to the disciples (Jhn 20:19-24)
         1. His presence in the room (Jhn 20:19)
         2. His proof of identity (Jhn 20:20)
         3. His peace and power for their ministry (Jhn 20:21-23)
            1. The gift of divine peace (Jhn 20:21a)
            2. The gift of a divine mission (Jhn 20:21b)
            3. The gift of the divine presence—the Holy Spirit (Jhn 20:22)
            4. The gift of divine inspiration and delegated authority (Jhn 20:23)
      4. The appearance of the Lord to Thomas and the admonition to believe (Jhn 20:24-29)
         1. The initial absence of Thomas (Jhn 20:24)
         2. The initial disbelief of Thomas (Jhn 20:25)
         3. The identical circumstances and appearance of Jesus (Jhn 20:26)
         4. The indisputable proof and invitation to believe (Jhn 20:27)
         5. The inescapable conclusion and exclamation of Thomas (Jhn 20:28)
         6. The invocation of greater blessing upon those who haven’t seen, and yet believe (Jhn 20:29)
      5. The aim of the book summarized (Jhn 20:30-31)
         1. The possibilities of what could have been written (Jhn 20:30)
         2. The purpose of what was written—to call to faith and eternal life in Jesus Christ, the Son of God (Jhn 20:31)