• John 1

  • Video Introduction to the Book of John

  • Sahidic Coptic Translation of John 1:1

  • Early Manuscript of John’s Gospel

  • Gospel of John—Some Major Events

  • View of the Valley of Jezreel

  • John 2

  • Stone Jars

  • John 3

  • Sealing a Document

  • John 4

  • Mount Gerizim

  • Reapers

  • John 5

  • Pool of Bethzatha

  • John 6

  • Baskets

  • John 9

  • Pool of Siloam

  • John 10

  • Sheepfold

  • Wolf

  • Solomon’s Colonnade

  • John 11

  • Jesus Resurrects Lazarus

  • The Sanhedrin

  • John 12

  • Palm Tree

  • Colt, or Young Donkey

  • John 15

  • Vine

  • John 18

  • Kidron Valley

  • Oldest Known Fragment of the Christian Greek Scriptures

  • John 19

  • Nail in a Heel Bone

  • The Hyssop Mentioned in the Bible

  • Roman Spears

  • Tomb Chamber

  • John 21

  • First-Century Fishing Boat

  • Remains of a Galilean Fishing Boat

  • Fish of the Sea of Galilee

The items shown in the illustrations and 3-D video footage in the Media Gallery are based on extensive research. However, they are artists’ renditions and, at times, depict only one of several possibilities.

Gospel of John—Some Major Events

Gospel of John—Some Major Events

Where possible, events have been listed in chronological order

Each Gospel map traces a different series of events

 1. Near Bethany across the Jordan, John calls Jesus “the Lamb of God” (Joh 1:29)

 2. In Cana of Galilee, Jesus performs his first miracle (Joh 2:3, 7-9, 11)

 3. Jesus cleanses the temple for the first time (Joh 2:13-15)

 4. Jesus goes to the Judean countryside; his disciples baptize; John baptizes in Aenon (Joh 3:22, 23)

 5. At Jacob’s well at Sychar, Jesus talks to a Samaritan woman (Joh 4:4-7, 14, 19, 20)

 6. Jesus heals an official’s son from a distance, his second sign in Cana of Galilee (Joh 4:46, 47, 50-​54)

 7. Jesus heals a sick man at the pool of Bethzatha in Jerusalem (Joh 5:2-5, 8, 9)

 8. Northeast side of the Sea of Galilee; after Jesus miraculously fed about 5,000 men, people try to make him king (Mt 14:19-21; Joh 6:10, 14, 15)

 9. In a synagogue in Capernaum, Jesus says that he is “the bread of life”; many are stumbled at his words (Joh 6:48, 54, 59, 66)

10. At the pool of Siloam, Jesus heals a man born blind (Joh 9:1-3, 6, 7)

11. In Solomon’s Colonnade in the temple, the Jews try to stone Jesus (Joh 10:22, 23, 31)

12. When the Jews try to seize Jesus, he goes to where John was baptizing at first; many across the Jordan put faith in Jesus (Joh 10:39-42)

13. Jesus resurrects Lazarus in Bethany (Joh 11:38, 39, 43, 44)

14. When Jews in Jerusalem conspire to kill Jesus, he departs for Ephraim, a city in the region near the wilderness (Joh 11:53, 54)

15. On the road from Bethphage, Jesus rides a donkey and enters Jerusalem triumphantly (Mt 21:1, 7-10; Mr 11:1, 7-11; Lu 19:29, 30, 35, 37, 38; Joh 12:12-15)

16. Jesus crosses the Kidron Valley and goes to Gethsemane with his disciples (Mt 26:30; Mr 14:26; Lu 22:39; Joh 18:1)

17. In the garden of Gethsemane, Judas betrays Jesus and Jesus is arrested (Mt 26:47-50; Mr 14:43-46; Lu 22:47, 48, 54; Joh 18:2, 3, 12)

18. Jesus is scourged and mocked in the governor’s palace (Mt 27:26-29; Mr 15:15-20; Joh 19:1-3)

19. Jesus is nailed to a stake at Golgotha (Mt 27:33-36; Mr 15:22-25; Lu 23:33; Joh 19:17, 18)

20. The resurrected Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene in the garden near the tomb (Mt 28:1, 5, 6, 8, 9; Joh 20:11, 12, 15-17)

21. On the shore of the Sea of Galilee, Jesus appears to his disciples; Peter affirms his affection for Jesus (Joh 21:12-15)

Related Scripture(s)

Joh 1:1
John 1
John 2
John 3
John 4
John 5
John 6
John 9
John 10
John 11
John 12
John 15
John 18
John 19
John 21