GLORY MANIFESTED.

B 4:46-50. THE RULER'S SON. After two days.

AT THE POINT OF DEATH.

C 5:1-47.  THE IMPOTENT MAN. Pool Bethesda 38 years.

Sabbath. SIN.

D 6:1-14.  THE FEEDING OF THE FIVE THOUSAND.

MANY WENT BACK.

D 6:15-21. THE WALKING ON THE SEA.

MANY of the people BELIEVED.

C 9:1-41.  THE MAN BORN BLIND. Pool Siloam.

From birth. Sabbath. SIN.

B 11:1-44. THE SISTERS' BROTHER. Two days.

LAZARUS IS DEAD.

A 21:1-14. THE DRAUGHT OF FISHES. The third time. No meat

LORD MAGNIFIED.

It is important to remember that the Gospel of John is divided into two sections, each commencing with a

reference to `His own':

`He came to His own, and His own received Him not' (1:11).

`Jesus having loved His own ... Loved them unto the end' (13:1).

The first twelve chapters are devoted to His public ministry which ended in rejection. Then public ministry

ceases, and the Lord spends the time instructing His own. The signs are restricted to the first twelve chapters, with

the one exception which occurs after His resurrection. Besides this the occurrences of the word semeion are

restricted also. Of the seventeen occurrences sixteen occur between chapters 2 and 12, the remaining occurrence

being at 20:30. The effect of the signs is traced through these twelve chapters, and the effect - reception or rejection

- is repeatedly given:

`Many believed in His name, when they saw the miracles (signs) which He did' (2:23).

`Rabbi, we know that Thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles (signs) that Thou

doest, except God be with Him' (3:2).

`Then ... when they had seen the miracle (sign) ... said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the

world' (6:14).

`Many of the people believed on Him, and said, When Christ (the Messiah) cometh, will He do more miracles

(signs) than these which this man hath done?' (7:31).

The last three references before the end of the public witness are sad in their revelation of the open-eyed denials

of the rulers of Israel:

`Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many

miracles (signs). If we let Him thus alone, all men will believe on Him ... then from that day forth they took

counsel together for to put Him to death' (11:47-53).

`For this cause the people also met Him, for that they heard that He had done this miracle (sign). The Pharisees

therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after

Him'(12:18,19).

`But though He had done so many miracles (signs) before them, YET THEY BELIEVED NOT ON HIM' (12:37).

Then follows the quotation from Isaiah 6, a passage of crisis and national rejection here as in Matthew 13 and

Acts 28.

In accordance with the purpose for which they are recorded, these eight signs are linked up very intimately with

the whole book, while the record is divided into compartments that emphasize the lessons for us in a graphic

manner. Before the first sign is recorded comes the wonderful introduction of chapter 1. Its testimony that Jesus is

the Christ, the Son of God, is as unique as it is emphatic. We believe the true reading of John 1:13 to be, `Who was