Includes bibliographical references and index

1 St. John's gospel today -- 2 The language of St John -- 3 The background of St John -- 4 The gospel tradition of St John -- 5 The topography of St John -- 6 The course of the ministry in St John -- 7 The miracles in St. John -- 8 The parables of St John's Gospel -- I The bridegroom and the best man -- 2 The night wind -- 3 The harvest -- 4 The apprenticed son -- 5 Slave and son -- 6 The course of the ministry -- I The pre-Galilean ministry -- II. The post-Galilean ministry -- 7 the miracles in St. John -- 8 The parables of St John's Gospel -- 1. The bridegroom and the best man -- 2. The night wing -- 3 The harvest -- 4 The apprenticed son -- 5 Slave and son -- 6 The shepherd -- 7 The benighted traveller -- 8 the journeyer at sunset -- 9 The grain of wheat -- 10 The woman in labour -- 11 The true vine -- 13 The footwashing -- 9 The sayings of Jesus in St John -- 10 The authority and abiding relevance of John's gospel