Glory not Dishonor: Reading John 13–21
Overview
Moloney’s literary-historical commentary offers a close reading of the final section of the Gospel of John, taking the reader on a journey through Jesus’ final night and his ministry’s climax in passion, death, and resurrection. Concluding his unique trilogy, Moloney shows how the reader is led on a journey of faith by the Gospel writer, culminating in the belief in Jesus the Christ and having life in his name, despite his absence.
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Top Highlights
“Jesus is the way to the Father because he is the truth and the life” (Page 36)
“To abide means to bear fruit and to live in the love of Jesus” (Page 57)
“As a result of the lifting up of Jesus on the cross, the Beloved Disciple and the mother of Jesus become one. The disciple leads the mother eis ta idia. The situation described in the prologue, where the Word came eis ta idia but was not received (ou parelabon), has now been reversed. Because of the cross, and from the moment of the cross, a new family of Jesus has been created. The mother of Jesus, a model of faith, and the disciple whom Jesus loved and held close to himself are one as the disciple accepts the mother (elaben … autēn).” (Page 145)
“The quality of their love for one another will mark them out as disciples of Jesus (13:35; see 15:8).” (Page 67)
“not to abide means to die and to be destroyed (see vv. 4b; 5b; 6).” (Page 57)
Francis J. Moloney is a senior professorial fellow of Australian Catholic University at its Melbourne campus, Australia, and member of the Department of Biblical Studies. He is also the former provincial superior of the Salesians of Don Bosco for Australia and the Pacific region and former Katharine Drexel Professor of Religious Studies and dean of the School of Theology at the Catholic University of America. Moloney is a fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, a member of the Order of Australia, and the author of more than 40 books.