John’s Book of Signs: Before the Hour (John 2-12)

J 4 Sign 1 — The Water to Wine at a Wedding in Cana (John 2:1-12; Aland # 22-23)

2 Baruch 29:5

1 Enoch 10:19

Tobit 11:19

m Betsah 2:3

J 5 The Cleansing of the Temple and an Allusion to Resurrection, the Great Sign (John 2:13-25; Aland # 24-26)

b Shebuoth 36a

b Sanhedrin 38b

m Bekhorot 8:7

Shekalim 7:2

Benediction 14 of the Shemoneh Esreh

4Qflor

Mekilta on Exodus 16:32 [Tractate Vayassa’ 6 lines 60-64]

J 6 What Do the Signs Show? Jesus and Nicodemus (John 3:1-21)

1QS 6:6-8

Jubilees 1:23-25

1QS 4:19-21

J 7 Jesus and John the Baptist- The Bridegroom, the Christ, The One from Above Must Increase (John 3:22-36; Aland # 28-29)

1 Maccabees 9:39

Midrash Rabbah on Leviticus 15:2

J 8 Jesus and the Samaritan Woman- Worship in Spirit and Truth (John 4:1-42; Aland # 30-31)

Josephus, Antiquities 20.118

Josephus, War 2.232; Life 269).

m. Niddah 4.1

Pirke Aboth 1.5

m Sotah 3.4

Shebiith 8.10

Judg 14:6, 19; 15:14 LXX

1 Kgdms 10:2, 10 LXX (= 1 Sam 10:6, 10)

Isa 35:6 LXX

J 9 A Second Galilean Sign: The Healing of a Royal Official’s Son (John 4:43-54; Aland # 32, 85)

Josephus, War 1.45

Josephus, Life 72, 400-01

J 10 A Controversial Sabbath Healing in Jerusalem (John 5:1-18; Aland # 140-141a)

m Shabbat 7.2

m Shabbat 10.5

Legum Allegoriae I 5-6

Exodus Rabbah 30.6

J 11 The Discourse Defending the Sabbath Healing- “The Son Does Nothing of His Own Accord” (John 5:19-47; Aland #141b)

b Taanith 2^b

Shemoneh Esreh, blessing no. 2

Sirach 48:1

b Shabbat 116^b

Pirke Aboth 2.7

Baruch 4:1-2

J 12 The Feeding of the Five Thousand (John 6:1-15; Aland # 146)

Josephus, Jewish War 3.57; 4.456

Gen 37:30 LXX

2 Kngs 4:12, 14, 25 LXX= 2 Kings 4 Eng

Tobit 6

Philo, De Specialibus Legibus 3.57

1 Enoch 62:14

J 13 Jesus Walks on the Water (John 6:16-21; Aland # 147)

Midrash Mekilta on Exodus describing nation as it passes through Red Sea

J 14 The Bread of Life Come Down from Above Discourse (John 6:22-59; Aland # 148-49)

2 Baruch 29:8

Sibylline Oracles 3.49

Rabbah 1.9

Sirach 24:21

J 15 Reaction to the Discourse: The Offense and the Confession (John 6:60-71; Aland #157-58)

Aboth 6.7

Midrash Mekilta on Exod 15:26

J 16 Jesus Goes from Galilee to Jerusalem (John 7:1-13; Aland # 238-39)

Josephus, Antiquities 8.100

m Ma’as 3.7

m Bikk 1.6, 10

m Shek 3.1; 6.3

J 17 Jesus Teaches in the Temple to Mixed Reaction (John 7:14-52; Aland # 240-41)

m Shab 18.3

m Shab 19.1-2

m Ned 3.11

1 Enoch 48:6

2 Baruch 29:3

4 Ezra 7:28; 13:51-52

Justin Martyr, Dialogue with Trypho 8.7

m Sukk 4.9

Exodus Rabbah 21.3

b Sukk 27^b

[18 The Woman Caught in Adultery (John 7:53—8:11; Aland # 242)]

Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History 3.39.16

Apostolic Constitutions 2.24 (= Syriac Didascalia 7)

b B. Mes 91^a

Susanna 36-40

m Sanhedrin 7.4

J 18 The Dispute Deepens as Jesus Claims To Be The Light of the World, the Truth and Abraham’s Superior (John 8:12-59; Aland # 243-47)

m Shekalim 2.1; 6.1, 5

m Sukkah 5.1-4

Wisdom 18:3-4

1QS 2:3; 3:7, 20-21

m Pirke Aboth 4.8

Josephus, War 7.323

b Sanh 128^a

Genesis Rabbah 44 (28^a)

Mekilta Exodus on 20:18 (78^b)

J 19 Healing of the Man Born Blind- Jesus, the Light of the World (John 9:1-41; Aland # 248)

b Sanh 55^a

Ruth Rabbah 6.4

m Shab 7.2; 24.3

m Shab 14.4

m Sanhedrin 10.1

b Abodah Zarah 28^b

m Ta’an 3.8

m Ned 1.1

m ‘Eduy 5.6

m Midd 2.2

J 20 Jesus, the Good Shepherd with a New Flock (John 10:1-21; Aland # 249-250)

m B Mes 7.9

J 21 Jesus Declares His Unity with the Farther at the Feast of Dedication (John 10:22-42; Aland # 257-58)

1 Macc 4:52-59

J 22 Jesus Shows His Power over Life: the Raising of Lazarus and the Jewish Reaction (John 11:1-54; Aland # 259-260)

Levitucus Rabbah 18.1

Ecclesiastes Rabbah 12.6

m Yebamot 16.3

m Ketuboth 4.4

m Bikk 2.2

2 Macc 5:19

Josephus, Jewish War 2.166

Josephus, Antiquities 11.327

Josephus, Antiquities 13.299

b Sota 12^b

b Baba Bathra 199^b

Midrash Ps 90 4

Josephus, Jewish War 4.551

J 23 The Anointing at Bethany and Opposition Near Passover Time (John 11:55-12:11; Aland # 261, 267-68)

Josephus, Jewish War 1.229

Ecclesiasticus Rabbah 7.1.1

J 24 Jesus Enters Jerusalem at Passover (John 12:12-19; Aland # 269)

1 Maccabees 13:51

1 Macc 13:51

2 Macc 10:7

J 25 The Son of Man To Be Lifted Up Issues an Explanation and a Warning (John 12:12-50; Aland # 302-304)

1 Enoch 49:1; 62:14

Psalms of Solomon 17–18

4 Ezra 7:28-29

Targum to Isaiah 6:1, 4