Keywords
Jesus's courtroom, John, New Testament, divine judgment
Abstract
John Gee gives us a sketch of the divine judgment as presented in the gospel of John. “In John’s gospel, the individual is the defendant; Jesus is the judge; the devil is the prosecuting attorney; and the Holy Ghost is the defense attorney.” Somewhat surprisingly, this model “fits more closely the Roman model of judgment than the Jewish one.” He concludes with a lesson for the reader: “Since all will have to stand before the judgment bar, all of us will need to heed the counsel of our defense attorney.”
Recommended Citation
Gee, John
(2020)
"Jesus’s Courtroom in John,"
Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship: Vol. 39, Article 16.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/interpreter/vol39/iss1/16
