The Function of the Narrator’s Christological Notes in the Gospel of John

Abstract

In this article, we want to show the importance of the Christological
notes of the narrator for the adequate understanding of the Gospel of
John, both as a whole, as in its different parts and concrete pericope. After
defining what is considered a note of the narrator, three notes are studied
in particular (Jn 1,17-18; 12,41; 20,30-31), that by the place they occupy in
the narrative give a certain structure: that of an ancient life. To confirm thishypothesis, briefly describes the role played by the narrator’s notes, in the different parts of the fourth gospel, as a guide for reading and interpretation for the reader. In this way, we can conclude that the author of the fourth Gospel adopted, like the Synoptics, the literary genre of ancient life to preserve and transmit the memory of Jesus.