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Marriage. This interpretation makes sense of John's marriage theme. The creation of Eve is the first marriage in scripture and in John allusions to marriage appear every time Jesus engages a woman. At the wedding of Cana (2:1-14), John casts Jesus as the bridegroom and later echoes a betrothal type scene (Genesis 24) in Jesus conversation with the woman by the well. John again echoes the Genesis betrothal type scene (Genesis 29) in Jesus encounter with Mary and Martha outside the tomb of Lazarus and makes allusion to Song of Solomon 1:12 in John 12:3 and context. John again alludes to the Song of Solomon (3:1-4) in his depiction Mary's encounter with the resurrected Jesus in the garden (John 20:1-17).

Oneness. This theme makes sense of John's theme of oneness. The creation of Eve ends with man saying, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man.” That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh." "One flesh." The emphasis upon oneness between the Father and Jesus and Jesus and believers is stressed repeated throughout the gospel of John.

Marriage. This interpretation makes sense of John's marriage theme. The creation of Eve is the first marriage in scripture and in John allusions to marriage appear every time Jesus engages a woman. At the wedding of Cana (2:1-14), John casts Jesus as the bridegroom and later echoes a betrothal type scene (Genesis 24) in Jesus conversation with the woman by the well. John again echoes the Genesis betrothal type scene (Genesis 29) in Jesus encounter with Mary and Martha outside the tomb of Lazarus and makes allusion to Song of Solomon 1:12 in John 12:3 and context. John again alludes to the Song of Solomon (3:1-4) in his depiction Mary's encounter with the resurrected Jesus in the garden (John 20:1-17).

Oneness. This theme makes sense of John's theme of oneness. The creation of Eve ends with man saying, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man.” That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh." "One flesh." The emphasis upon oneness between the Father and Jesus and Jesus and believers is stressed repeated throughout the gospel of John.

Marriage. This interpretation makes sense of John's marriage theme. The creation of Eve is the first marriage in scripture and in John allusions to marriage appear every time Jesus engages a woman. At the wedding of Cana (2:1-14), John casts Jesus as the bridegroom and later echoes a betrothal type scene (Genesis 24) in Jesus conversation with the woman by the well. John again echoes the Genesis betrothal type scene (Genesis 29) in Jesus encounter with Mary and Martha outside the tomb of Lazarus and makes allusion to Song of Solomon 1:12 in John 12:3 and context. John again alludes to the Song of Solomon (3:1-4) in his depiction Mary's encounter with the resurrected Jesus in the garden (John 20:1-17).

Oneness. This theme makes sense of John's theme of oneness. The creation of Eve ends with man saying, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man.” That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh." "One flesh." The emphasis upon oneness between the Father and Jesus and Jesus and believers is stressed repeated throughout the gospel of John.

Marriage. This interpretation makes sense of John's marriage theme. The creation of Eve is the first marriage in scripture and in John allusions to marriage appear every time Jesus engages a woman. At the wedding of Cana (2:1-14), John casts Jesus as the bridegroom and later echoes a betrothal type scene (Genesis 24) in Jesus conversation with the woman by the well. John again echoes the Genesis betrothal type scene (Genesis 29) in Jesus encounter with Mary and Martha outside the tomb of Lazarus and makes allusion to Song of Solomon 1:12 in John 12:3 and context. John again alludes to the Song of Solomon (3:1-4) in his depiction Mary's encounter with the resurrected Jesus in the garden (John 20:1-17).

Oneness. This theme makes sense of John's theme of oneness. The creation of Eve ends with man saying, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man.” That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh." "One flesh." The emphasis upon oneness between the Father and Jesus and Jesus and believers is stressed repeated throughout the gospel of John.

New Creation. As a significant reference to creation this interpretation matches John's numerous allusions to Genesis' creation account. A new creation theme begins with John's opening allusion to Genesis 1:1 (“in the beginning”). John ascribes the creation of all things to the Word/Jesus (1:3) (1:14) and so declares that what came into being through Jesus was a new creation – a new beginning. As the author of creation, Jesus is the source of life and light (John 1;4, Gen. 1:3). And in the gospel we see Jesus offering life light to the man born blind in chapter 9 and life to dead man Lazarus in chapter 11. Jesus' Sabbath "work" is also tied to the creation narrative. When people object in John 5 to Jesus’ healing on the same day God rested from creation, Jesus responds, “My Father is working until now, and I am working.” (5:17). Jesus implies that neither the Father nor himself has ever stopped working. For Jesus, in John, there is yet to be a completion to the creation week. That is until Jesus declares “It is finished," echoing the completion of creation in John 19:30 (Compare John 19:28-31 to Genesis 2:1-3). John also points to Genesis by calling the place where Jesus was arrested, crucified, buried and raised a "garden" and by depicting the disciples reception of the spirit with similarities to God "breathing into" Adam the breath of life.

New Birth. This interpretation makes sense of John's theme of new birth. The creation of Eve is the first birth recorded in scripture. The term "born again" comes from the gospel of John, when Jesus tells Nicodimus "no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again" (John 3:3). But that's the only place where the theme of new birth appears. It forms the pivot of John's 18 verse interoduction, "Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God." (John 1:12-13). And in John 16:21-22, Jesus compares his disciples expiernce of his crucifixion with a woman in labor. Indeed, it appears that John is depicting the flow of blood and water as a birth.

New Creation. As a significant reference to creation this interpretation matches John's numerous allusions to Genesis' creation account. A new creation theme begins with John's opening allusion to Genesis 1:1 (“in the beginning”). John ascribes the creation of all things to the Word/Jesus (1:3) (1:14) and so declares that what came into being through Jesus was a new creation – a new beginning. As the author of creation, Jesus is the source of life and light (John 1;4, Gen. 1:3). And in the gospel we see Jesus offering life light to the man born blind in chapter 9 and life to dead man Lazarus in chapter 11. Jesus' Sabbath "work" is also tied to the creation narrative. When people object in John 5 to Jesus’ healing on the same day God rested from creation, Jesus responds, “My Father is working until now, and I am working.” (5:17). Jesus implies that neither the Father nor himself has ever stopped working. For Jesus, in John, there is yet to be a completion to the creation week. That is until Jesus declares “It is finished," echoing the completion of creation in John 19:30 (Compare John 19:28-31 to Genesis 2:1-3). John also points to Genesis by calling the place where Jesus was arrested, crucified, buried and raised a "garden" and by depicting the disciples reception of the spirit with similarities to God "breathing into" Adam the breath of life.

New Birth. This interpretation makes sense of John's theme of new birth. The creation of Eve is the first birth recorded in scripture. The term "born again" comes from the gospel of John, when Jesus tells Nicodimus "no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again" (John 3:3). But this isn't the only place where the theme of new birth appears. It forms the pivot of John's 18 verse interoduction, "Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God." (John 1:12-13). And in John 16:21-22, Jesus compares his disciples expiernce of his crucifixion with a woman in labor. Indeed, it appears that John is depicting the flow of blood and water as a birth.