(i) In John's gospel events within the shared traditions are often presented differently, with different emphases or detail and sometimes in a different order.

(ii) The Messiahship of Jesus is presented openly right from the beginning of the gospel, in contrast to Mark's Messianic secret. Jesus is declared to be the Messiah twenty one times in John's gospel.

(iii) The teaching of Jesus is given a different kind of presentation characterized by discourses which sometimes develop from an incident during which a saying of Jesus is not understood by those present, which then leads to Jesus speaking at greater length. There are also sayings of Jesus and brief parables (3 :29, 3 :8, 4 :35-38, 10: 1-5, 11 :9-11, 12 :24, 15: 1-2 are examples), and the use of allegory.

(iv) There are more indications of time in John's gospel than in the gospel of Mark and it is possible to calculate that the ministry of Jesus lasted for about three years.

(v) The ministry of Jesus takes place not only in northern Palestine but also in Judaea and Jerusalem; according to John, Jesus went to Jerusalem several times before his final Messianic entry into the city.

(iv) There is a different approach to God's judgement in John's gospel (3:18-19,5:22-24,12:48,16:6-11) and no apocalyptic passages such as we find in Mark 13.

(vii) The Kingdom of God is referred to only once in John's gospel (3 :3) but instead the phrase 'eternal life' or 'life' is used and clearly means the same (compare Mark 10:17 and 23).

(viii) There is a different presentation of the miracles of Jesus. Seven 'signs' are selected which witness to who Jesus is and lead to belief in him by those who recognize him as Messiah. However, the miracles of Mark's gospel and the signs of John's gospel are both understood by each writer as being an essential part of God's saving activity in Jesus Christ. Some of the signs of John's gospel are essentially related to discourses which follow on from them.

(ix) John mentions people not referred to by Mark, and vice versa.

(x) There is no mention in John's gospel of the Temptations, the Trans-figuration, the preaching mission of the Twelve, the Gentiles, or exor¬cisms of demons by Jesus.

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