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Gospel According to John in ASLGospel According to JohninAmerican Sign LanguageTranslated from theNew Living Translationand written inAmerican Sign Languageby Nancy RomeroASL Editor: Lucinda O’Grady BatchChapters 1-7 of 21

Gospel According to John in ASLA SignWriting BookGospel According to Johnin American Sign LanguageRomero Translation, SignWriting Level 4Copyright 2007-2009 byby Center for Sutton Movement Writing, Inc.Second EditionISBN: 978-0-914336-47-1Translated from English to American Sign Language (ASL)by Nancy Romero, based on the New Living Translation (NLT)with permission by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.American Sign Language Editor: Lucinda O’Grady BatchThis book was written in SignWriting directly on the webusing SignPuddle Online software by Stephen E. Slevinski Jr.Visit SignPuddle Online: http://www.signbank.org/signpuddleThis book is a part of the SignWriting Literature Project:http://www.SignWriting.org/literatureAll publications in the SignWriting Literature Project arefree to use under the Creative Commons Attribution License . See http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/Read this book online, and download documents:www.SignWriting.org/library/bible/Gospel John.htmlThanks to Tyndale Publishing for permission to use scripture quotations from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, Copyright 1996, 2004. Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Wheaton, Illinois, 60189. All Rights Reserved.The trademark New Living Translation is a registeredtrademark belonging to Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.A special thanks to the Claire Giannini Fund for sponsoring the development of this book in 2007-2008.Much appreciation to the Maranatha Chapel for the donation of a printer to help us with our work. Thank you!!Published by:The SignWriting Presshttp://www.SignWriting.org/shopCenter for Sutton Movement Writing, Inc.an educational 501c3 non-profit organizationP.O. Box 517 La Jolla CA 92038-0517 USASignWriting.org SignBank.org SignPuddle.orgEmail: sutton@signwriting.org Tel 858-456-0098ii

Table of ContentsChapter 1 v1-3.2Chapter 1 v3-5.3Chapter 1 v6-8.4Chapter 1 v8-10.5Chapter 1 v11-13.6Chapter 1 v13-14.7Chapter 1 v15-16.8Chapter 1 v16-18.9Chapter 1 v18-19.10Chapter 1 v20-22. 11Chapter 1 v22-23.12Chapter 1 v24-26.13Chapter 1 v26-27.14Chapter 1 v28-29.15Chapter 1 v30-31.16Chapter 1 v32-33.17Chapter 1 v33-35.18Chapter 1 v36-38.19Chapter 1 v38-39.20Chapter 1 v40-41.21Chapter 1 v42-43.22Chapter 1 v43-45.23Chapter 1 v45-46.24Chapter 1 v47-48.25Chapter 1 v48-50.26Chapter 1 v50-51.27Chapter 2 v1-3.28Chapter 2 v3-5.29Chapter 2 v5-6.30Chapter 2 v7-8.31Chapter 2 v9-10.32Chapter 2 v10-12.33Chapter 2 v12-14.34Chapter 2 v14-15.35Chapter 2 v15-17.36Chapter 2 v17-19.37Chapter 2 v19-21.38Chapter 2 v21-23.39Chapter 2 v23-25.40Chapter 3 v1-2.41Chapter 3 v2-4.42Chapter 3 v4-6.43Chapter 3 v6-8.44Chapter 3 v9-11.45Chapter 3 v11-13.46Chapter 3 v13-14.47Chapter 3 v15-16.48Chapter 3 v16-18.49iiiGospel According to John in ASLChapter 3 v18-19.50Chapter 3 v20-21.51Chapter 3 v22-23.52Chapter 3 v23-25.53Chapter 3 v26-27.54Chapter 3 v27-29.55Chapter 3 v29-31.56Chapter 3 v31-32.57Chapter 3 v33-34.58Chapter 3 v35-36.59Chapter 3 v36.60Chapter 4 v1.60Chapter 4 v2-5.61Chapter 4 v5-7.62Chapter 4 v7-9.63Chapter 4 v9-10.64Chapter 4 v11-12.65Chapter 4 v12-13.66Chapter 4 v14-15.67Chapter 4 v16-18.68Chapter 4 v18-20.69Chapter 4 v20-22.70Chapter 4 v22-23.71Chapter 4 v23-25.72Chapter 4 v25-27.73Chapter 4 v27-29.74Chapter 4 v29-31.75Chapter 4 v32-34.76Chapter 4 v34-35.77Chapter 4 v36-37.78Chapter 4 v37-39.79Chapter 4 v39-40.80Chapter 4 v41-42.81Chapter 4 v43-45.82Chapter 4 v45-46.83Chapter 4 v46-47.84Chapter 4 v48-49.85Chapter 4 v50-51.86Chapter 4 v52-53.87Chapter 4 v53-54.88Chapter 5 v1.88Chapter 5 v1-3.89Chapter 5 v3-6.90Chapter 5 v7-8.91Chapter 5 v9-10.92Chapter 5 v10-11.93Chapter 5 v12-14.94Chapter 5 v14-16.95

Gospel According to John in ASLTable of ContentsChapter 5 v16-18.96Chapter 5 v18-19.97Chapter 5 v19-20.98Chapter 5 v20-22.99Chapter 5 v22-23.100Chapter 5 v24.101Chapter 5 v25-26.102Chapter 5 v26-28.103Chapter 5 v28-30.104Chapter 5 v30-32.105Chapter 5 v32-34.106Chapter 5 v34-36.107Chapter 5 v36-37.108Chapter 5 v37-39.109Chapter 5 v39-42. 110Chapter 5 v42-44. 111Chapter 5 v44-46. 112Chapter 5 v46-47. 113Chapter 6 v1. 113Chapter 6 v1-2. 114Chapter 6 v3-5. 115Chapter 6 v5-7. 116Chapter 6 v8-9. 117Chapter 6 v10-11. 118Chapter 6 v12-13. 119Chapter 6 v14-15.120Chapter 6 v16-17.121Chapter 6 v18-20.122Chapter 6 v20-22.123Chapter 6 v22-23.124Chapter 6 v24-25.125Chapter 6 v26-27.126Chapter 6 v27-29.127Chapter 6 v29-31.128Chapter 6 v31-32.129Chapter 6 v32-34.130Chapter 6 v35-36.131Chapter 6 v37-38.132Chapter 6 v39-40.133Chapter 6 v40-41.134Chapter 6 v42-43.135Chapter 6 v43-45.136Chapter 6 v45-47.137Chapter 6 v47-49.138Chapter 6 v50-51.139Chapter 6 v51-52.140Chapter 6 v53-54.141Chapter 6 v54-56.142Chapter 6 v56-57.143Chapter 6 v58.144Chapter 6 v59-60.145Chapter 6 v61-62.146Chapter 6 v63-64.147Chapter 6 v64-65.148Chapter 6 v66-68.149Chapter 6 v68-70.150Chapter 6 v71.151Chapter 7 v1.151Chapter 7 v2-4.152Chapter 7 v4-6.153Chapter 7 v7-8.154Chapter 7 v9-11.155Chapter 7 v11-12.156Chapter 7 v13-14.157Chapter 7 v15-16.158Chapter 7 v17-18.159Chapter 7 v18-20.160Chapter 7 v20-22.161Chapter 7 v22-23.162Chapter 7 v24-26.163Chapter 7 v26-28.164Chapter 7 v28-29.165Chapter 7 v30-31.166Chapter 7 v31-33.167Chapter 7 v33-35.168Chapter 7 v35-36.169Chapter 7 v36-38.170Chapter 7 v38-39.171Chapter 7 v40-41.172Chapter 7 v42-43.173Chapter 7 v44-45.174Chapter 7 v46-48.175Chapter 7 v48-50.176Chapter 7 v50-52.177Chapter 7 v52-53.178About This BookTranslation Team. Inside Back CoverWhat is SignWriting?Visit Us on the Web. Back Coveriv

Gospel According to John in ASLGospel According to John

Gospel According to John in ASLChapter 1 v1-31In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, andthe Word was God. 2 He existed in the beginning with God. 3 God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him. NLT

Chapter 1 v3-5 Gospel According to John in ASL4 The Word gave life to everything that was created, and his life brought light to everyone. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it. NLT

Gospel According to John in ASLChapter 1 v6-8God sent a man, John the Baptist, 7 to tell about the light so that everyone might believe because of his testimony.8 John himself wasnot the light; he was simply a witness to tell about the light. NLT6

Chapter 1 v8-10 Gospel According to John in ASL9 The one who is the true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.10 He came into the very world he created, but the world didn’t recognize him. NLT

Gospel According to John in ASLChapter 1 v11-13He came to his own people, and even they rejected him. 12 But to allwho believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God.13 They are reborn--not with a physical birth resulting from human passion or plan, but a birth that comes from God. NLT11

Chapter 1 v13-14So the Word became human and made his home amongus. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we haveseen his glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son. NLT14 Gospel According to John in ASL

Gospel According to John in ASLChapter 1 v15-16John testified about him when he shouted to the crowds, “This is theone I was talking about when I said, ‘Someone is coming after me who isfar greater than I am, for he existed long before me.” 16 From his abundance we have all received one gracious blessing after another.NLT15

Chapter 1 v16-18For the law was given through Moses, but God’s unfailing love and faithfulnesscame through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God. But the one and onlySon is himself God and is near to the Father’s heart. He has revealed God to us. NLT17 Gospel According to John in ASL

Gospel According to John in ASLChapter 1 v18-19This was John’s testimony when the Jewish leaders sent priests andTemple assistants from Jerusalem to ask John, “Who are you?” NLT1910

Chapter 1 v20-22He came right out and said, “I am not the Messiah.” 21 “Well then, who areyou?” they asked. “Are you Elijah?” “No,” he replied. “Are you the Prophet we are expecting?” “No.”22 “Then who are you? We need an answer for those who sent us. What do you have to say about yourself?” NLT2011Gospel According to John in ASL

Gospel According to John in ASL23ingChapter 1 v22-23John replied in the words of the prophet Isaiah: “I am a voice shoutin the wilderness, ‘Clear the way for the Lord’s coming!’” NLT12

Chapter 1 v24-26Then the Pharisees who had been sent 25 asked him, “If you aren’t the Messiahor Elijah or the Prophet, what right do you have to baptize?” 26 John told them, “Ibaptize with water, but right here in the crowd is someone you do not recognize.” NLT2413Gospel According to John in ASL

Gospel According to John in ASL27thy“Thoughhisministryto be his slave andChapter 1 v26-27followsmine,I’muntie the straps ofnothisevenworsandal.” NLT14

Chapter 1 v28-29This encounter took place in Bethany, an area east of the Jordan River,where John was baptizing. 29 The next day, John saw Jesus coming towardhim and said, “Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” NLT2815Gospel According to John in ASL

Gospel According to John in ASLChapter 1 v30-3130 “He is the one I was talking about when I said, ‘A man is coming after me who is fargreater than I am, for he existed long before me.’” 31 “I did not recognize him as the Messiah, but I have been baptizing with water so that he might be revealed to Israel.” NLT16

Chapter 1 v32-33Then John testified, “I saw the Holy Spirit descending like a dove from heaven and resting upon him.” 33 “I didn’t know he was the one, but when Godsent me to baptize with water, he told me, ‘The one on whom you see the HolySpirit descend and rest is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’” NLT3217Gospel According to John in ASL

Gospel According to John in ASL3435Chapter 1 v33-35“I saw this happen to Jesus, so I testify that he is the Chosen One of God.”The following day John was again standing with two of his disciples. NLT18

Chapter 1 v36-3836 As19Gospel According to John in ASLJesus walked by, John looked at him and declared, “Look! There is the Lambof God!” 37 When John’s two disciples heard this, they followed Jesus. 38 Jesuslooked around and saw them following. “What do you want?” he asked them.They replied, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?” NLT

Gospel According to John in ASLChapter 1 v38-39“Come and see,” he said. It was about four o’clock in the afternoon when they went with him to the place where he wasstaying, and they remained with him the rest of the day. NLT3920

Chapter 1 v40-41Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of these men who heard whatJohn said and then followed Jesus. 41 Andrew went to find his brother, Simon, and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which means “Christ”). NLT4021Gospel According to John in ASL

Gospel According to John in ASLChapter 1 v42-43Then Andrew brought Simon to meet Jesus. Looking intently at Simon, Jesus said, “Your name is Simon, son of John--but you will becalled Cephas” (which means “Peter”). 43 The next day Jesus decidedto go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Come, follow me.” NLT4222

Chapter 1 v43-45Philip was from Bethsaida, Andrew and Peter’s hometown. 45 Philip went tolook for Nathanael and told him, “We have found the very person Moses and theprophets wrote about! His name is Jesus, the son of Joseph from Nazareth.” NLT4423Gospel According to John in ASL

Gospel According to John in ASL46from“Nazareth!” exclaimed Nathanael.Nazareth?” “Come and see forChapter 1 v45-46“Can anything good comeyourself,” Philip replied. NLT24

Chapter 1 v47-48As they approached, Jesus said, “Now here is a genuine son of Israel--aman of complete integrity.” 48 “How do you know about me?” Nathanael asked.Jesus replied, “I could see you under the fig tree before Philip found you.” NLT4725Gospel According to John in ASL

Gospel According to John in ASLChapter 1 v48-50Then Nathanael exclaimed, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God--the King ofIsrael!” 50 Jesus asked him, “Do you believe this just because I told you Ihad seen you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than this.” NLT4926

Chapter 1 v50-51Then he said, “I tell you the truth, you will all see heaven open and the angels of God going up and down on the Son ofMan, the one who is the stairway between heaven and earth.” NLT5127Gospel According to John in ASL

Gospel According to John in ASLChapter 2 v1-32The next day there was a wedding celebration in the village ofCana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there,2 and Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the celebration. 3 The wine supply ran out during the festivities, so Jesus’ mother told him, “They have no more wine.” NLT28

Chapter 2 v3-529Gospel According to John in ASL“Dear woman, that’s not our problem,” Jesus replied. “My time has not yetcome.” 5 But his mother told the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” NLT4

Gospel According to John in ASLChapter 2 v5-6Standing nearby were six stone water jars, used for Jewish ceremonial washing. Each could hold twenty to thirty gallons. NLT630

Chapter 2 v7-8Jesus told the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” When the jars hadbeen filled,8 he said, “Now dip some out, and take it to the master of ceremonies.” So the servants followed his instructions. NLT731Gospel According to John in ASL

Gospel According to John in ASLChapter 2 v9-109 When the master of ceremonies tasted the water that was now wine, not knowing whereit had come from (though, of course, the servants knew), he called the bridegroom over.10 “A host always serves the best wine first,” he said. “Then, when everyone has had a lotto drink, he brings out the less expensive wine. But you have kept the best until now!” NLT32

Chapter 2 v10-12This miraculous sign at Cana in Galilee was the first time Jesus revealedhis glory. And his disciples believed in him. 12 After the wedding he went toCapernaum for a few days with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples. NLT1133Gospel According to John in ASL

Gospel According to John in ASLChapter 2 v12-14It was nearly time for the Jewish Passover celebration, so Jesus went to Jerusalem. 14 In the Temple area he saw merchants selling cattle, sheep, and dovesfor sacrifices; he also saw dealers at tables exchanging foreign money. NLT1334

Chapter 2 v14-15Jesus made a whip from some ropes and chased them all out ofthe Temple. He drove out the sheep and cattle, scattered the money changers’ coins over the floor, and turned over their tables. NLT1535Gospel According to John in ASL

Gospel According to John in ASLChapter 2 v15-1716 Then, going over to the people who sold doves, he told them, “Get these things out ofhere. Stop turning my Father’s house into a marketplace!” 17 Then his disciples remembered this prophecy from the Scriptures: “Passion for God’s house will consume me.” NLT36

Chapter 2 v17-19But the Jewish leaders demanded, “What are you doing? If God gave youauthority to do this, show us a miraculous sign to prove it.” 19 “All right,” Jesus replied. “Destroy this temple, and in three days, I will raise it up.” NLT1837Gospel According to John in ASL

Gospel According to John in ASLChapter 2 v19-2120 “What!” they exclaimed. “It has taken forty-six years to build this Temple, and you canrebuild it in three days?” 21 But when Jesus said “this temple,” he meant his own body. NLT38

Chapter 2 v21-2322 After39Gospel According to John in ASLhe was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered he had said this, andthey believed both the Scriptures and what Jesus had said. 23 Because of the miraculoussigns Jesus did in Jerusalem at the Passover celebration, many began to trust in him. NLT

Gospel According to John in ASL24ture.But25Chapter 2 v23-25Jesus didn’t trust them, because he knew human naNo one needed to tell him what mankind is really like. NLT40

Chapter 3 v1-2341Gospel According to John in ASLThere was a man named Nicodemous, a Jewish religious leader who was a Pharisee. 2 After dark one evening, he came to speakwith Jesus. “Rabbi,” he said, “we all know that God has sent you toteach us. Your miraculous signs are evidence that God is with you.” NLT

Gospel According to John in ASLChapter 3 v2-4Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, unless you are born again, you cannotsee the Kingdom of God.”. 4 “What do you mean?” exclaimed Nicodemus.“How can an old man go back into his mother’s womb and be born again?” NLT342

Chapter 3 v4-6Jesus replied, “I assure you, no one can enter the Kingdom of Godwithout being born of water and the Spirit.”6 “Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life.” NLT543Gospel According to John in ASL

Gospel According to John in ASLChapter 3 v6-8“So don’t be surprised when I say, ‘You must be born again.’” 8 “The wind blowswherever it wants. Just as you can hear the wind but can’t tell where it comes fromor where it is going, so you can’t explain how people are born of the Spirit.” NLT744

Chapter 3 v9-11“How are these things possible?” Nicodemus asked. 10 Jesus replied, “You are arespected Jewish teacher, and yet you don’t understand these things?” 11 “I assure you,we tell you what we know and have seen, and yet you won’t believe our testimony.” NLT945Gospel According to John in ASL

Gospel According to John in ASLChapter 3 v11-13“But if you don’t believe me when I tell you about earthly things, how can youpossibly believe if I tell you about heavenly things?” 13 “No one has ever goneto heaven and returned. But the Son of Man has come down from heaven.” NLT1246

Chapter 3 v13-141447theGospel According to John in ASL“And as Moses lifted up the bronze snakewilderness, so the Son of Man must beon a polelifted up,”inNLT

Gospel According to John in ASLChapter 3 v15-16“so that everyone who believes in him will have eternal life.” 16 “ForGod loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.” NLT1548

Chapter 3 v16-18“God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but tosave the world through him.” 18 “There is no judgment against anyone who believes in him. But anyone who does not believe in him has already been judged for not believing in God’s one and only Son.” NLT1749Gospel According to John in ASL

Gospel According to John in ASLChapter 3 v18-19“And the judgment is based on this fact: God’s light came into the world, butpeople loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil.” NLT1950

Chapter 3 v20-21“All who do evil hate the light and refuse to go near it for fear theirsins will be exposed.” 21 “But those who do what is right come tothe light so others can see that they are doing what God wants.” NLT2051Gospel According to John in ASL

Gospel According to John in ASLChapter 3 v22-23Then Jesus and his disciples left Jerusalem and went into the Judean countryside. Jesus spent some time with them there, baptizing people. 23 At thistime John the Baptist was baptizing at Aenon, near Salim, because therewas plenty of water there; and people kept coming to him for baptism. NLT2252

Chapter 3 v23-25(This was before John was thrown into prison.) 25 A debate broke out between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over ceremonial cleansing. NLT2453Gospel According to John in ASL

Gospel According to John in ASLChapter 3 v26-27So John’s disciples came to him and said, “Rabbi, the man you met on theother side of the Jordan River, the one you identified as the Messiah, is also baptizing people. And everybody is going to him instead of coming to us.” 27 Johnreplied, “No one can receive anything unless God gives it from heaven.” NLT2654

Chapter 3 v27-29“You yourselves know howah. I am only here to preparewho marries the bride, and theand hear his vows. Therefore,2855Gospel According to John in ASLplainly I told you, ‘I am not the Messithe way for him.’” 29 “It is the bridegroombest man is simply glad to stand with himI am filled with joy at his success.” NLT

Gospel According to John in ASLChapter 3 v29-31“He must become greater and greater, and I must become less and less.”“He has come from above and is greater than anyone else.We are of the earth, and we speak of earthly things, but hehas come from heaven and is greater than anyone else.” NLT303156

Chapter 3 v31-323257butGospel According to John in enandhetellsthem!”heard,NLT

Gospel According to John in ASLChapter 3 v33-34“Anyone who accepts his testimony can affirm that God is true.” 34 “For he is sentby God. He speaks God’s words, for God gives him the Spirit without limit.” NLT3358

Chapter 3 v35-36“The Father loves his Son and has put everything into his hands.”36 “And anyonewho believes in God’s Son has eternal life. Anyone who doesn’t obey the Sonwill never experience eternal life but remains under God’s angry judgment.” NLT3559Gospel According to John in ASL

Gospel According to John in ASL4Chapter 3 v36 - Chapter 4 v1Jesus knew the Pharisees had heard that he was baptizing and making moredisciples than John. NLT60

Chapter 4 v2-561Gospel According to John in ASL2 (though Jesus himself didn’t baptize them--his disciples did). 3 So he left Judea andreturned to Galilee. 4 He had to go through Samaria on the way. 5 Eventually he cameto the Samaritan village of Sychar, near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. NLT

Gospel According to John in ASLChapter 4 v5-7Jacob’s well was there; and Jesus, tired from the long walk, sat wearily beside the well about noontime. 7 Soon a Samaritan woman cameto draw water, and Jesus said to her, “Please give me a drink.” NLT662

Chapter 4 v7-9He was alone at the time because his disciples had gone into the village to buy some food. 9 The woman was surprised, for Jews refuse tohave anything to do with Samaritans. She said to Jesus, “You are a Jew,and I am a Samaritan woman. Why are you asking me for a drink?” NLT863Gospel According to John in ASL

Gospel According to John in ASLChapter 4 v9-10Jesus replied, “If you only knew the gift God has for you and who youare speaking to, you would ask me, and I would give you living water.” NLT1064

Chapter 4 v11-12“But sir, you don’t have a rope or a bucket,” she said, “and this well is verydeep. Where would you get this living water?” 12 “And besides, do you thinkyou’re greater than our ancestor Jacob, who gave us this well? How canyou offer better water than he and his sons and his animals enjoyed?”NLT1165Gospel According to John in ASL

Gospel According to John in ASL13Chapter 4 v12-13Jesus replied, “Anyone who drinks this water will soon become thirsty again.” NLT66

Chapter 4 v14-15“But those who drink the water I give will never be thirsty again. It becomes a fresh, bubbling spring within them, giving them eternal life.”15 “Please, sir,” the woman said, “give me this water! Then I’ll never be thirsty again, and I won’t have to come here to get water.” NLT1467Gospel According to John in ASL

Gospel According to John in ASLChapter 4 v16-18“Go and get your husband,” Jesus told her. 17 “I don’t have a husband,”the woman replied. Jesus said, “You’re right! You don’t have a husband--” 18 “--for you have had five husbands, and you aren’t even married to the man you’re living with now. You certainly spoke the truth!” NLT1668

Chapter 4 v18-20“Sir,” the woman said, “you must be a prophet.” 20 “So tell me, why is it thatyou Jews insist that Jerusalem is the only place of worship, while we Samaritans claim it is here at Mount Gerizim,

Gospel Accord ng to John n ASL Chapter 1 v6-8 6 God sent a man, John the Bapt st, 7 to tell about the l ght so that ev-eryone m ght bel eve because of h s test mony. 8 John h mself was not the l ght; he was s mply a w tness to tell about the l ght. NLT