John for Everyone: Chapters 1-10 (For Everyone)

For those unfamiliar with Wright's "______ for Everyone" series, they are a series of commentaries on the New Testament books by Bishop Wright based on his extensive historical scholarship. He provides his own translation (based on his study of the source languages) which is a very engaging paraphrase. The text is divided up into chronological topic-based segments, followed by a 2-3 page sermonette/commentary based on that... Read Full Review

John for Everyone is the perfect "middle" resource for those wanting to dive deeper into this amazing Gospel without drowning in a seminary text. Tom Wright does a great job of opening up the background and setting of John as well as carrying the important themes of the Gospel straight through by reminding the reader of important events. By using story and analogy, Wright draws parallels that help modern readers make the connections... Read Full Review

Tom Wright has written a very simple and easy to read book on the first 10 chapters of the Gospel of John. The Everyone tile is for real, because anyone who can read can get great scholarly interpretion without any technical language. Wright provides his own translation, which when this series is done, needs to become "The Wright New Testament." After the translation comes a little story or an anecdote that leads you into... Read Full Review

I very much like Bishop Tom Wright's commentary on the Gospel of John. His treatment of the text is consistently insightful and especially accessible to lay people. I would have given it 5 stars if the commentary was a bit richer academically. My lay people love it.

One of the best from Tom Wright's "Everyone" New Testament series.