Gospel of John: The Word He Used 98 Times (And the One He Refused)

He wrote one word 98 times — more than Matthew, Mark, and Luke combined. And the obvious noun version of that same word? He never used it once. Not in twenty-one chapters. Around the year 90 AD, in the city of Ephesus, the last living apostle sat down to write a fourth account of Jesus — knowing three already existed. So he left out almost everything they included. No manger. No Sermon on the Mount. No parables. No exorcisms. Roughly 90% of the Gospel of John exists nowhere else in the Bible. This study looks at WHY. We trace four deliberate choices John made in the original Greek — the verb "pisteuo" (believe) he used 98 times, the noun "pistis" (faith) he refused, the word "semeion" (sign) he picked over "dunamis" (mighty work), and the seven "I am" sayings that build to "ego eimi" — the moment the crowd reached for stones. By the end, you'll see the Gospel of John not as a retelling, but as a single argument, built brick by brick, aimed at one question: not "Do you understand this?" but "Are you believing — right now?" ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 — The Last Man Who Walked With Jesus 1:35 — 90% You Won't Find Anywhere Else 3:25 — Who Actually Wrote This Gospel 5:20 — The One Sentence Where John States His Purpose 6:55 — In the Beginning Was the Logos 8:50 — The Word Became Flesh 10:20 — Signs, Not Miracles (Semeion vs Dunamis) 11:55 — The Seven Signs, In Order 13:50 — Why the Signs Divided Everyone 15:25 — The Conversations Nobody Else Recorded 17:50 — The Seven "I Am" Statements 19:20 — Before Abraham Was, I Am 20:55 — The Word He Used 98 Times 22:35 — The One Word He Refused 23:35 — The Disciple Whom Jesus Loved 24:35 — God on His Knees 25:30 — What John Is Really Asking You 📖 If you want to study along, the key passages are John 1:1–14, John 8:58, John 20:30–31, the seven signs (chapters 2, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11), and the seven "I am" sayings (6:35, 8:12, 10:7, 10:11, 11:25, 14:6, 15:1). 💬 Of all seven "I am" sayings — the bread, the light, the door, the shepherd, the resurrection, the way, the vine — which one hits you hardest? Tell me in the comments. 🔔 Subscribe for weekly studies that read Scripture through the original Hebrew and Greek. #GospelOfJohn #BibleStudy #Jesus #BibleExplained #NewTestament