References and Abbreviations


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Beasley-Murray --  George R. Beasley-Murray, John (Word Biblical Commentary 36; Word, 1987)

BDAG -- Walter Bauer and Frederick William Danker, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (Third Edition; based on previous English editions by W.F. Arndt, F.W. Gingrich, and F.W. Danker; University of Chicago Press, 1957, 1979, 2000)

BDB -- Francis Brown, S.R. Driver, and Charles A. Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (Clarendon Press, 1907)

Brown, John -- Raymond E. Brown, The Gospel According to John (Anchor Bible; Doubleday; Part 1, John I-XII, 1966; Part 2, John XIII-XXII)

Carson, John -- D. A. Carson, The Gospel According to John (Pillar New Testament Commentary; Eerdmans, 1991)

ESV -- English Standard Version (Crossway, 2001)

Grudem -- Wayne Grudem, Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine (Zondervan, 1994, 2000)

KJV -- King James Version

Marshall, Luke -- I. Howard Marshall, Commentary on Luke (New International Greek Testament Commentary; Eerdmans, 1978)

Morris, John -- Leon Morris, The Gospel According to John (New International Commentary of the New Testament; Eerdmans, 1971)

NASB -- New American Standard Bible (The Lockman Foundation, 1977, 1995)

NIV -- New International Version (International Bible Society, 1973, 1978)

NJB -- New Jerusalem Bible (Darton, Longman & Todd Ltd., 1985)

NRSV -- New Revised Standard Version (Division of Christian Education, National Council of Churches of Christ USA, 1989)

TDNT -- Gerhard Kittel and Gerhard Friedrich (editors), Geoffrey W. Bromiley (translator and editor), Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (Eerdmans, 1964-1976; translated from Theologisches Wörterbuch zum Neuen Testament, ten-volume edition)

Thayer -- Joseph Henry Thayer, Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (reprinted from 1889 edition)

The Message -- Eugene H. Peterson (translator), The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language (NavPress, 2002).

TWOT -- Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, Jr., and Bruce K. Waltke, (editors), Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (2 volumes, Moody Press, 1980)

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