John begins with a poetic prologue (1:1-18) that many have dubbed the ... death and resurrection of Jesus in Ch. 13-20. Chapter 21 is like an addendum or afterword in which Jesus appears again ...

I think the main reasons are given in First Peter chapter 1 verses 18 through ... are saved by accepting Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior! (John 3:16, John 14:6).

If Matthew's Jesus resembles Moses and Luke's Jesus resembles a Greek philosopher or a semi-divine hero, John's Jesus resembles the Jewish ideal of heavenly Wisdom. Some Jewish works written ...