References and Abbreviations

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, The Enhanced Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon (Clarendon Press: Oxford, 1906)

Beasley-
Murray, John

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

Brown, John

Raymond E. Brown, The Gospel According to John (Anchor Bible; Doubleday, 1966), 2 volumes

Bruce, Peter

F. F. Bruce, Peter, Stephen, James, and John: Studies in Non-Pauline Christianity (Eerdmans, 1979)

Catholic
Encyclopedia

The Catholic Encyclopedia (Robert Appleton Company / The Encyclopedia Press, Inc., 1905-1914)

ESV

English Standard Version (Crossway Bibles, 2001)

Carson, John

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

France,
Matthew

R. T. France, The Gospel of Matthew (New International Commentary of the New Testament; Eerdmans, 2007),

Green,
Luke

Joel B. Green, The Gospel of Luke (New International Commentary on the New Testament; Eerdmans, 1997)

Grudem,
1 Peter

Wayne A. Grudem, 1 Peter: An Introduction and Commentary (Tyndale New Testament Commentary; Eerdmans, 1988)

ISBE

Geoffrey W. Bromiley (general editor), The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, (Eerdmans, 1979-1988; fully revised from the 1915 edition)

KJV

King James Version (1611)

Ladd, Theology

George Eldon Ladd, A Theology of the New Testament (Eerdmans, 1974)

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 on the New Testament; Eerdmans, 1971)

NASB

New American Standard Bible (Lockman Foundation, 1971, 1977)

NIV

New International Version (International Bible Society, 1973, 1978, 1983)

NRSV

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

Peter in NT

Raymond E. Brown, Karl P. Donfried, and John Reumann (eds.), Peter in the New Testament (Augsburg/Paulist, 1973)

Robertson, Word Pictures

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (Broadman Press, 1930, 6 volumes)

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 (reprint of Harper & Brothers 1889 edition).

Parallels

Burton H. Throckmorton, Jr., Gospel Parallels: A Synopsis of the First Three Gospels (Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1957)

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