Does the Gospel of John show a Jesus who promotes hatred against Jews?
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In the Gospel of John, the term "Jews" appears significantly more often than in the Synoptic Gospels — 66 times in John compared to 5 in Matthew, 6 in Mark, and 4 in Luke.
In the Gospel of John, there are about 31 verses in which Jews are portrayed in a negative light, such as in John 8:42-56:
> 42 Jesus said unto them, **If God were your Father**, ye would love
> me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself,
> but he sent me.
>
> 43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my
> word.
>
> 44 **Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye
> will do.** He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the
> truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he
> speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
>
> 45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
>
> 46 Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do
> ye not believe me?
>
> 47 He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not,
> because **ye are not of God**.
>
> 48 Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that
> thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?
>
> 49 Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and
> **ye do dishonour me**.
>
> 50 And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and
> judgeth.
>
> 51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall
> never see death.
>
> 52 Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil.
> Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my
> saying, he shall never taste of death.
>
> 53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the
> prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?
>
> 54 Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my
> Father that honoureth me; **of whom ye say, that he is your God: 55
> Yet ye have not known him;** but I know him: and if I should say, I
> know him not, I shall be a **liar like unto you**: but I know him, and
> keep his saying.
>
> 56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was
> glad.
The occurrences are detailed below:
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Matthew
1) Matthew 2:2
2) Matthew 27:11
3) Matthew 27:29
4) Matthew 27:37
5) Matthew 28:15
Mark
1) Mark 7:3
2) Mark 15:2
3) Mark 15:9
4) Mark 15:12
5) Mark 15:18
6) Mark 15:26
Luke
1) Luke 7:3
2) Luke 23:3
3) Luke 23:37
4) Luke 23:38
John
Note: Negative verses are reproduced
1) John 1:19
2) John 2:6
3) John 2:13
4) John 2:18
5) John 2:20
6) John 3:1
7) John 3:25
8) John 4:9
9) John 4:22
10) John 5:1
11) John 5:10
12) John 5:15
13-n1) John 5:16 "And therefore did **the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him**, because he had done these things on the sabbath day"
14-n2) John 5:18 "Therefore **the Jews sought the more to kill him**, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God."
15) John 6:4
16-n3) John 6:41 "**The Jews then murmured at him**, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven."
17) John 6:52
18-n4) John 7:1 "After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because **the Jews sought to kill him**."
19) John 7:2
20) John 7:11
21-n5) John 7:13 "Howbeit **no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.**"
22) John 7:15
23) John 7:35
24) John 8:22
25) John 8:31
26-n6-n11) John 8:42-48 "Jesus said unto them, **If God were your Father**, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
**Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do.** He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
And because I tell you the truth, **ye believe me not**.
Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, **why do ye not believe me?**
He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because **ye are not of God**.
Then **answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?**"
27-n12) John 8:52 "**Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil.** Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death."
28-n13) John 8:57-59 "Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
**Then took they up stones to cast at him**: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by."
29-n14) John 9:18 "**But the Jews did not believe concerning him**, that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight."
30-n15) John 9:22 " These words spake his parents, **because they feared the Jew: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue**."
31) John 10:19
32) John 10:24
33-n16) John 10:31 "Then **the Jews took up stones again to stone him**."
34-n17) John 10:33 " **The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy**; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God."
35-n18) John 11:8 "His disciples say unto him, Master, **the Jews of late sought to stone thee**; and goest thou thither again?"
36) John 11:19
37) John 11:31
38) John 11:33
39) John 11:36
40) John 11:45
41-n19) John 11:53-54 " **Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.
Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews**; but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples."
42) John 11:55
43) John 12:9
44) John 12:11
45) John 13:33
46-n20) John 18:12 "**Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him**,"
47-n21) John 18:14 "Now Caiaphas was he, **which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people**."
48) John 18:20
49-n22) John 18:31 "Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. **The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death**:"
50) John 18:33
51-n23) John 18:35 "Pilate answered, **Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me**: what hast thou done?"
52-n24) John 18:36 "Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, **then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews**: but now is my kingdom not from hence."
53-54-n25) John 18:38-40 "Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, **he went out again unto the Jews**, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all.
But ye have a custom, that **I should release unto you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews?**
**Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas**. Now Barabbas was a robber."
55) John 19:3
56-n26) John 19:7 "**The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die**, because he made himself the Son of God."
57-n27) John 19:12 "And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: **but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend**: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar."
58) John 19:14
59) John 19:19
60) John 19:20
61-n28) John 19:21 "**Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews**."
62-n29) John 19:31 "**The Jews therefore**, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) **besought Pilate that their legs might be broken**, and that they might be taken away."
63-n30) John 19:38 "**And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews**, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus."
64) John 19:40
65) John 19:42
66-n31) John 20:19 Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when **the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews**, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
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