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Score	Author	Title	Series	Year
100.010020	Carson, Donald A.	The Gospel According to John	PNTC	1990
82.610011	Köstenberger, Andreas J.	John [Plagiarism Acknowledged]	BECNT	2004
81.71007	Morris, Leon	The Gospel according to John	NICNT	1971
78.910010	Keener, Craig S.	The Gospel of John: A Commentary		2003
77.81008	Brown, Raymond E.	The Gospel of John	AYB	1966
77.21008	Ridderbos, Herman N.	The Gospel of John: A Theological Commentary		1997
76.81002	Beasley-Murray, George R.	John	WBC	1999
76.71002	Hendricksen, William	John	HK	2002
76.61003	Bruce, F. F.	The Gospel of John: Introduction, Exposition, Notes		1994
76.51003	Burge, Gary M.	John	NIVAC	2000
76.21001	Calvin, John	John	CCC	1994
75.81003	Barrett, Charles K.	The Gospel According to St. John: An Introduction With Commentary and Notes on the Greek Text		1978
75.71004	Kruse, Colin G.	John	TNTC	2004
75.51002	Borchert, Gerald L.	John	NAC	1996
74.91003	Thompson, Marianne Meye	John	NTL	2015
74.61001	Gangel, Kenneth O.	John	HNTC	2000
74.61001	MacArthur, John	John	MACNT	2006
74.61002	Mounce, Robert H.	John	REBC	2005
74.61003	Moloney, Francis J.	The Gospel of John	SP	1998
74.41004	Michaels, J. Ramsey	The Gospel of John	NICNT	2010
74.41001	Barnett, Paul	John the Shepherd King		2005
74.21002	Lincoln, Andrew T.	The Gospel According to St. John	BNTC	2005
73.81001	Newbigin, Lesslie	The Light Has Come: An Exposition of the Fourth Gospel		1982
73.81001	Neyrey, Jerome H.	The Gospel of John	NCBC	2006
73.81002	Culpepper, R. Alan	The Gospel and Letters of John	IBT	1998
73.71002	O'Day, Gail R.	John	NIB	1995
73.61001	Milne, Bruce	The Message of John	BST	1993
73.61001	Martyn, James Louis; Lloyd, Christopher Louis	History and Theology in the Fourth Gospel	NTL	2003
73.61002	Smith, Dwight Moody	John	ANTC	1999
73.41002	Bruner, Frederick Dale	The Gospel of John: A Commentary		2011
73.31001	Bultmann, Rudolf Karl	The Gospel of John		1971
73.31001	Lange, John Peter	The Gospel According to John: An Exegetical and Doctrinal Commentary	LCHS	2007
73.31001	Edwards, Mark J.	John Through the Centuries	BBC	2004
73.31001	Klink III, Edward W.	John	ZECNT	2016
73.31001	Schnackenburg, Rudolf	The Gospel According to St. John		1983
73.31001	Ashton, John	Understanding the Fourth Gospel		2007
73.31001	Lewis, Scott M.	Gospel According to John And the Johannine Letters	NCBS	2005
72.41002	Witherington III, Ben	John's Wisdom: A Commentary on the Fourth Gospel		1995
72.21002	Whitacre, Rodney A.	John	IVPNTC	1999
72.01000	Köstenberger, Andreas J.	A Theology of John's Gospel and Letters: The Word, the Christ, the Son of God	BTNT	2009
71.51001	Tenney, Merrill C.	John - The Gospel of Belief		1997
71.21000	Köstenberger, Andreas J.	Encountering John: The Gospel in Historical, Literary, and Theological Perspective	EBS	2002
71.01000	Laney, J. Carl	John	MGC	1992
70.71000	Brant, Jo-Ann A.	John	PAI	2011
68.91001	Hylen, Susan E.; O'Day, Gail R.	John	WeBC	2006
66.01001	Sloyan, Gerard S.	John	INT	1987
1000	Myers, Alicia D.	Reading John and 1, 2, 3 John: A Literary and Theological Commentary	RtNT	2019
1000	Koester, Craig R.	Symbolism in the Fourth Gospel: Meaning, Mystery, Community		2003
1000	Harris, Murray J.	John	EGGNT	2015
1000	Barton, Bruce B.	John	LABC	1993
1000	Lenski, Richard C. H.	The Interpretation of St. John's Gospel 11-21	LCNT	1942
1000	Johnston, Mark G.	Let’s Study John	LSS	2003
1000	MacArthur, John	John: Jesus the Word, the Messiah, the Son of God	MacSG	2010
1000	Cyril of Alexandria	Commentary on John: Volume 2	ACT	2015
1000	Bultmann, Rudolf Karl	The Gospel of John: A Commentary	JMS	2014
1000	Lightfoot, Joseph Barber	The Gospel of St. John: A Newly Discovered Commentary (The Lightfoot Legacy Set: Volume 2)		2015
1000		Theology of Work Bible Commentary: Volume 4: Matthew Through Acts	ToWBC	2014
1000	Bede, Venerable	Homilies on the Gospels: Book Two: Lent to the Dedication of the Church		1991
1000	Baumler, Gary P.	John	PBC	2005
1000	Arnold, Clinton E.	John	ZIBBC	2007
1000	Lewis, Karoline M.	John	FBP	2014
1000	Phillips, Richard D.	John (2 volume set)	REC	2014
1000	Köstenberger, Andreas J.; Swain, Scott R.	Father, Son and Spirit :The Trinity and John's Gospel	NSBT	2008
1000	Keener, Craig S.	John	ZIBBC	2019
1000	Hamilton, James M.; Vickers, Brian J.	John–Acts:Volume 9	ESVEC	2019
1000	Novakovic, Lidija	John 11–21: A Handbook on the Greek New Testament	BHGNT	2020
1000	Lyons, George; Daniels, T. Scott	John 13-21: A Commentary in the Wesleyan Tradition	NBBC	2020
1000	Weinrich, William C.	John 1:1-7:1	CC	2010
1000	Bede, Venerable	Homilies on the Gospel: Book One: Advent to Lent		1991
1000	Moody, Josh	John 1-12 For You: Find deeper fulfillment as you meet the Word	GWFY	2017
1000	Mitch, Curtis; Hahn, Scott	The Gospel of John: Commentary, Notes and Study Questions	ICSB	2012
1000	Utley, Bob	John	FBC
1000		John	ZIBBC	2002
1000	Michaels, J. Ramsey	John	UBNT	1989
1000	Wright, N. T.	John for Everyone	NTE	2002
1000	Elowsky, Joel C.	John	ACCS	2007
1000	Tenney, Merrill C.	John	EBC	1984
1000	Keddie, Gordon J.	John	EPSC	2001
1000	Haenchen, Ernst	John	HERM	1984
1000	Bernard, John Henry	John	ICC	1928
1000	Filson, Floyd V.	The Gospel According to John	LBC	1972
1000	Harrison, Everett F.	John: The Gospel of Faith	EvBC	1962
1000	Broadus, John A.	Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew		1886
1000	Osborne, Grant R.	John	CBC	2007
1000	Mills, Watson E.; Wilson, Richard F.	Gospels: Volume 6	MCB	1996
1000	Kent Jr., Homer A.	Light in the Darkness: Studies in the Gospel of John		1974
1000	Pink, Arthur W.	Exposition of the Gospel of John: Three Volumes Complete and Unabridged in One		2006
1000	Marsh, John	The Gospel of St. John	PEL	1968
1000	Martin, Francis; Wright IV, William M.	The Gospel of John	CCSS	2015
1000	von Wahlde, Urban C.	The Gospel and Letters of John, Volume 3: The Three Johannine Letters (Eerdmans Critical Commentary)	ECC	2010
1000	Kysar, John	John	ACNT	1986
1000	Braune, Karl F.C.	The Epistles General of John: An Exegetical and Doctrinal Commentary	LCHS	2007
1000	Huntzinger, Jon	John	SFLNT	2006
1000	Towns, Elmer L.	The Gospel of John: Believe and Live	21CBC	2002
1000	Lenski, Richard C. H.	The Interpretation of St. John's Gospel 1-10	LCNT	2008
1000	Theodore of Mopsuestia	Commentary on the Gospel of John	ACT	2010
1000	Kellerman, James; Oden, Thomas C.	Incomplete Commentary on Matthew, Volume 2	ACT	2010
1000	Bryant, Beauford H.; Krause, Mark S.	John	CPNIV	1998
1000	Cyril of Alexandria	Commentary on John: Volume 1	ACT	2013
1000	Westcott, Brooke Foss	The Epistles of St John : the Greek text / with notes and essays by Brooke Foss Westcott		1896
1000	Stibbe, Mark W. G.	John's Gospel	NTR	1994
1000	Holmes, Laura Sweat; Lyons, George	John 1-12: A Commentary in the Wesleyan Tradition	NBBC	2020
1000	Newman, Barclay M.; Nida, Eugene A.	A Handbook on the Gospel of John	UBS	1993
1000	Farmer, Craig	John 1-12	RCS	2014
1000	von Wahlde, Urban C.	The Gospel and Letters of John, Volume 1: Introduction, Analysis, and Reference (The Eerdmans Critical Commentary)	ECC	2009
1000	von Wahlde, Urban C.	The Gospel and Letters of John, Volume 2: The Gospel of John (Eerdmans Critical Commentary)	ECC	2010
1000	Wiersbe, Warren W.	Be Alive (John 1-12): Get to Know the Living Savior	BE	2009
1000	Wiersbe, Warren W.	Be Transformed (John 13-21): Christ's Triumph Means Your Transformation	BE	2009
1000	Sproul, R. C.	John	StAEC	2009
1000	Barcley, William B.	Gospel of John	DSB	1975
1000	Barcley, William B.	The Gospel of John: The New Daily Study Bible	DSB	2001
1000	Kanagaraj, Jey J.; Kemp, Ian	The Gospel According To John	ABC	2008
1000	Lindars, Barnabas	The Gospel of John	NCB	1982
1000	Fredrikson, Roger L.	John	TPC	2002
1000	Grayston, Kenneth	The Gospel of St.John	ECS	1990
1000	Swartley, Willard	John	BCBC	2013
1000	Phillips, John	Exploring the Gospel of John	JPCS	2001
1000	Dongell, Joseph	John: A Bible Commentary in the Wesleyan Tradition	WesBC	1997
1000	Blaney, Harvey J. S.	John	WesBC	1966
1000	McHugh, John F.	John 1-4	ICC	2009
1000	Ironside, H. A.	John	IronBC	2006
1000	Childers, Charles L.	John	BBC	1964
1000	Maylield, Joseph H.	John	BBC	1965
1000	Hunter, Archibald M.	The Gospel According to John	CBCNT	1965
1000	Blum, Edwin A.	John		1983
1000	Boice, James Montgomery	The Gospel of John	JMB	2005
1000	Hughes, R. Kent	John: That You May Believe	PtW	1999
1000	Muddiman, John; Barton, John	John	OxBC	2010
1000	Kanagaraj, Jey J.	John	NCCS	2013
1000	Smalley, John S.	John: Evangelist and Interpreter		1997
1000	Novakovic, Lidija	John 1–10: A Handbook on the Greek Text	BHGNT	2020
1000		John	PC	2012
1000	Lindars, Barnabas	John	NTG	1990
1000	Paterson, Andrew	Opening up John's Gospel	OUB	2010
1000	Carter, Matt	Exalting Jesus in John	CCE	2017
1000	Hiebert, D. Edmond	The Epistles of John: An Expositional Commentary	aExpC	1991
1000	Moore, Phil	Straight to the Heart of John: 60 bite-sized insights	SttHS	2012
1000	Macleod, F. Wayne	John: Messages of Hope, Forgiveness and Purpose	LMP	2004
1000	Malina, Bruce; Rohrbaugh, Richard L.	Social-Science Commentary on the Gospel of John	SSC	1998
1000	Sanders, J. N.; Mastin, B. A.	The Gospel According to St. John	BNTC	1968
1000	Talbert, Charles H.	Reading John: A Literary and Theological Commentary on the Fourth Gospel and Johannine Epistles	RtNT	2013
1000	Comfort, Philip W.; Hawley, Wendell C.	Opening the Gospel of John		1994
1000	Köstenberger, Andreas J.	John	HACB	2013
1000	Beutler, Johannes	A Commentary on the Gospel of John		2017
1000	Stewart, Bryan A.; Thomas, Michael A.	John: Interpreted by Early Christian and Medieval Commentators	CB	2018
1000	Köstenberger, Andreas J.	Encountering John: The Gospel in Historical, Literary, and Theological Perspective	EBS	2013

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