How long does it take to read The Gospel According to John?
The Gospel According to John by D. A. Carson takes about 13 hours 7 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 13 hours 7 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1991. 715 pages, about 196,625 words.
27 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 21 hours 51 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 13 hours 7 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 8 hours 12 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This commentary seeks above all to explain the text of John's Gospel to those whose privilege and responsibility it is to minister the Word of God to others, to preach and to lead Bible studies. I have tried to include the kind of information they need to know, but to do so in such a way that the informed layperson could also use the work in personal study of the Bible, exclusively for purposes of personal growth in edification and understanding. In particular, I have attempted: (1) To make clear the flow of the text. (2) To engage a small but representative part of the massive secondary literature on John. (3) To draw a few lines towards establishing how the Fourth Gospel contributes to biblical and systematic theology. (4) To offer a consistent exposition of John's Gospel as an evangelistic Gospel. - Preface.
Subjects: Bible, Commentaries, Bible, commentaries, n. t. gospels, Criticism, interpretation, Commentaires, Kommentar
