The first four chapters of John introduce almost everything the Gospel will later develop: the Word made flesh, the witness of John the Baptist, the first signs, Nicodemus by night and the Samaritan woman at noon. Boice takes them as the coming of the light into a world that did not know it.

The Boice Commentary series combines careful scholarship with clear communication in a verse-by-verse and section-by-section reading of the text. James Montgomery Boice explains the meaning and then relates its concerns to the church, to Christianity and to the world we live in, which is what distinguishes these volumes from a technical commentary. The first of five on John.