The Gospel of John has attracted the best Christian interpreters since the second century CE. The message of this Gospel is not opposed to that found in the three Synoptic Gospels, but it often has its own perspective on the life and message of Jesus. Around the year 1320 CE, the German Dominican, Meister Eckhart, following in the footsteps of Origen, John Chrysostom, Augustine, Bonaventure, Thomas Aquinas, and many others, completed his long commentary on John. This Exposition on John was an academic text of a highly philosophical nature. Nevertheless, as Eckhart’s longest and most mature writing, it is the foundation of the unique blend of philosophy, theology, and mysticism that is the source