The Gospel of John has a long section of teachings just before Jesus gets crucified, compared with the Gospel of Marks. Jesus uses many metaphors to describe the relationships between him, God and sometimes his disciples. For example in verse 15:1, “I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.” This shows how Jesus is lead by his Father. How the Father raises Jesus. I think the important point here is that Jesus describes himself as a living instead of some kind of material. He has the potential to grow depending on God.
Another difference is that Jesus actually personally talks to God. In John he has only talked to God when he needs some miraculous power and just before being crucified. It starts in verse 17:1, “These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:” And he keeps on informing the God about his mission he has completed. He has probably done this because he is dutiful than the Jesus in Mark.
Finally, the last verse, “And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.”(21:25) of the Gospel of John was original. It is written in first person that is not Jesus neither God. It is from a prospective of someone that is a follower of them, someone that is learning from them. This has never come up in John.
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