The gospel of John has been called the most beautiful book in the entire world. The vocabulary of the gospel of John is simple. Its miracles and lessons from Jesus have delighted people all over the world, both young and old, in many different languages and in many different cultures. Yet in some ways it is a very profound book. This book has been compared to a pond in which a child can wade and in which an elephant can swim. On the surface it seems very simple. It is easy to understand. The language is simple. People who have studied the Greek language generally begin their study with either the gospel of John or the epistles of John because the language in these books is the most simple in the original Greek language. Those trying to learn any foreign language have found they can read the gospel of John before any other New Testament writing. Beneath the surface there is a depth, a profoundness, that the most thorough scholars find as a constant challenge. Nevertheless, students are encouraged to study this gospel.