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Translations of this verse into various languages are a familiar part of the front matter of Gideon Bibles.
The text of the verse is incorporated into the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, the fourth century archbishop of Constantinople, as part of a prayer said by the celebrant. This Divine Liturgy is still commonly used in the Eastern Orthodox Church and in the Byzantine rite of the Roman Catholic Church.
The various translations differ on whether this is a direct quote of Jesus or a comment of the narrator of the Gospel.
Computer scientist Donald Knuth is the author of 3:16 Bible Texts Illuminated, in which he examines the Bible by an analysis of chapter 3, verse 16 of each book. Each verse is accompanied by a rendering in calligraphic art, contributed by a group of calligraphers under the leadership of Hermann Zapf. 3:16 was chosen because of this key passage in John. Knuth's Things a Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About reproduces a lecture series that he gave at MIT, centered on his process of production of his book.
David Pawson challenged the meaning and interpretation of the verse in his 2007 book Is John 3:16 the Gospel?
Read more about this topic: John 3:16
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