Lincoln also developed research on the Gospel of John. An essay entitled "'I Am the Resurrection and the Life': The Resurrection Message of the Fourth Gospel" in Life in the Face of DeathLife in the Face of Death: The Resurrection Message of the New Testament ed. R. N. Longenecker (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998) 122-44 preceded his major monograph, Truth on Trial: The Lawsuit Motif in the Fourth Gospel.Truth on Trial: The Lawsuit Motif in the Fourth Gospel. (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2000) There then followed "God's Name, Jesus' Name and Prayer in the Fourth Gospel" in Into God's Presence: Prayer in the New Testament,Into God's Presence: Prayer in the New Testament, ed. R. N. Longenecker (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001) 155-80. "The Beloved Disciple as Eyewitness and the Fourth Gospel as Witness," in Journal for the Study of the New Testament,Journal for the Study of the New Testament 85 (2002) 3-26. "Power, Judgment and Possession: John's Gospel in Political Perspective" in A Royal Priesthood: The Use of the Bible Ethically and Politically,A Royal Priesthood: The Use of the Bible Ethically and Politically, ed. C. Bartholomew (Carlisle: Paternoster/ Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2002) 147-69. and "Reading John: The Fourth Gospel under Modern and Postmodern Interrogation" in Reading the Gospels Today.Reading the Gospels Today, ed. S. E. Porter (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004) 127-49. These culminated in Lincoln's commentary on John in the Black New Testament Commentary series, The Gospel according to St. John,The Gospel according to St. John (London: Continuum, 2005). which was described in a review by fellow Johannine scholar, Francis Moloney, as "up-to-date, elegantly written and at times inspiring... It must be regarded as one of the best single volume commentaries in English currently available."F. J. Moloney, “Recent Johannine Studies: Part One: Commentaries,” Expository Times 123 (2012) 313-22 Lincoln himself reflected on the commentary in a journal issue that featured it - "From Writing to Reception: Reflections on Commentating on the Gospel of John" in Journal for the Study of the New Testament.Journal for the Study of the New Testament 29 (2007) 353-372. Shortly after this, two further studies appeared - "Lazarus: A Literary Perspective" in The Gospel of John and Christian Theology,The Gospel of John and Christian Theology, eds. R. Bauckham and C. Mosser (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2008) 211-32. and "'We Know that his Testimony is True': Johannine Truth Claims and Historicity" in John, Jesus and History, Volume 1.John, Jesus and History, Volume 1: Critical Appraisal of Critical Views, eds. P. Anderson, F. Just and T. Thatcher (Atlanta, GA.: SBL, 2007) 183-201.
