Quale potere e quale compimento? La regalità di Gesù Nazareno e la dissolvenza dei poteri mondani. Struttura e significato di Gv 19,16-42

This essay focuses on the structure of the Johannine Passion narrative (John 19:16-42). Numerous studies have examined the subject, which have offered varying interpretations. Based on these, this paper offers a syntactic and formal analysis of the text, highlighting a comprehensive text structure. Thus, the centrality of the fulfillment theme has been shown: Jesus brings to completion the Scriptures (cf. 19:24, 36-37) and the Father's plan (cf. 19:28, 30), by consciously accepting his passion and death. The Evangelist, through the organization of the text and his subtle irony, shows the progressive failure and fading of worldly powers, while Jesus' kingship is paradoxically affirmed. Consequently the disciples receive divine adoption and the reader is invited to faith.