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John the From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia the Apostle[1] Hans Memling 039.jpg Apostle Born c. 6 AD , Judaea, Died , , Roman Empire Venerated in Canonized Pre-congregation Feast 27 December (Roman Catholic, Anglican) 26 September (Orthodox) Attributes Book, a serpent in a , cauldron, Patronage , loyalty, friendships, authors, booksellers, burn-victims, poison-victims, art-dealers, editors, papermakers, publishers, scribes, scholars , theologians (: ????? ?????? Shliha; Hebrew: ????? ?? ????? Y ohanan Ben Zavdai; ( and : Ioannes) c. AD 6 c.?100) was one of t he Twelve of according to the . He was the son of Ze bedee and . His was James, who was another of the Twelve Apostles. holds that he outlived the remaining apostles and that he w as the only one not to die a 's death (excluding who died b y suicide). The consider him the same person as John the Evangeli st, John of , and the Beloved . The tradition of many Christian de nominations holds that he is the author of several books of the New Testament. Contents 1 New Testament author 1.1 Book of References to John in the New Testament 2.1 Sons of thunder 2.2 Other references to .3 The Disciple whom Jesus loved 3 Extrabiblical traditions 4 Liturgical 5 Other views 5.1 Latter-day Saint view 5.2 Islamic view 6 Gallery of art 7 See also 8 References 9 External links New Testament author[edit] St. John at the of Jesus in a by Pietro PeruginoRome, c . 1482 Lamentation of the . John the Apostle trying to console Mary Church tradition holds that John is the author of the of John and four ot her books of the New Testament the three of John and the Book of Revela tion. In the Gospel, authorship is internally credited to the "disciple whom Jes us loved" (? µa??t?? ?? ???pa ? ??s???, o mathetes on egapa o Iesous) in :2 . :24 claims that the is based on the written testimony of the "Beloved Disciple". The authorship of some has been de bated since about the year 200.[2][3] Some[by whom?] doubt that the "Gospel of J ohn" was written by an individual named "John" (??????? or ?????). Nevertheless, the notion of "" exists, and is usually thought of as the sa me as the Apostle John. In his Ecclesiastical History, says that the First of John and the Gospel of John are widely agreed upon as his. However, Eusebius mentions tha t the consensus is that the second and third epistles of John are not his but we re written by some other John. Eusebius also goes to some length to establish wi th the reader that there is no general consensus regarding the revelation of Joh n. The revelation of John could only be what is now called the book of Revelatio n.[4] The Gospel according to John differs considerably from the Synoptic Gospel s, likely written decades earlier than John's gospel. The of Asia Minor supposedly requested him to write his gospel to deal with the heresy of the Ebio nites, who asserted that did not exist before Mary. John probably knew an d undoubtedly approved of the of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, but these gosp els spoke of Jesus primarily in the year following the imprisonment and death of .[5] Around 600, however, Sophronius of noted that "t wo epistles bearing his name ... are considered by some to be the work of a cert ain John the " and, while stating that Revelation was written by John of Pa tmos, it was "later translated by and ",[6] presumably in an attempt to reconcile tradition with the obvious differences in Greek style. Until the 19th century, the authorship of the Gospel of John had universally bee n attributed to the Apostle John. However, most modern critical scholars have th eir doubts.[7][8] Some scholars agree in placing the Gospel of John somewhere be tween AD 65 and 85,[9][page needed] John Robinson proposes an initial edition by 5055 and then a final edition by 65 due to narrative similarities with Paul.[10] :pp.284,307 Other scholars are of the opinion that the Gospel of John was compos ed in two or three stages.[11]:p.43 Among contemporary scholars are those who co nsider that the Gospel was not written until the latter third of the first centu ry AD, and in the opinion of some an earliest possible would be 75-80 CE.[12] ". ..a date of 75-80 CE as the earliest possible date of composition for this Gospe l". Other scholars think that an even later date, perhaps even the last decade o f the first century AD right up to the start of the 2nd century (i.e. 90 - 100), is applicable.[13] Today, many theological scholars continue to accept the traditional authorship. Colin G. Kruse states that since John the Evangelist has been named consistently in the writings of early church fathers, "it is hard to pass by this conclusion , despite widespread reluctance to accept it by many, but by no means all, moder n scholars."[14] The Gospel of John was written by an anonymous author.[15][16][17][18][19][20][2 1][22][23] According to Paul N. Anderson, the gospel "contains more direct claim s to eyewitness origins than any of the other Gospel traditions".[24] F. F. Bruc e argues that 19:35 contains an "emphatic and explicit claim to eyewitness autho rity".[25] Bart D. Ehrman, however, does not think the gospel claims to have bee n written by direct witnesses to the reported events.[17][26][27] However, the Gospel's chapter 21 ends (at verse 24) with an explicit declaration unifying the witness and authorship, in the form of a literary device of postpo nement of the discovery of the identity of the mysterious "other disciple," and "disciple he loved," and "this man," the first two used multiple times across th e expanse of eye-witness accounts: This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: a nd we know that his testimony is true. (Source, AV) [edit] The author of the Book of Revelation identifies himself as "John"[28] The early 2nd century writer, Justin Martyr, was the first to equate the author of Revelat ion with John the Apostle.[29] However, some biblical scholars now contend that these were separate individuals.[7][30] , an obscure figure in the early church, has also been identif ied with the seer of the Book of Revelation by such authors as Eusebius in his C hurch History (Book III, 39) [31] and .[32] John is considered to have been exiled to Patmos, during the persecutions under Emperor . :9 says that the author wrote the book on Patmos: "I, John, both your brother and companion in tribulation... was on the island th at is called Patmos for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ." Adela Yarbro Collins, a biblical scholar at , writes: Early tradition says that John was banished to Patmos by the Roman authorities. This tradition is credible because banishment was a common punishment used durin g the Imperial period for a number of offenses. Among such offenses were the pra ctices of magic and astrology. Prophecy was viewed by the Romans as belonging to the same category, whether Pagan, Jewish, or Christian. Prophecy with political implications, like that expressed by John in the book of Revelation, would have been perceived as a threat to Roman political power and order. Three of the isl ands in the Sporades were places where political offenders were banished. (Pliny Natural History 4.69-70; Tacitus Annals 4.30)[33] Some modern higher critical scholars have raised the possibility that John the A postle, John the Evangelist, and were three separate individuals. [34] These scholars assert that John of Patmos wrote Revelation but neither the Gospel of John nor the Epistles of John. For one, the author of Revelation ident ifies himself as "John" several times, but the author of the Gospel of John neve r identifies himself directly. Some Catholic scholars state that "vocabulary, gr ammar, and style make it doubtful that the book could have been put into its pre sent form by the same person(s) responsible for the fourth gospel".[35] References to John in the New Testament[edit] Russian Orthodox of the Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian, 18th ce ntury ( from the Church of the Transfiguration, Kizhi Monastery. Sons of thunder[edit] John the Apostle was the son of and the younger brother of James, son of Zebedee (Saint James the Greater). According to Church tradition, their mother was Salome.[36] Zebedee and his sons fished in the Sea of . The were firstly disciples of John the Baptist. Jesus then called , Saint Andrew and these two sons of Zebedee to follow him. James and John are listed a mong the Twelve Apostles. Jesus referred to the pair as "Boanerges" (translated "sons of thunder");[8] although their nature was calm and gentle, when their pat ience was pushed to its limits their anger became wild and thunderous causing th em to speak out like an untamed storm. A gospel story relates how the brothers w anted to call down heavenly fire on a Samaritan town, but Jesus rebuked them. [L k 9:51-6] John lived more than half a century after the martyrdom of James, who was the first Apostle to die a martyr's death. Other references to John[edit] John the Evangelist and Peter by Albrecht Dürer Peter, James and John were the only witnesses of the raising of Daughter of Jair us.[37] All three also witnessed the Transfiguration, and these same three witne ssed the Agony in more closely than the other Apostles did.[38] John was the disciple who reported to Jesus that they had 'forbidden' a non-disciple from casting out demons in Jesus' name, prompting Jesus to state that 'he who is not against us is on our side'.[39] Jesus sent only John and Peter into the city to make the preparation for the fin al meal (the ).[Lk 22:8][40] At the meal itself, the "discip le whom Jesus loved" sat next to Jesus. It was customary to lie along upon couch es at meals, and this disciple leaned on Jesus.[38] Tradition identifies this di sciple as Saint John[Jn 13:23-25]. After the , Peter and the "oth er disciple" (according to Sacred Tradition), John followed him into the palace of the high-priest.[38] John alone among remained near Jesus at the foot of the on Ca lvary alongside and numerous other women; following the instruction of Jesus from the Cross, John took Mary, the mother of Jesus, into his care as the last legacy of Jesus [Jn 19:25-27]. After Jesus' Ascension and the descent o f the at , John, together with Peter, took a prominent part in the founding and guidance of the church. He was with Peter at the healing of the lame man at 's Porch in the Temple [Ac 3:1 et seq.] and he was also thrown into prison with Peter.[:3] He went with Peter to visit the newly c onverted believers in .[:14] While he remained in and the surrounding area, the other disciples returne d to Jerusalem for the Apostolic Council (about AD 51). Paul, in opposing his en emies in , recalls that John explicitly, along with Peter and James the J ust, were referred to as "pillars of the church" and refers to the recognition t hat his Apostolic preaching of a gospel free from Jewish Law received from these three, the most prominent men of the messianic community at Jerusalem.[37] According to the Book of Revelation, its author was on the island of Patmos "for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus", when he was honoured with the contained in Revelation.[Rev. 1:9] The Disciple whom Jesus loved[edit] Jesus and the Beloved Disciple The phrase the disciple whom Jesus loved (Greek: ? µa??t?? ?? ???pa ? ??s???, ho m athetes hon egapa ho Iesous) or, in John 20:2, the Beloved Disciple (Greek: ?? ? f??e? ? ??s???, hon ephilei ho Iesous) is used five times in the Gospel of John, [41] but in no other New Testament accounts of Jesus. John 21:24 claims that the Gospel of John is based on the written testimony of this disciple. The disciple whom Jesus loved is referred to, specifically, six times in John's gospel: It is this disciple who, while reclining beside Jesus at the Last Supper, asks J esus, after being requested by Peter to do so, who it is that will betray him.[J n 13:23-25] Later at the crucifixion, Jesus tells his mother, "Woman, here is your son", and to the Beloved Disciple he says, "Here is your mother."[Jn 19:26-27] When discovers the , she runs to tell the Beloved Disci ple and Peter. The two men rush to the empty tomb and the Beloved Disciple is th e first to reach the empty tomb. However, Peter is the first to enter.[Jn 20:1-1 0] In John 21, the last chapter of the Gospel of John, the Beloved Disciple is one of seven fishermen involved in the miraculous catch of 153 fish.[Jn 21:1-25] [42 ] Also in the book's final chapter, after Jesus hints to Peter how Peter will die, Peter sees the Beloved Disciple following them and asks, "What about him?" Jesu s answers, "If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you? You follo w Me!"[John 21:20-23] Again in the gospel's last chapter, it states that the very book itself is based on the written testimony of the disciple whom Jesus loved.[John 21:24] None of the other Gospels has anyone in the parallel scenes that could be direct ly understood as the Beloved Disciple. For example, in :12, Peter alone r uns to the tomb. Mark, Matthew and Luke do not mention any one of the twelve ciples having witnessed the crucifixion. There are also two references to an unnamed "other disciple" in :35-40 and :15-16, which may be to the same person based on the wording in John 20: 2.[43] Extrabiblical traditions[edit] Byzantine illumination depicting John dictating to his disciple, (c. 1 100). Apostle John and Marcion of Sinope, 11th century . There is no information in the concerning the duration of John's activity in Judea. According to tradition, John and the other Apostles remained some 12 y ears in this first field of labour. The persecution of under Herod Ag rippa I led to the scattering of the Apostles through the Roman Empire's provinc es.[cf. Ac 12:1-17] A messianic community existed at Ephesus before Paul's first labours there (cf. "the brethren"),[:27] in addition to . The original c ommunity was under the leadership of Apollo (1 Corinthians 1:12). They were disc iples of John the Baptist and were converted by Aquila and Priscilla.[44] Accord ing to Church tradition, after the , John went to Ephesus. Fro m there he wrote the three epistles attributed to him. John was allegedly banish ed by the Roman authorities to the Greek island of Patmos, where, according to t radition, he wrote the Book of Revelation. According to (in The Presc ription of Heretics) John was banished (presumably to Patmos) after being plunge d into boiling oil in and suffering nothing from it. It is said that all in the audience of were converted to Christianity upon witnessing this m iracle. This event would have occurred in the late 1st century, during the reign of the Emperor Domitian, who was known for his persecution of Christians. When John was aged, he trained who later became of . This was important because Polycarp was able to carry John's message to future genera tions. Polycarp taught Irenaeus, passing on to him stories about John. In Agains t Heresies, Irenaeus relates how Polycarp told a story of John, the disciple of the Lord, going to bathe at Ephesus, and perceiving Cerint hus within, rushed out of the bath-house without bathing, exclaiming, "Let us fl y, lest even the bath-house fall down, because , the enemy of the truth , is within."[45] It is traditionally believed that John was the youngest of the apostles and surv ived them. He is said to have lived to an old age, dying at Ephesus sometime aft er AD 98.[46] An alternative 's death, ascribed by later Christian writers to t he early second-century bishop , claims that he was slain by the Jews.[47][48] Most Johannine scholars doubt the reliability of its ascripti on to Papias, but a minority, including B.W. Bacon, Martin Hengel and Henry Barc lay Swete, maintain that these references to Papias are credible.[49][50] Zahn a rgues that this reference is actually to John the Baptist.[46] John's traditiona l tomb is thought to be located at Selçuk, a small town in the vicinity of Ephesus .[51] In art, John as the presumed author of the Gospel is often depicted with an eagl e, which symbolizes the height he rose to in his gospel.[8] In Orthodox , h e is often depicted looking up into heaven and dictating his Gospel (or the Book of Revelation) to his disciple, traditionally named Prochorus. Liturgical commemoration[edit] The feast day of Saint John in the Roman , which calls him "Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist", and in the and Lutheran Calen dars, which call him "Saint John the Apostle and Evangelist", is on 27 December. [52] In the he was commemorated also on each of the followin g days up to and including 3 January, the of the 27 December feast. This Octave was abolished by Pius XII in 1955.[53] The traditional liturgical co lor is . Until 1960, another feast day which appeared in the is th at of "Saint John Before the Latin Gate" on , celebrating a tradition recou nted by Jerome that St John was brought to Rome during the reign of the Emperor Domitian, and was thrown in a vat of boiling oil, from which he was miraculously preserved unharmed. A church (San Giovanni a Porta Latina) dedicated to him was built near the Latin gate of Rome, the traditional site of this event.[54] The and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzanti ne Rite commemorate the "Repose of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theo logian" on September 26. On May 8 they celebrate the "Feast of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian", on which date Christians used to draw forth from his grave fine ashes which were believed to be effective for healing the s ick. Other Christians highly revere him but do not canonize or venerate . Other views[edit] Latter-day Saint view[edit] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) teaches that John r eceived of immortality from Jesus Christ, as recorded in John 21:2123 and the seventh chapter of the . It also teaches that in 1829, along with the resurrected Peter and the resurrected James, John visited J oseph Smith and and restored the priesthood authority with Aposto lic succession to earth.[55] John, along with the Three Nephites, will live to s ee the of Christ as translated beings.[56] The LDS Church teaches that John the Apostle is the same person as John the Evan gelist, John of Patmos, and the Beloved Disciple.[56] Islamic view[edit] The also speaks of Jesus's disciples but does not mention their names, ins tead referring to them as "helpers to the work of God".[57] Muslim and Quran commentary, however, names them and includes John among the disciples.[58] An old tradition, which involves the legend of Habib the Carpenter, mentions th at John was one of the three disciples sent to to preach to the people t here.[59] Gallery of art[edit] John the Apostle A portrait from the , c. 800

St John at Patmos by Pieter Paul Rubens

John the Apostle and St Francis by

Martyrdom of Saint John the Evangelist by Master of the Winkler Epitaph

Valentin de Boulogne, John and Jesus

St. John the Evangelist in meditation by (1612-1648),

Saint John and the Poisoned Cup by El Greco

The Last Supper, anonymous painter Part of a series of articles John in "St John the Evangelist" by (Domenico Zampieri), 1620s Johannine literature Gospel Epistles First Second Third Revelation Authorship Apostle Evangelist Patmos Presbyter Disciple whom Jesus loved Communities Twelve Apostles Early Church Related literature Apocryphon Acts See also Holy Spirit in Johannine literature Johannine Christianity John's vision of the Son of Man v t e See also[edit] Book icon Book: Apostle (Christian) See also: of St. John Names of John St. John the Evangelist on Patmos Vision of St. John on Patmos, frescos by Antonio da Correggio References[edit] ^ "Saint John the Apostle". Encyclopedia Britannica. ^ Eusebius of , Ecclesiastical History Book vi. Chapter xxv. ^ ": Apocalypse". ^ The History of the Church by Eusibius. Book three, point 24. ^ Thomas Patrick Halton, On illustrious men, Volume 100 of The Fathers of the Ch urch, CUA Press, 1999. P. 19. ^ Saint (2007) [c. 600], "The Life of the Evangelist Joh n", The Explanation of the Holy Gospel According to John, House Springs, Missour i, USA: Chrysostom Press, pp. 23, ISBN 1-889814-09-1 ^ a b Harris, Stephen L., Understanding the Bible (Palo Alto: Mayfield, 1985) p. 355 ^ a b c Foley OFM, Leonard. "Saint of the Day: Lives, Lessons and Feast", (revis ed by Pat McCloskey, OFM), American Catholic.org ^ Harris, Stephen L., Understanding the Bible. McGraw-Hill, 2006. ISBN 978-0-07- 296548-3 ^ Robinson, John A.T. (1977). Redating the New Testament. SCM Press. ISBN 978-0- 334-02300-5. ^ Mark Allan Powell. Jesus as a figure in history. Westminster Press, 1998. ISBN 0-664-25703-8 / 978-0664257033 ^ Gail R O'Day, introduction to the Gospel of John in New Revised Standard Trans lation of the Bible, Abingdon Press, Nashville, 2003, p.1906 ^ Reading John, Francis J. Moloney, SDB, Dove Press, 1995 ^ Kruse, Colin G.The Gospel According to John: An Introduction and Commentary, E erdmans, 2004, ISBN 0-8028-2771-3, p. 28. ^ E P Sanders, The Historical Figure of Jesus, (Penguin, 1995) page 63 - 64. ^ Bart D. Ehrman (2000:43) The New Testament: a historical introduction to early Christian writings. . ^ a b Bart D. Ehrman (2005:235) Lost Christianities: the battles for scripture a nd the faiths we never knew Oxford University Press, New York. ^ Geoffrey W. Bromiley (1995:287) International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: K-P MATTHEW, GOSPEL ACCORDING TO. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. Quote: Matthew, like t he other three Gospels is an anonymous document. ^ Donald Senior, Paul J. Achtemeier, Robert J. Karris (2002:328) Invitation to t he Gospels Paulist Press. ^ Keith Fullerton Nickle (2001:43) The : an introduction Westmin ster John Knox Press. ^ Ben Witherington (2004:44) The Gospel code: novel claims about Jesus, Mary Mag dalene, and Da Vinci InterVarsity Press. ^ F.F. Bruce (1994:1) The Gospel of John Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. ^ Patrick J. Flannagan (1997:16) The Made Easy Paulist Press ^ Paul N. Anderson, The Riddles of the Fourth Gospel, p. 48. ^ F. F. Bruce, The Gospel of John, p. 3. ^ Bart D. Ehrman (2004:110) Truth and Fiction in : A Historian Reveals What We Really Know about Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and Constantine. Oxford University Press. ^ Bart D. Ehrman(2006:143) The lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot: a new look at betr ayer and betrayed. Oxford University Press. ^ "Revelation, Book of." Cross, F. L., ed. The Oxford dictionary of the Christia n church. New York: Oxford University Press. 2005 ^ Justin Martyr, Dialogue with Trypho, 81.4 ^ Ehrman, Bart D. (2004). The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Ea rly Christian Writings. New York: Oxford. p. 468. ISBN 0-19-515462-2. ^ "Church History, Book III, Chapter 39". The Fathers of the Church. NewAdvent.o rg. Retrieved 1 June 2015. ^ saint, Jerome. "De Viris Illustribus (On Illustrious Men) Chapter 9 & 18". new advent.org. Retrieved 2 June 2015. ^ Adela Collins. "Patmos." Harper's Bible Dictionary. Paul J. Achtemeier, gen. e d. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1985. p755. ^ Griggs, C. Wilfred. "John the Beloved" in Ludlow, H., ed. Selections fr om the Encyclopedia of : Scriptures of the Church (Salt Lake City, Utah : Deseret Book, 1992) p. 379. Griggs favors the "one John" theory but mentions t hat some modern scholars have hypothesized that there are multiple Johns. ^ Introduction. Saint Edition of the New American Bible: Translated from the Original Languages with Critical Use of All the Ancient Sources : including the Revised New Testament and the Revised Psalms. New York: Catholic Book Pub., 1992. 386. Print. ^ By comparing :56 to :40 ^ a b "Fonck, Leopold. "St. John the Evangelist." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol . 8. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 6 Feb. 2013". Newadvent.org. 1910- 10-01. Retrieved 2013-05-03. ^ a b c Butler, Alban. The Lives or the Fathers, and Other Principal Sai nts, Vol.IV ^ :49-50 NKJV ^ While Luke states that this is the Passover,[Lk 22:7-9] the Gospel of John spe cifically states that the Passover meal is to be partaken of on Friday[Jn 18:28] ^ :23, 19:26, 20:2, 21:7, 21:20 ^ James D. G. Dunn and John William Rogerson, Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2003, p. 1210, ISBN 0-8028-3711-5. ^ Brown, Raymond E. 1970. "The Gospel According to John (xiii-xxi)". New York: D oubleday & Co. Pages 922, 955. ^ "Vailhé, Siméon. "Ephesus." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 5. New York: Robert Ap pleton Company, 1909. 6 Feb. 2013". Newadvent.org. 1909-05-01. Retrieved 2013-05 -03. ^ Irenaeus, Against Heresies, III.3.4. ^ a b Zahn, T. "John the Apostle", in Schaff, Philip. The New Schaff-Herzog Ency clopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol. VI: Innocents - Liudger, p.203 ^ Cheyne, Thomas Kelly (1901). Encyclopaedia Biblica, Volume 2. and Charles Black. pp. 250911. Although Papias' works are no longer extant, the fifth centur y ecclesiastical historian Philip of Side and the ninth-century George Hama rtolos both stated that Papias had written that John was "slain by the Jews." ^ Rasimus, Tuomas (2010). The Legacy of John: Second-Century Reception of the Fo urth Gospel. BRILL. p. 5. ISBN 9789004176331. Rasimus finds corroborating eviden ce for this tradition in "two from and " and writes that ":35-40//Matt. 20:20-23 can be taken to portray Jesus predicting th e martyrdom of both the sons of Zebedee." ^ Culpepper, R. Alan (2000). John, the Son of Zebedee: The Life of A Legend. Con tinuum International Publishing Group. p. 172. 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