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John, an apostle of Jesus Christ, is mentioned by name in the New Testament in the three Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark and Luke), as well as in Acts and Galatians. Bible scholars generally accept that this same apostle John was the author of five New Testament books—John, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John and Revelation.
John the Apostle. John was born in 6AD in Bethsaida in an area called Galilee which was ruled by Herod Agrippa at the time. John was the son of Zebedee and Salome. He was also the brother of the first Christian martyr listed, James, and was part of the Twelve Apostles and followed Jesus Christ as on of his closest friends.
Jan 18, 2024 · John is an eyewitness account of the Apostle John (Mary was never an apostle, and women were forbidden to teach). The Gospel of John dates back to the first century, and gives exact geological/geographical locations, that the other three do not, because the other three are written by someone that has no knowledge of Israel, Yahshua, or the ...
Sep 23, 2017 · Church tradition tells us John went to Ephesus where he ministered for a number of years and it was there he wrote his Gospel and the letters that bear his name (1–3 John). As the last of the surviving apostle, he viewed his role as standing firm for the truth against those who would deny it (see 1 John 1:1–3, 2:18–27).
Saint John the Apostle was one of the Twelve Apostles and the “beloved disciple” of Jesus Christ. He is well-known for being one of the four evangelists (or Gospel writers). Called by the Greeks, "the Divine," John was a Galilean, the son of Zebedee and Salome, and younger brother of Saint James the Great. Saint John is the author of the ...
John the Apostle and his brother James were the sons of a man named Zebedee. They worked as fishermen in Galilee in partnership with Simon Peter and likely his brother Andrew (Luke 5:10). Andrew was a disciple of John the Baptist (John 1:35–42); Peter, James, and John might have been as well.
Letters of John, three New Testament writings, all composed sometime around 100 CE and traditionally attributed to Saint John the Apostle (the Evangelist). Though the question of authorship has been much discussed, the language and contents of the three letters suggest a common source.
