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Did Lazarus write the Gospel of John?
No. According to many, the Gospel of John was written by the Apostle John.
Who is the only author who wrote both a Gospel and epistles?
We do not know the name of the author of the gospel now known as John's Gospel, since it was written anonymously and only attributed to the disciple John later in the second century. some believe the author of John's Gospel was also the author of the Epistle of John; certainly the Epistle of John came out of the same community as John's Gospel. If so, this author wrote both a gospel and an epistle in the New Testament.
Did John the Baptist write the book of John and 2 John?
No. The book known as John's Gospel was originally anonymous, so we will never really know who wrote it, but certainly the author was not John the Baptist. Late in the second century, the fourth gospel was attributed to the apostle John.
Did the Gospel of John or the Apocalypse write about the end of the world?
The book of Revelation, otherwise known as the Apocalypse, is the one which discusses the end of the world. The Gospel of John, written by the same author, deals with the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
How many books did Saint John write?
A:The apostle John is traditionally credited with having written the fourth gospel and three epistles, all of which now bear his name. He is often also credited with writing the Book of Revelation, although this claim was already seriously doubted in the second century.The tradition of authorship by John came about because the second-century Church Fathers sought to establish who wrote each of the, previously anonymous, New Testament gospels, and decided that there were clues in the gospel that pointed to John as the author. They noticed that this gospel did not mention the apostle John, but alone of all the gospels mentioned a disciple "whom Jesus loved." They decided that this disciple was John and that he was also the author of the fourth gospel, too modest to use his own name. On such a speculative claim, John has ever since been credited with having written one of the gospels, which came to be known as John's Gospel. As three epistles appear to have been written by the same author as the fourth gospel, the Church Fatherstherefore attributed these to the disciple John. The Book of Revelation was eventually attributed to the apostle John simply because it is signed by an otherwise unknown author called John.Modern scholars say that the gospel now known as John's Gospel could not have been written by an eyewitness to the events portrayed, which thus means that John was certainly not the author. And if John did not write the gospel that bears his name, he did not write the Johannine epistles. The author of the Book of Revelation is now commonly called 'John of Patmos' to distinguish him both from the apostle John and the anonymous author of John's Gospel.Research has shown that St. John the apostle did not write any books in the New Testament.
Did John write any books in the Bible?
A:Ian Wilson (Jesus: The Evidence) says that it can come as quite a shock to discover that no-one can even be sure who wrote the gospels. Despite the versions printed in our Bibles long having borne the names Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, these names are mere attributions, and even as such are rather less reliable than attributions given to unsigned works of art.The Church Fathers of the second century noticed that one gospel does not mention the disciple John, and so assumed that its 'disciple whon Jesus loved' must be John. They then decided that this disciple was also the author and that it was out of modesty that he did not tell us his name, thus arriving at the decision that the gospel now known as John's Gospel was written by John. As three epistles appear to have been written by the same author as the fourth gospel, the Church Fatherstherefore attributed these to the disciple John. The Book of Revelation was eventually attributed to the apostle John simply because it is signed by an otherwise unknown author called John.Modern scholars say that the gospel now known as John's Gospel could not have been written by an eyewitness to the events portrayed, which thus means that John was certainly not the author. And if John did not write the gospel that bears his name, he did not write the Johannine epistles. The author of the Book of Revelation is now commonly called 'John of Patmos' to distinguish him both from the apostle John and the anonymous author of John's Gospel.Research has shown that St. John the apostle did not write any books in the New Testament.
Who were relatives of John the gospel author?
A:The author of the gospel now known as John's Gospel is not actually known. The Gospel was originally anonymous and was only attributed to John, son of Zebedee, later in the second century. However, biblical scholars say that the author could not really have been an eyewitness to the events portrayed in the Gospel, in which case the attribution to John must be erroneous. If John had really been the author of the gospel that now bears his name, then his father would have been Zebedee and his brother would have been James.
Why did John write his Gospel and Epistles in the third person?
The gospel now known as John's Gospel was originally written anonymously and only attributed to John later in the second centuries. The Church Fathers noted that only this Gospel ever referred to the "disciple whom Jesus loved" and that this disciple was never referred to at the same time as the apostle John. They decided that the "disciple whom Jesus loved" and John were actually thesame person and that this must have been the author of the Gospel, which they consequently attributed to John. There is no historical reason to believe that the author of this gospel really was John and therefore no reason to believe that he was referring to himself in the third person. The three epistles now attributed to John were written in the first person.
Which of the four Gospels did Mark write?
The gospel now known as the Gospel According to Mark was attributed to Mark later in the second century, although it was originally written anonymously. In spite of this attribution, there is no good reason to believe that John Mark was actually the author of this gospel.
Why does John not mention himself by name in the Gospel of John?
The short answer is that John does not mention himself by name in the Gospel of John because John did not write that Gospel. It was written anonymously and only attributed to John by the Church Fathers later in the second century, when they were attempting to decide who probably wrote each of the New Testament gospels. A slightly fuller anwer is that the Church Fathers, puzzled at the lack of evidence as to who wrote this Gospel, saw that a 'disciple whom Jesus loved' was a key character in this Gospel. They decided that this disciple must be the author, who must have just been too modest to use his own name. They then noted that the apostle John was not mentioned any where in this Gospel, and decided that John was the missing disciple. Thus, on supposition and quite limited evidence, John became the author of the fourth gospel.
What 5 books did the apostle John write in the Bible?
The gospel of JOHN 1 John, 2 John, 3 John Revelation
How is John's Gospel a correcting one?
John's Gospel differs so markedly from the three other New Testament gospels as to raise questions about the very reason for this. Some theologians have long felt that John, a disciple of Jesus, wrote his Gospel in order to correct misconceptions evident in the other, synoptic gospels.However, this hypothesis depends on the author of John's Gospel actually being the disciple John. In fact, the Gospel, like all others, was actually written anonymously and only attributed to the apostle John later in the second century, when the Church Fathers were seeking to establish who probably wrote each of the gospels. Around 180 CE, Irenaeus identified the author of this gospel as John, son of Zebedee. This arose because it was believed that the 'disciple whom Jesus loved' was the apostle John. It seems then to have been decided, on the basis of amateur psychology, that the author must have been John, because the author was too modest.Today, most scholars assume that John did not write this Gospel. In fact, they say that the author could not have been an eyewitness to the events that the gospel portrays. Just as scholars have identified Mark's Gospel as the major source of information for the authors of Matthew and Luke, so they say that John was inspired by Luke's Gospel, although some material was taken direct from Mark. John's Gospel is entirely derivative and is not an attempt to correct the gospel record.Perhaps the last word could go to the early Church Father, Origen, who in defending John's Gospel said (Commentary on John) "although he does not always tell the truth literally, he always tells it spiritually." Origen did not believe John's Gospel to be literally true.
