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The author of John's gospel, traditionally John himself, refers to himself as "the disciple whom Jesus loved" or "the one Jesus loved" depending on the translation. This passage is found in John 13:23. You can tell that the name "John" is missing from the text and from the context in the other gospels you can infer that the disciple in question is John.John 13:23 - One of them, the disciple whom Jesus loved, was reclining next to him.The author of John's Gospel was originally anonymous and for decades, the Church Fathers sought to establish who, in their view, probably wrote the fourth gospel. Finally they decided that the author must be the disciple referred to as "the disciple whom Jesus loved," saying that modesty prevented him from using his own name. They then decided that the beloved disciple was probably John, son of Zebedee, since John was not otherwise mentioned.However, modern New Testament scholars believe that John was not the author of the gospel that now bears his name. They say that the gospel could not have been written by an eyewitness to the life and mission of Jesus.
John, the author of the book of John and one of the twelve disciples is usually thought to be the disciple that Jesus loved. He was also referred to in John 13:23 by this description * and in John 21:20
According to the Holy Bible, the disciple whom Jesus specially loved, was John, but He chose them all - even Judas!
John refers to himself multiple times in the Gospel of John, often as "the disciple whom Jesus loved" or simply as "the disciple." It is estimated that he refers to himself in this way around 20 times throughout the Gospel.
In John's Gospel, Jesus told "the disciple whom Jesus loved" to care for his mother, Mary, and told his mother, this is your son. We do not know who "the disciple whom Jesus loved" was, but a tradition beginning in the second century is that this was John. This instruction is missing from the synoptic gospels, where the disciple was not present at the crucifixion.
Jesus did not play favourites. He believed in building the strengths of each of his disciples, but his "inner circle" comprised Peter and the brothers James and John, sons of Zebedee. However, there exists a belief that John was his "favourite" disciple, because John refers to himself as "the disciple whom Jesus loved" several times in the Gospel of John.
The apostle who laid his head on Jesus' shoulder during the Last Supper was John. He is often referred to as the "disciple whom Jesus loved." This intimate gesture symbolized the close relationship between Jesus and John.
------------------------ John's Gospel talks of a 'disciple whom Jesus loved' but does not identify that disciple. The second-century Church Fathers noticed that whenever the book talks about the disciple, it does not mention John and, on this evidence alone, decided that this disciple must therefore be John. Like all the New Testament Gospels, John's Gospel was written anonymously, but the Church Fathers came to the conclusion that the author must be the 'disciple whom Jesus loved' and, since they had decided this disciple to be John, the Gospel author was the disciple John. The second century reasoning was merely conjecture and is not accepted by modern biblical scholars. If the 'disciple whom Jesus loved' was closest to Jesus, we still do not know who that disciple was.
This refers to John (later writer of the Gospel of John), who was the youngest disciple.
good disciple --- ... saint.
The Apostle John When Jesus therefore saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing by, He said to His mother, "Woman, behold your son!" Then He said to the disciple, "Behold your mother!" And from that hour that disciple took her to his own home. (NKJV) John refers to himself as the "disciple Jesus loved" several times in his gospel in order to keep the readers' focus on Jesus, and not call attention to himself.
The fourth gospel was written anonymously and attributed to the disciple John, later in the second century, on the grounds that the "disciple whom Jesus loved" seemed to refer to John and the Church Fathers believed the author may have been referring to himself when saying "disciple whom Jesus loved". Outside the Bible, there is no evidence that the disciple John was a historical person, and we do not know who the author of John's Gospel really was.