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The disciples in Mark's Gospel were a dull, quarrelsome lot, always jockeying for position, failing to understand Jesus, denying him when they are in trouble (as in the case of Peter) and finally deserting him at the time of his arrest. Not one of them was present at the crucifixion.

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What was John called in the Gospel of John in the Bible?

A:The fourth gospel refers several times to a "disciple whom Jesus loved". The Gospel was originally anonymous, but during the later part of the second century, Church Fathers came to the conclusion that this disciple must have been John, and subsequently attributed the Gospel to John.


Who was the apostle who asked for Jesus' body?

AnswerThe gospels are in agreement that a person called Joseph of Arimathea asked Herod for the body of Jesus. However, there is no agreement that Joseph was actually a disciple, rather than a pious Jew for whom it was necessary to end the crucifixion before the start of the Passover.Mark's Gospel says that Joseph was an honourable counsellor and makes no suggestion that he was a disciple of Jesus. Matthew's Gospel says that Joseph was a rich man and a disciple of Jesus. Luke's Gospel says that Joseph was a counsellor and a good man from the city of Arimathea but, like Mark, does not say that he was a disciple. John's Gospel says that Joseph was a disciple of Jesus. The location of the city of Arimathea has not been established.


How did the author of John's Gospel refer to himself in the text?

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.


How many times does John mention himself by name in the Gospels?

The Gospel now known as John's Gospel does not mention the disciple John, but does mention "the sons of Zebedee", a reference that would include the disciple John, in verse 21:2. The Gospel also mentions a 'disciple whom Jesus loved', whom the second-century Church Fathers decided was also a reference to the disciple John. The New Testament were originally written anonymously, so we do not really know who wrote John's Gospel or whether it had anything to do with John at all. When the Church Fathers were attempting to establish who probably wrote each of the gospels, they felt that the reference to the 'disciple whom Jesus loved' was modesty on the part of the author, and that this was the author himself. Therefore, they said, the author was John.


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.

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What was marks role in the story of Jesus?

Mark, who wrote the Gospel of Mark, was a disciple of Peter, who was a disciple of Jesus.


What does the Bible mean by the disciple whom Jesus Loved?

This refers to John (later writer of the Gospel of John), who was the youngest disciple.


What does gospel and disciple have in common?

They have to do with christianity


Which gospel was written by the apostle of love?

John is known as the apostle or disciple of love.He wrote the gospel that bears his name.


Was John closest to Christ?

------------------------ 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.


Was John the only disciple at the crucifixion of Jesus?

A:There is no easy answer to this question. The synoptic gospels make it clear that those of Jesus' acquaintance, including his mother Mary, looked from afar off; there was no disciple or friend of Jesus at his crucifixion. However, John's Gospel says that the 'disciple whom Jesus loved', alone of the disciples, stood at the foot of the cross with Mary. In this gospel, Jesus told the beloved disciple to look after Mary like his own mother. There was speculation from the time the fourth gospel was written as to just who this beloved disciple was. As with all the New Testament gospels, this gospel was originally anonymous. Later in the fourth century, after authors had been attributed to the other gospels, the Church Fathers noticed that the apostle John was not mentioned in the last gospel. They decided that the answer must be that this disciple was John. They then decided that the same disciple must have been the author of the gospel, being too modest to use his own name for this most important and beloved disciple. Thus, on the basis of speculation alone, the disciple at the foot of the cross was John, but only in the gospel now known as John's Gospel.


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What was John called in the Gospel of John in the Bible?

A:The fourth gospel refers several times to a "disciple whom Jesus loved". The Gospel was originally anonymous, but during the later part of the second century, Church Fathers came to the conclusion that this disciple must have been John, and subsequently attributed the Gospel to John.


What evidence suggests that John was closest of all the disciples to Christ?

A:The fourth gospel, now known as John's Gospel has an otherwise unnamed disciple who is always referred to as the 'disciple whom Jesus loved'. Whoever this disciple was would seem to have been the closest to Jesus.The second-century Church Fathers noticed that the disciple John was not mentioned by name in the fourth gospel, and on this basis decided that the beloved disciple must be John. They surmised that it was modesty that prevented the author from using the name John, as a result of which they decided that the previously anonymous gospel must have been written by John himself.


Are there evidences outside the Bible that John the author of the fourth Gospel was a historical person?

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.


Who was the beloved disciple in verse 2 of John 20?

Additional info: Beloved disciple is a term in John's Gospel for a disciple for whom Jesus had deep feelings; variously identified as Lazarus, an anonymous source or author of the Gospel, an idealized disciple, or John's reference to himself without using his own name. Church tradition and interpretation of biblical evidence appear to point to John.


Who was the apostle who asked for Jesus' body?

AnswerThe gospels are in agreement that a person called Joseph of Arimathea asked Herod for the body of Jesus. However, there is no agreement that Joseph was actually a disciple, rather than a pious Jew for whom it was necessary to end the crucifixion before the start of the Passover.Mark's Gospel says that Joseph was an honourable counsellor and makes no suggestion that he was a disciple of Jesus. Matthew's Gospel says that Joseph was a rich man and a disciple of Jesus. Luke's Gospel says that Joseph was a counsellor and a good man from the city of Arimathea but, like Mark, does not say that he was a disciple. John's Gospel says that Joseph was a disciple of Jesus. The location of the city of Arimathea has not been established.