Who was the secret disciple of Jesus?

Answer 1

A:John's Gospel several times mentions an un-named 'disciple whom Jesus loved' and whose anonymity could classify him as a secret disciple. the second-century Church Fathers noticed that the fourth gospels never mentioned by name the important disciple called John and therefore decided that the beloved disciple must be John. However, there is no scriptural support for this hypothesis and most modern scholars dismiss this association.

Some have noted that whenever the 'disciple whom Jesus loved' is mentioned, it results in a comparison with Simon Peter, such that he is shown to be a better or more worthy disciple than Peter. This suggests that the secret disciple was no more than a literary device used by the anonymous author of John's Gospel in the early years of the second century to minimise the veneration of Saint Peter. The identity of the 'disciple whom Jesus loved' is still secret, but he probably never really existed.

Answer:Joseph of Arimathea, rich member of the Sanhedrin and a righteous man. After the crucifixion, Joseph, a secret disciple of Jesus, requested the body from Pilate and laid it in his own unused tomb (Matthew 27:57-60; Mark 15:43-46; Luke 23:50-53; John 19:38-42).