Who wrote First John in the Bible?

Answer 1

John the Apostle wrote the Book of St. John, and the Book of Revelation. There is some controversy over whether he wrote First, Second, and Third John, but they certainly bear his name. Conventional wisdom is weighted on the side of his authorship of those three epistles.

AnswerJohn the apostle is traditionally credited with writing the Gospel of John, the three Epistles and the Book of Revelation, however, this attribution did not occur until 180 CE, when it was decided that John the apostle could have been the author of the Gospel. This attribution has little support among modern scholars.

Answer 2

A:The Gospel of John, as with all the New Testament gospels, was originally anonymous. It was attributed to the disciple John later in the second century, when the Church Fathers were seeking to establish who probably wrote each of the gospels. However, modern New Testament scholars say that none of the gospels could have been written by an eyewitness to the events portrayed. Thus, we do not know who wrote John's Gospel, but we do know it was not John.

Answer 3

There is no evidence that anyone other than John, the beloved disciple, wrote the Gospel of John.

He was the beloved disciple. This can be deduced in a general sense from the facts. He indicates the precise hours when particular events took place (1:39; 4:6,52; 19:14). He records quotations of the disciple Philip (6:7; 14:8), Thomas (11:16;14:5), Judas (14:22), and Andrew (6:8-9). He leaned on the breast of Jesus at supper on the night of the betrayal (13:23-25) and was among the three 'inner circle' of Peter, James, and John. Peter is distinguished from this author by name in 1:41-42;13:6,8 and James had become a martyr very early, long before the Gospel was written (Acts 12:2). He has a particular way of introducing himself (John 13:23; 19;26; 20:2; 21:7,20). These facts cumulatively make it difficult to come to any other conclusion, but that John was the author of the Gospel which bears his name.

Source: The New Unger's Bible Dictionary, Merril F. Unger, Moody, Chicago. 1988. p 701.

The uniqueness of the Gospel of John also demonstrates it was written by someone closely acquainted with Jesus and His ministry. Large sections of John, both in terms of its discourses and in the miracles or sings it records, are unique to John. The large amount of uniquely Johanine material early led scholars to class John in a category by itself. They recognized that the author had a different style and that the whole approach was radically different to the three synoptic Gospels.

John pursues his major theme and purpose 'that you might believe' through every page of the Gospel. He records the discussions around the miracles and discussions Jesus had with various people usually centered around Jesus' identity. Unique to John are the Wedding at Cana in John 2, the Visit of Nicodemus by Night in John 3, The Woman at the Well in John 4, the Healing of the Man Born Blind in John 9, The Raising of Lazarus in John 11, the 'Farewell Discourses' in John 14 through 16, together with Jesus' prayer in John 17 are just a few examples.

John most certainly was in a position to know all these details, himself being part of the 'inner circle' of Peter, James and John. It has also been noted that nowhere does John record an event where he is the key focus. Undoubtedly this is because he wished to focus on Jesus, not on himself.

John also, himself living to a ripe old age, had the time to reflect on the important aspects of Jesus' life and work and to make a contribution which rounded out the eyewitness testimony of the other Gospels. Further Considerations One important criteria, often overlooked is that the readers of these early Christian documents were very desirous to know who wrote them. They would not accept documents without proper authority. If John indeed did not write this Gospel, then it would most certainly have been attributed to someone else with authority. Nor did they ever attribute anything to anyone unless they had good and valid reason to do so. The fact that they attributed it to John meant that they knew that he wrote it. This is precisely what the attributions to the Gospels mean. In the same way that we put tiles and authors on books today so the early manuscripts were titled kata Markonetc, including John. The Greek word kata means according to, as it is translated.

Answer 4

A:No. The fourth gospel was originally anonymous, and modern scholars say that it could not have been written byan eyewitness to the events portrayed in it.

Around 180 CE, Irenaeus identified the author of this gospel as the apostle John, son of Zebedee. Prior to this, the gospel had for a time been attributed to Cerinthus, the founder of a gnostic school.

Answer 5

The Gospel of St John was originally anonymous and, although it was eventually attributed to John late in the second century, we have no evidence as to who wrote it.

Some say that the author was the apostle John, but had the disciple John been the author, he could be expected to have a good knowledge of the life of Jesus and not be required to rely on other sources for information. Yet there is evidence that the author of John based his Gospel on that of Luke, although he made some effort to write new episodes about the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. Just two examples to show this:

• Luke and John are the only gospels that mention sisters called Mary and Martha, and the only gospels that mention Lazarus. Luke contains a brief story of Jesus visiting the sisters, while Lazarus is in a parable that mentions his resurrection hypothetically. John wrote an important episode, in which Jesus visited the sisters, Mary and Martha, and resurrected their dead brother, Lazarus. The similarities are too great to be mere coincidences, yet they are not the same story.
• John narrated an episode in which the risen Jesus appeared to the fishermen beside the Sea of Tiberias and, casting their nets on the other side, they caught so many fish that they could not bring them all in. This is really a repetition of the miracle catch of fish described by Luke as an event which took place at the same spot during Jesus' life. Once again, the similarities are too great to be mere coincidences - the author of John copied material from Luke and was therefore not a disciple of Jesus.

We simply do not know who the author of the fourth gospel was.

Answer 6

The book of John is written by the youngest desciple of Jesus John himself.

Answer 7

John has written 5 books in The Bible, the gospel of John, John 1,2,3, and the Revelations.

Answer 8

It is thought that John the Apostle wrote those books. John the Apostle was a disciple of Jesus.

Answer 9

The Apostle John is understood to be the writer of this letter. His theme of love is prevalent in all of his writings.

Answer 10

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