Wsa Jesus Christ and John lovers?

Answer 1

Jesus led an asexual lifestyle. He knew that his death was coming, and he wouldn't have given that kind of heartbreak to anyone. Besides, he came to give his love to the world, not one person.

AnswerNo. Your confusion arises because the gospels tell us that John was 'the disciple whom Jesus loved'. To a modern Engish-speaking person this suggests a gay relationship, but the translation here is to blame for this phrase being misinterpreted.

In English we have one word for love - 'love'. And this one word has to describe the love of a mother for her child, a love for one's country, and sexual love between lovers. However in the original Greek of the New Testament there are several possible words for love. As examples, filia means the love between family members. Eros (from where we get the word 'erotic') means sexual love as one would find between husband and wife. However, in the phrase 'the disciple whom Jesus loved', the word used is agape (AH-ga-pay) for which there is no real English translation but it means a non-sexual, deep, profound, spiritual, unconditional, selfless and overwhelming love. It is the same word used by Jesus when he describes God's love for us, and the love that we should show our neighbours when we are commmanded to 'love your neighbour as yourself'.