The author of the Gospel of John is John the beloved disciple, the Apostle and the one who was imprisoned on the Island of Patmos. This is the same John who also wrote the letter known as 1 John.
The letter of 1John has numerous concepts which are typically Johanine which are not used in the same way by other authors, thus stamping it with his character.
Comment: Actually there is one group who are willing to accept the evidence and another group who doesn't. Those who accept the abundant evidence which exists regarding Johanine authorship, have no problem with the reasonable proposition that John was the author. Those who don't accept the evidence would assert that we don't know who else wrote these works, since no other author has evidence to support them and no extra-biblical source close to the event postulated an alternative.
Evidence in Favor of John the Apostle Being the Author Internal Evidence: The proposition that the author of the Gospel of John is 'the disciple whom Jesus loved' and also the one who leaned on His breast at supper (21:20 cf. 21:7) and that the same person is indeed the apostle John is supported by a number of lines of evidence under three main points:
1. He was evidently a contemporary of the events described:
The writer was personally known to the High Priest and entered his residence along with Jesus on the night when Jesus was arrested (18:15). This author alone mentions the fact that it was the servant of the High Priest who had his ear cut off by Peter (18:10). This author deals with questions which are relevant to the period prior to AD 70 and not with controversies which were occurring in the second century connected with the Gnostic and Ebionite groups. (cf 6:15; 11:47-50) Many other details indicate contempoaneity with the events described.
2. He was Jew of Palestine:
The opening words of the book demonstrate an acquaintance with Hebrew (cf Genesis 1:1). On three occasions there are quotes from the Hebrew (12:40; 13:18; 19:37). There is intimate knowledge displayed regarding the Hebrew festivals viz. the Festival of Booths (7:2 Tabernacles KJV) the Feast of Dedication (10:22) and the Passover (21:13,23; 6:4; 13:1;18:28). Jewish customs and ways of thinking are familiar to the author eg. questions about purification (3:25;11:55), marriage customs, especially the method of arranging the waterpots (2:1-10); customs relating to burial (11:38,44; 19:31,40). Knowledge of the geography of Palestine is demonstrated such as the descent from Cana to the Sea of Galilee (2:12) and also the fact that Jacob's well is deep (4:11). Specific places such as Ephraim (11:54), Mount Gerizim (4:20), Jerusalem and the Kidron valley (18:1), Bethsaida and Siloam (5:2; 9:7), and Golgotha (19:17 etc).
3. He was John, the beloved disciple.
This can be deduced in a general sense from the above 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.
Authorship of 1 John
Like the Gospel of John, this letter also does not state the name of its author. However there is strong evidence both internal and external that it was written by John who was the son of Zebedee and the brother of James (Mark 1:19-20). There are indeed some strong similarities between the Gospel of John and this letter such as distinctive Johanine phrases, a limited vocabulary (as expected from a fisherman, unlike a learned scholar) and the frequent contrast of opposites.
External evidence includes the testimony of the many of the early church fathers among which are Papias, Polycarp (himself personally acquainted with John), and Irenaeus that both works are from the pen of a single author, the apostle John.
While John is generally considered to be "the disciple whom Jesus loved," there is a growing number of Christians who, upon very detailed examination of key scriptures, believe it may have actually been Lazarus. The actual authorship of the Gospel of John has been in dispute for some time. Readers are referred to "The Discliple Whom Jesus Loved" book.
Principles of New Testament Authorship and Attribution It must be remembered that the Christians of the New Testament era were particularly interested in who wrote what. They had this concern in that they were concerned that what they were being taught had Apostolic and thus full truthful authority. This, in contrast to examples of spurious and mythological teachings as evidenced in for example, the Gospel of Thomas.
Thus, the early Christians were interested in authority which included either eyewitness testimony or direct access to it in the cases of Mark and Luke. In relation to John, if there were some persons who believed Lazarus, or anyone else for that matter, to have been the author. The fact that there is unanymity around the authorship of John is telling, particularly in the light of the diversity that would have been expected had anyone else been the author or if the author was unknown.
13, I think...Another thought:Paul wrote 14 letters (books of the Bible), but I believe John only wrote 5 :The gospel of John, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John and Revelation.
"COME AND SEE" IN THE GOSPELUsing the King James Version of the Bible, the phrase "Come and see" appears only in the gospel of John, specifically in:* John 1:39 - "He saith unto them, Come and see." * John 1:46 - "Philip saith unto him, Come and see." * John 11:34 - "They said unto him, Lord, come and see."
The Bible does not have a 2nd and 3rd book of John, but there are three short epistles ascribed to John in the New Testament: 1 John, 2 John, and 3 John. These books are located towards the end of the New Testament, after the Gospel of John.
Nicodemus (John 3:1+2 /John 19:39/John 12:42)
Some scholars believe that the community in which John's Gospel was written, was a mildly Gnostic Christian community and that the Gospel was originally much more gnostic in flavour than the version we have today. Looking especially at 1 John, written in the same community, it appears that the community split after disagreement over theology, shortly after the Gospel was written. One group joined a separate community that followed a Christian belief more aligned to the synoptic gospels, while the other group joined a probably more definitely Gnostic community. The group that joined the 'centrist' community altered its Gospel to remove much of the more obvious Gnostic content of that Gospel. This hypothesis is supported by the extent to which the Gospel seems to have been reworked.The passion story in John's Gospel differs significantly from that in the synoptic gospels, and contains much more striking symbolism of Jesus as the paschal lamb. John shows evidence of having been influenced by Hermas' Pastor, a known Gnostic work. It also parallels the Gospel of Thomas in some areas - Thomas was also a Gnostic gospel.'Light' was a Gnostic concept related to spirituality. Both John's Gospel and 1 John frequently refer to Jesus as the Light, for example:John 1:4: In him was life; and the life was the light of men.John 1:5: And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.John 1:7: The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.John 1:8: He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.John 1:9: That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.John Glyndwr Harris (Gnosticism: Beliefs and Practices) says that the current of ideas that runs through Johnprobably reflects a diversified mix of different aspects of Judaism, Hellenism, Roman and pagan philosophy, as well as gnosticism.
The word "grace" appears four times in three verses of the KJV bible gospel of John. (John 1:14, 1:16, 1:17)
The word "grace" appears four times in three verses of the KJV bible gospel of John. (John 1:14, 1:16, 1:17)
The gospel of JOHN 1 John, 2 John, 3 John Revelation
5: The gospel of john, 1, 2, and 3 John, and revelation
Those are Biblical verses. The Gospel according to John, Book 1, Verses 1 to 5.
A:It is traditional to believe that 1 John was written by the author of John's Gospel, so the first thing to recognise is that both 1 John and John's Gospel were originally anonymous and only attributed to the disciple John later in the second century. Scholars say that the Gospel could not have been written by an eyewitness to the events it portrays, thus ruling out John or any other disciple as its author. In fact, a careful analysis of John's Gospel shows that it was actually inspired by Luke's Gospel. 1 John and John's Gospel were certainly written in the same community, known today as the Johannine community because of the traditional association with John, and 1 John shows evidence of a split in the community.Some scholars say that 1 John was written in 3 stratas and by various authors. Whether 1 John had a single author, a team of authors or was written over time, with the last stage being completed early in the second century, we do not know who the author or authors were. We therefore can never say what occupation the author had.
It is the gospel of John (also called the book of John) and the three epistles of John. Four books in the whole:Book of 1 John (epistle)Book of 2 John (epistle)Book of 3 John (epistle)Book of John (gospel)
Those are 2 different Gospels, the book of Mark and the books of John 1 and John 2.
John 21:1-14 See related link.
The Gospel of John. It begins with the statement: John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
The Apostle John who was one of the Twelve. He wrote the gospel of John, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, and Revelation.
Nathaniel is mentioned in the Bible in the Gospel of John, specifically in John 1:45-51.