John the Evangelist (יוחנן Standard Hebrew Yoḥanan, Tiberian Hebrew Yôḥānān meaning “Yahweh is gracious”, Greek: Εὐαγγελιστής Ἰωάννης) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. Traditionally, he is identified as the author of the Gospel of John and other Johannine works in the New Testament — the three Epistles of John and the Book of Revelation. He is also known as the Beloved Disciple, which is how he referred to himself in his Gospel. Traditionally, he is considered to be the same man as John of Patmos and John the Apostle, but this has been the subject of some debate since about 200.[1][2]
The Gospel of John refers to an otherwise unnamed “beloved disciple” of Jesus who “bore witness to” (wrote) the gospel’s message.[3] The composer of the Gospel of John seemed interested in maintaining the internal anonymity of the author’s identity, though interpreting the Gospel in the light of the Synoptic Gospels and considering that the author names (and therefore is not claiming to be) both Peter and James, it has generally been accepted that the author either was the Apostle John or was pretending to be.[4]
The apostle John was an historical figure, one of the “pillars” of the Jerusalem church after Jesus’ death.[5] Some scholars believe that John was martyred along with his brother (Acts 12:1-2),[5] but many scholars, both secular and religious, doubt this.[6][7] Harris believes that the tradition that John lived to old age in Ephesus developed in the late 2nd century.[5] However, the tradition does appear in the last chapter of the gospel though it assumes that John the Evangelist, John the Apostle, the Beloved Disciple mentioned in John 21 and sometimes also John the Presbyter are the same person.[8] By the late 2nd century, the tradition was held by most Christians.[9]
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1 In the Bible
2 Later life
3 Authorship
4 Feast day
5 In art
6 Gallery of art
7 See also
8 References
9 External links
In the Bible[edit]
John Evangelist in minuscule 482
Christian tradition says that John the Evangelist was one of Christ’s original twelve apostles and the only one to live into old age and not be killed for his faith. John the Evangelist is associated with Ephesus, where he is said to have lived and been buried. Some believe that after a short life he was exiled to (c.a.[clarification needed] 95) Patmos, where he wrote the Book of Revelation. However, this is a matter of debate, with some attributing authorship to John of Patmos or John the Presbyter. It is also debated whether John the Evangelist is the same as St. John the Apostle.
Statue of John the Evangelist outside St. John’s Seminary, Boston
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John was Galilean, the son of Zebedee and Salome, and the brother of James the Greater.[10] In the Gospels the two brothers are often called “the sons of Zebedee” after their father, and we read that they received from Christ the honourable title of Boanerges, i.e., “sons of thunder” (Mark 3:17).
Originally they were fishermen who fished with their father in the Lake of Genesareth. According to the usual explanation they became, however, for a time disciples of John the Baptist, and were called by Christ from the circle of John’s followers, together with Peter and Andrew, to become His disciples (John 1:35-42).
The first disciples returned with their new Master from the Jordan to Galilee and apparently both John and the others remained for some time with Jesus (cf. John ii, 12, 22; iv, 2, 8, 27 sqq.).
Yet after the second return from Judea, John and his companions went back again to their trade of fishing until he and they were called by Christ to definitive discipleship (Matthew 4:18-22; Mark 1:16-20).
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In the lists of the Apostles John has the second place (Acts 1:13), the third (Mark 3:17), and the fourth (Matthew 10:3; Luke 6:14), yet always after James with the exception of a few passages (Luke 8:51; 9:28 in the Greek text; Acts 1:13).[9]
From the fact of James being placed first, the conclusion is drawn that John was the younger of the two brothers. In any case, John had a prominent position in the Apostolic body. He, Peter, and James were the only witnesses of the raising of Jairus’s daughter (Mark 5:37), of the Transfiguration (Matthew 17:1),[10] and of the Agony in Gethsemane (Matthew 26:37).
Only he and Peter were sent into the city to make preparation for the Last Supper (Luke 22:8).
At the Supper itself, his place was next to Christ on Whose breast he leaned (John 13:23, 25).
According to the general interpretation, John was also that “other disciple” who, with Peter, followed Christ after the arrest into the palace of the high-priest (John 18:15).
Saint John alone remained near his beloved Master at the foot of the Cross on Calvary with the Mother of Jesus and the pious women and took the desolate Mother into his care as the last legacy of Christ (John 19:25-27).[10] After the Resurrection, John, along with Peter, was the first of the disciples to hasten to the grave, and he was the first to believe that Christ had truly risen (John 20:2-10).[9]
When, later, Christ appeared at the Lake of Genesareth, John was also the first of the seven disciples present who recognized his Master standing on the shore (John 21:7).[10] After Christ’s Ascension and the Descent of the Holy Spirit, John, together with Peter, took a prominent part in the founding and guidance of the Church. We see him in the company of Peter at the healing of the lame man in the Temple (Acts 3:1 sqq.).
With Peter he is also thrown into prison (Acts 4:3).
Again, we find him with Peter visiting the newly converted in Samaria (Acts 8:14).[9]
We have no positive information concerning the duration of this activity in Judea. Apparently, John, in common with the other Apostles, remained some twelve years in this first field of labour until the persecution of Herod Agrippa I led to the scattering of the Apostles through the various provinces of the Roman Empire (cf. Acts 12:1-17).
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Parthia is said to have been the chief scene of John’s apostolical labours.[10] A Christian community was already in existence at Ephesus before Paul’s first labours there (cf. “the brethren”, Acts 18:27, in addition to Priscilla and Aquila).
In any case, such a sojourn by John in Asia in this first period was neither long nor uninterrupted. He returned with the other disciples to Jerusalem for the Apostolic Council (about AD 51).
In opposing his enemies in Galatia, St. Paul names John explicitly, along with Peter and James the Just (the brother of Jesus), as a “pillar of the Church” and refers to the recognition which his Apostolic preaching of a Gospel free from the law received from these three, the most prominent men of the old Mother-Church at Jerusalem (Galatians 2:9).
When Paul came again to Jerusalem after both his second and third journeys (Acts 18:22; 21:17 sq.), he seems no longer to have met John there. Some draw the conclusion from this that John left Judea between the years 52 and 55.[9]
Of the other New Testament writings, it is only from the three Epistles of John and the Apocalypse that anything further is learned concerning the person of the Apostle. Leopold Fonck accepts the unity of the author of these three writings handed down under the name of John and his identity with the Evangelist. Both the Epistles and the Apocalypse, however, presuppose that their author John belonged to the multitude of personal eyewitnesses of the life and work of Christ (cf. especially 1 John 1:1-5; 4:14), lived for a long time in Asia Minor, was thoroughly acquainted with the conditions existing in the various Christian communities there, and was recognized by all Christian communities as leader of this part of the Church. Moreover, the Apocalypse tells us that its author was on the island of Patmos “for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus” when he was honoured with the heavenly Revelation contained in the Apocalypse (Revelation 1:9).[9]
Later life[edit]
