John (apostle)
From CreationWiki, the encyclopedia of creation science
- This article concerns John, the Disciple of Jesus. For other uses of John, see John (disambiguation).
John, son of Zebedee, brother of James, was a fisherman by trade. John and James were disciples of John the Baptist, who responded to the call to become disciples of Jesus Christ.
Even among the select twelve Disciples of Jesus, John was one of the "inner circle" of Apostles; John, along with Peter and James, were sometimes given special assignments or allowed to witness miracles of Jesus when the other disciples were not present. In his eponymous Gospel, John only refers to himself as the "disciple whom Jesus loved".
John also wrote three New Testament epistles, I John, II John, and III John. He was eventually arrested by Roman authorities and imprisoned on the island of Patmos. While in prison, he received a prophetic vision of the Second Coming of Christ, the Day of Judgement, and the establishment of the Kingdom of God; he recorded the vision as the book of Revelation (sometimes called the "Revelation of John" or the "Apocalypse of John").
The Bible does not record the death of any of Jesus' disciples, but according to extra-Biblical tradition, all of them were martyred, except John, who died in prison.
Note: there is some scholarly dispute over the authorship of II John, III John, and Revelation.
 Browse |
