Sunday, May 25, 2008
The Gospel according to John
I just had a test on Tuesday on the Johnnine books, which are all the books written by the Apostle John which are the Gospel John (maybe, there is discussion if he actually wrote it), 1John, 2John, 3John and Revelations. We had this amazing lecturer who had this idea that Lazarus could be the beloved disciple and not John. After re-reading John, I find myself thinking it could of been. They call Lazarus "the one Jesus loved" every time they mention him, and there was most likely more than the 12 at the last supper, ( the beloved was at the last supper) and the kicker is the beloved was with the Mary's at the tomb, but it says the 12 ran back, so it would be weird that John left and than came back to the tomb. Anyway just a thought. It is cool to think that maybe there are things that are left to explore. I find myself loving the theology of the bible much more than I ever thought I did. It's kind of weird. I remember liking the topical classes before when I was in Master's Commission, now it's just the opposite. I guess people really do change.
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While Lazarus could have been the beloved disciple whoever this disciple was he certainly wasn't John.
TheDiscipleWhomJesusLoved.com is a free Bible study that presents the Bible evidence on this unnamed disciple and contrasts it with what the Bible says about John and thereby proves that whoever this anonymous author was he could not have been John. I hope you enjoy the study.
Oh this is goooood Jim! And it does state the most likely to have written John and be the one Jesus loved is Lazarus! How exciting this is!
It sounds like you (Jim) are saying that the disciple whom Jesus loved is the one who wrote the Gospel of John. Is there a way that John wrote John and just referred to Lazarus (or whomever) as the disciple whom Jesus loved?
According the this bible study it is highly unlikely. John refers to himself many times in Revelations, but never refers to himself in John. It is believed that the author did not want his idenity known and why would that be and there are many reasons why Lazarus would not want his idenity known, especially since the Pharisees wanted him dead along with Jesus. There are many reasons to believe that Lazarus wrote this but no reasons to believe that John wrote it. It's a good study. I am sold!
Jess - sounds cool. Maybe I'll check it out between VLI semesters. That sort of weakens the arguments for 1,2,3 John as one of the main connections that our VLI instructor gave for John's authorship of them was the similarity between GoJ and 1J. Interesting...
I still believe John wrote 1,2,3 John because they are letters to churches that he actually was a part of. They have similar messages to Revelations, but GJ is no where similar to either 1,2,3 John or Revelations.
Good words.
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