Apostle John Research Paper

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There is very little on the early life of the Apostle John. It is known that John was one of two sons of Zebedee and Salome. While John, James and his father were repairing their fishing nets Jesus came to them saying, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” (Matthew 4:19 pg.538) Both sons followed him and told testimonies of Jesus gathering many sheep for their shepherd. He had many names in which he was known by such as, Saint John the Apostle, Saint John the Evangelist, and Saint John the Divine. John and his brother, James, were two of Jesus’ first disciples, also called “Boanerges” or “sons of thunder.” John became a disciple at a very young age. He wrote his gospel, three letters while he was in Ephesus and the book of Revelations