Gospel Of John Research Paper

John is the author of five New Testament books: the gospel of John, three epistles 1, 2, and 3 John and the book of Revelation. John had the benefit to see Jesus talk with Moses and Elijah at the mount of transfiguration (Matthew 17:1-9). After Jesus went to the cross he became a big part of the church in Jerusalem along with peter and in the end was exiled to the island of Patmos by Rome and here he received the visions that make up revelation. John was the brother of James and together Jesus refereed to them as the sons of thunder. John was a very passion driven and ambitious. This can be seen through his mother who asked Jesus if John and James could sit on his left and right (Matthew 20:20-24). Another place is when he rebuked the man who was casting demons out in Jesus name because we wasn’t a apostil but was rebuked by Jesus for it (Mark 9:38-41). John’s is the only book that has any recorded of Jesus washing the disciples feet, which had a great

History shows that John was the last surviving apostle. John was the disciple whom Jesus loved. John had a closer relationship with Jesus than any of the other disciples. As he grew older and wiser he fixed a lot of the errors that originally Jesus had to rebuke him for. He also witnessed Jesus ascend to heaven in act 1:9-11- 9 And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. 10 And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes, 11 and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.” John was loyal to Jesus. He was the only one of the apostles present at the cross. After the resurrection John worked with Peter to preach the gospel in Jerusalem and suffered beatings and imprisonment for