Two of Jesus’s disciples are James and John. Their mother comes to Jesus, making an audacious request for her boys. She asks that Jesus honor them by letting them sit on his right and his left in his kingdom. Jesus is direct. “You don’t realize what you’re asking.” Eventually he says only his Father can […]
The book of John, named after its author, is one of the four Gospels, biographies that focus on the life, ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus. While the books of Matthew, Mark, and Luke bear many nearly identical accounts and narratives, John, is the most different of the four Gospels; it contains the fewest similarities […]
The book of 1 John was written by Jesus’ disciple John, who also wrote the Gospel of John. As such there are many similarities between the two books. He is also the author of 2 John, 3 John, and Revelation. First John is written more as a sermon than a letter. Its purpose is to […]
The author of the book of 2 John (as well as 3 John) is identified only as “the elder,” but is attributed to Jesus’ disciple John, who also wrote the Gospel of John, 2 John, and Revelation. This is a personal letter seemingly to an unnamed woman and her children, although the greeting could euphemistically […]
The author of the book of 3 John (as well as 2 John) is identified only as “the elder,” but is attributed to Jesus’ disciple John, who also wrote the Gospel of John, 1 John, and Revelation. This is a personal letter and although it has an audience of one (Gaius), the principles John shares […]