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John the Evangelist
Ioannes Evangelista la
Author of the Gospel of John; traditionally identified with John the Apostle of Jesus, John of Patmos (author of Revelation), and John the Presbyter
Overview
author of the Gospel of John; traditionally identified with John the Apostle of Jesus, John of Patmos (author of Revelation), and John the PresbyterWikidata record description. Read John the Evangelist in the Wikipedia reader.
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Affiliation
As a third party recorded it, often for one period of a life.
Family tree
As the myths and records give it. Versions differ from source to source.
The family as a list · 4
Kinship in an account 4
- child of (child) Salome biblical figure, mother of John and Jacob
- child of (child) Zebedee father of James and John, two disciples of Jesus
- sibling of John the Apostle apostle of Jesus; son of Zebedee and Salome, brother of James; traditionally identified with John the Evangelist, John of Patmos, and the Beloved Disciple
- sibling of St. James the Elder one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus
Teachers and students
Teaching passed from one person to another, in the direction of the arrows — not ancestry, and not succession.
John the Evangelist author of the Gospel of John; traditionally identified with John the Apostle of Jesus, John of Patmos (author of Revelation), and John the Presbyter _-_Ignatios.jpg/120px-Hosios_Loukas_(south_west_chapel%2C_south_side)_-_Ignatios.jpg)
Connections
Affiliation 1
Identification 4
- disciple whom Jesus loved phrase found in the Gospel of John (21:20 etc.), traditionally identified with John the Evangelist and John the Apostle
- John of Patmos Christian saint and author of the Book of Revelation
- John the Apostle apostle of Jesus; son of Zebedee and Salome, brother of James; traditionally identified with John the Evangelist, John of Patmos, and the Beloved Disciple
- John the Presbyter early Christian; appears in fragments from Papias of Hierapolis as one of the author's sources; traditionally identified with John the Apostle, John the Evangelist, and/or John of Patmos (author of the Book of Revelations)
Documented influence 1
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