Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Gospel of John, like all the gospels, is anonymous. [14] John 21:22 [15] references a disciple whom Jesus loved and John 21:24–25 [16] says: "This is the disciple who is testifying to these things and has written them, and we know that his testimony is true". [11]
The Fourth Gospel is written by someone who, based on their style and knowledge of the Greek language and grammar, would have to have been well-educated in Greek; on the other hand, as an uneducated illiterate Galilean fisherman, John the Apostle would most likely have had Aramaic as his native language, and no knowledge of any other language ...
Gospel of John: c. 90–110 CE, the upper date based on textual evidence that the gospel was known in the early 2nd century CE, and the lower on an internal reference to the expulsion of Christians from the synagogues. [97] 𝔓 52 (125–175 CE) Acts
The epistle's content, language and conceptual style are very similar to the Gospel of John, 2 John, and 3 John. [3] Thus, at the end of the 19th century scholar Ernest DeWitt Burton wrote that there could be "no reasonable doubt" that 1 John and the gospel were written by the same author. [16]
Gospel of Jesus' Wife – modern forgery based on the Gospel of Thomas. [13] [14] Papyrus Berolinensis 1171, Book of Enoch 0-6th century Greek fragment, possibly from an apocryphal gospel or amulet based on John. Papyrus Cairensis 10735 – 6th or 7th century Greek fragment, possibly from a lost gospel, may be a homily or commentary.
The Prologue to St. John's Gospel, 1:1-18, is read on Christmas Day at the principal Mass during the day in the Roman Catholic Church, a tradition that dates back at least to the 1570 Roman Missal. [38] In the Church of England, following the Book of Common Prayer (1662), St. John 1:1-14 is appointed to be read on Christmas Day.
All of these are thought to date from sometime in the third century. [2] Also significant are the Bodmer Papyri: 𝔓 66, which contains the Gospel of John; [6] and 𝔓 75, which contains the Gospels of Luke and John. [7] These early manuscripts are more complete, allowing scholars to better examine their textual character. [8]
The Gospel of John is perhaps quoted by Justin Martyr, and hence is highly likely to have been written before c. 160 CE; [20] but 20th century New Testament scholars, most influentially Kurt Aland and Bruce Metzger, have argued from the proposed dating of 𝔓 52 prior to this, that the latest possible date for the composition of the Gospel ...