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 · Israel · Lived 10 to 98 · aged 88
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Something wrong?The name behind the fourth gospel - the one that opens "In the beginning was the Word" - though whether he was the apostle, the visionary of Patmos, or someone else entirely remains unresolved after two thousand years.
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Lorenzo Ghiberti, John the Evangelist from the north door of the Baptistery, 1407-13, Florence, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo
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Sibling: James, son of ZebedeeAbout this person
Christian tradition assigns him a life spanning most of the first century, from around 6 AD to 100 AD, and credits him with writing the Gospel of John. Over the centuries he's been folded together with three figures: John the Apostle, who walked with Jesus; John of Patmos, who saw visions; and John the Presbyter, an elder of the early church. No consensus exists on whether all three were one man or several who shared a name. The gospel attributed to him reads differently than the other three - more theological, more cosmic in its framing - and that distinctiveness has kept scribes and scholars arguing about authorship ever since.
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