#Verse by verse bible study of 1st john full#

#Verse by verse bible study of 1st john full#

John and his brother James were full of zeal for the Lord Jesus. John's calling to be a disciple of the Lord is described in the synoptic Gospels (Math. She bade the Lord Jesus to have her two sons sit on His right and His left hand in his kingdom (Math.

Zebedee was probably a prosperous fishermen on the shore of lake Galilee and he employed hired servants ( Mark 1:19-20). We know more of John than we know of any other author of the Gospels. However, there are no irrefutable proofs against the authorship of John. According to some a Presbyterian by the same name shall have been the author. There have been, however, other presumptions in the past as well as in recent times. Theophilus of Antioch quoted the first verse of the gospel around 180 AD and named John as author. This is confirmed by Irenaeus (140 to 202 AD) who was a pupil of Polycarp of Smyrna (who himself had known John). This reserve would confirm the tradition of the old church that John, the disciple of the Lord, is the author of this Gospel. Of the three disciples who were most intimate with the Lord Jesus (which are Peter, James and John) the latter is never mentioned throughout the whole Gospel. In fact, only an eyewitness would be able to give such clear particulars as 'about the tenth hour' ( John 1:39), 'six water pots of stone' ( John 2:6) and '153 great fishes' ( John 21:11).įive times, the author of the Gospel calls himself 'the disciple, whom Jesus loved' (compare John 21:24 with ch. John was an eyewitness of the reported occurrences though, as he himself writes ( John 1:14 John 19:35). The writer steps back into the background, behind the message of God. The name of the author of the Gospel of John is not mentioned - as is the case with the three synoptic gospels as well.