Transcription of Notes on John - Plano Bible Chapel
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Notes on John - Plano Bible Chapel
Copyright 2022 by Thomas L. Constable Notes on John 2022 Edition Dr. Thomas L. Constable WRITER The writer of this Gospel did not identify himself as such in the text. This is true of all the Gospel evangelists. Nevertheless there is evidence within this Gospel, as well as in the writings of the church fathers, that the writer was the Apostle The internal evidence from the Gospel itself is as follows: In 21:24, the writer of "these things" ( , the whole Gospel) was the same person as the "disciple whom Jesus loved" (21:7).2 That disciple was one of the seven disciples mentioned in 21:2. He was also the disciple who sat beside Jesus in the upper room when He instituted the Lord's Supper and the disciple to whom Peter motioned (13:23-24). This means that he was one of the Twelve, since only they were present in the upper room (Mark 14:17; Luke 22:14).
the first century. This would make a later date possible even though it does not prove a later date. Some students of the book believe that John 21:18-22 implies that Peter would die before John did, and Peter died about A.D. 67. In general, most authorities reject a date this early for these and other reasons.
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