Letter 032 — The Sender: The Last Apostle Standing (John 1)
John was a fisherman from Galilee. By the time he wrote his Gospel, he was the last apostle alive. And he decided to tell the story one more time.
In this letter
- John the apostle — son of Zebedee, the beloved disciple
- John at the foot of the cross, given care of Mary
- When and where John wrote — Ephesus, late first century
- Why John wrote a fourth Gospel after Matthew, Mark, and Luke
- The Gnostic context — Jesus only seemed to be human
- The Greek philosophical context of Logos (Stoics, Heraclitus)
- The Hebrew dabar — the creative word of God in Genesis 1
- John 20:30-31 — John's…
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