Which John wrote the Gospel of John?

St. John the Apostle
Although the Gospel is ostensibly written by St. John the Apostle, “the beloved disciple” of Jesus, there has been considerable discussion of the actual identity of the author.

Was John the Baptist and the apostle John the same person?

Originally Answered: So are John the Apostle, John the Evangelist, and John the Baptist all the same person? John the Apostle and John the Evangelist are the same person. The disciple whom Jesus loved, one of the 12 disciples, and his inner three, John. John the Baptist is a completely different person.

Are there two Johns in the Bible?

Aside from that, John the Apostle, John the Revelator, John Mark, John the Baptist, John the relative of Annas the High Priest. But there is one “John” that people typically leave out — Judah.

Was John the Baptist one of the 12 apostles?

He is the cousin of Jesus (Yeshua), and ushered in the ministry of Jesus by baptizing him in the Jordan River. He was beheaded (Martyr) during his ministry. John bar Zebedee the Evangelist, was one of the Twelve Apostles of the New Testament.

Why is John not considered a synoptic gospel?

The reason that John is not part of the Synoptic Gospels is that it’s written in a different manner than the first three and might have been written for a different purpose. The Synoptic Gospels were all written within the same relative time period – a generation or so after the ministry of Jesus Christ.

Who is the audience in 1 John?

Ernest DeWitt Burton found it likely that its audience was largely gentile rather than Jewish, since it contains few Old Testament quotations or distinctly Jewish forms of expression.

Who was John talking to in 1st John?

1 John. The First Letter of John was apparently addressed to a group of churches where “false prophets,” denounced as Antichrist, denied the Incarnation of Jesus and caused a secession so substantial that the orthodox remnant was sadly depleted.