The author of the fourth gospel used terms like the one “whom Jesus loved,” the “other disciple,” etc. to conceal his identity. He stood at the cross, so why did he hide identity when he wrote?

The Disciple Whom Jesus Loved cites evidence that reveals the identity of this disciple and the one-of-a-kind gift from God that made him so unique. Many say this anonymous disciple was the apostle John, but scripture proves this could not be true.

Psalm 118:8 says, “It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man,” so the only authority quoted will be God’s word. This unnamed gospel writer was called the “other disciple.” “Other” than who? Find out in this book and learn how obeying the counsel that is in God’s word is the key to a better Bible study method.

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Although John was an eyewitness to all of these events, there is no mention of these key events in the gospel that today bears John’s name! These would surely have been extremely profound moments in John’s life. So, what can explain their omission from the fourth gospel, a book that tradition has said was written by John? Many teachers will refer to the fourth gospel as ‘John’s eyewitness testimony,’ but does the Bible support this claim? A closer look shows that the idea of John being the author of the fourth gospel is not consistent with the facts found in scripture, and the author’s omission of the three events noted above is merely the tip of the iceberg. It turns out every event where John is referred to by name in the first three gospels is missing from the fourth gospel – every one of them!

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For example, Jesus told John and his brother, “ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of,” when he rebuked them when they sought to “command fire to come down from heaven” (Lk 9:54-55). John and Peter were sent by Jesus to prepare the Passover (Lk 22:8). Jesus privately answered the questions of John, Peter, James, and Andrew on the Mount of Olives (Mk 13:3). John and his brother asked Jesus to seat them, “one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory” (Mk 10:35-41). But these events cannot be found in the fourth gospel, since none of the events where John is named in the first three gospels are in the fourth gospel! Does the fourth gospel’s omission of all of these ‘John events’ suggest this gospel was ‘John’s eyewitness testimony?’ If this was John’s eyewitness account, how did he come to exclude all mention of these events? Are we to believe John read the other gospels first and then wrote this gospel in such a way as to carefully omit every event where he was named in those oth

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