Lazarus is also more likely better educated than John the apostle, so he was more qualified to pen the fourth gospel. John is described in Acts as “unlearned and ignorant.” That might be a bit of an exaggeration, but it might not be too far from the truth since they were by profession fishermen. There …
JehovahsWitness wrote: My point is to suggest that TDWJL was Lazarus has the writer naming him and then resorting to the nameless title having earlier named him, which is illogical and inconsistent. Actually, I believe it is logical and consistent. If Lazarus and TDWJL were at the same place and at the same time and …
In the last chapter of the fourth gospel, Jesus asked Peter three times, “Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me?” Jesus continued: Jhn 21:18-19 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and …
Passages that didn’t make any sense before starts to make sense when one realizes TDWJL (the disciple whom Jesus loved) is Lazarus, not John the apostle. Jhn 18:15-17 And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and [so did] another disciple: that disciple was known unto the high priest, and went in with Jesus into the palace of …
Interestingly, in the book of John, John the Baptist is always referred to as John, never John the Baptist. However, in the synoptic gospels, John is often referred to as John the Baptist. If John the Apostle wrote the book of John, wouldn’t he more likely qualify with John the Baptist to distinguish him from …
Luke mentions Peter visiting the empty tomb, but does not mention John. If the disciple Jesus loved was John, shouldn’t he have been mentioned too in Luke? Luk 24:12 Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at that …
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polonius wrote: tam wrote: I really don’t have anything to add to what I shared earlier in the thread. So this is just a reminder. If Lazarus wrote the gospel (and he did), then he is also an apostle. QUESTION How do you conclude that if Lazarus wrote a gospel he is an apostle? Do …
tam wrote: Christ ate the last meal with the twelve apostles, and the disciple Christ loved (Lazarus) was one of them. It’s not clear the disciple Christ loved ate during the last supper. He only enters the scene after the supper is completed. Jhn 13:1 Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew …
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[Replying to post 59 by polonius] I would tend to believe the The Secret Gospel of Mark is authentic. Some of the details of it ties up the narrative. I’ve been wondering why wasn’t Lazarus an apostle if Jesus really loved him. We have no problem accepting John as being “the disciple whom Jesus loved” …
Regarding being a disciple and not being an apostle, in the first chapter of Acts, it is recorded there were 120 disciples gathered. Act 1:15 And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,) So, it can be …