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John was almost certainly a [[Gentile]],<ref>''See'' [[Mystery:Was John a Gentile?]]</ref> and his Gospel speaks of the love of [[God]] for the entire world, see {{bible ref|John|3|16}}.  The ''[[Encyclopedia Britannica]]'' repeats but rejects a false narrative of John being resistant to extend [[Christianity]] to all.<ref>Without support, the ''[[Encyclopedia Britannica]]'' declares that John's mother was [[Salome]], who was most likely [[Mark]]'s mother instead.</ref>

John was almost certainly a [[Gentile]],<ref>''See'' [[Mystery:Was John a Gentile?]]</ref> and his Gospel speaks of the love of [[God]] for the entire world, see {{bible ref|John|3|16}}.  The ''[[Encyclopedia Britannica]]'' repeats but rejects a false narrative of John being resistant to extend [[Christianity]] to all.<ref>Without support, the ''[[Encyclopedia Britannica]]'' declares that John's mother was [[Salome]], who was most likely [[Mark]]'s mother instead.</ref>

John was likely younger, and ostensibly less significant, than his brother the Apostle James, given that John was referenced in the Gospels merely as the "brother of James," and John may have been merely a teenager during the ministry of Jesus.  For example, Mark 3:17 introduces John this way:  "James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James," which strongly suggests that James was the older son of Zebedee, and John was James' younger brother.<ref>Quoting [[ESV]].  See also Mark 5:37.</ref> ''See [[Mystery:Was John a Child?]]''

John was likely younger, and ostensibly less significant, than his brother the Apostle James, given that John was referenced in the Gospels merely as the "brother of James," and John may have been merely a teenager during the ministry of Jesus.  For example, Mark 3:17 introduces John this way:  "James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James," which strongly suggests that James was the older son of Zebedee, and John was James' younger brother.<ref>Quoting [[ESV]].  See also Mark 5:37.</ref> (''see [[Mystery: Was John the Apostle a child]]'')

St. John's later life was passed chiefly in [[Jerusalem]] and at Ephesus. He founded many churches in Asia Minor. Apart from the Gospel of John, John also wrote the biblical books of [[I John]], [[II John]], [[III John]], and the book of [[Revelation]] while exiled on the island of Patmos; only the Apostle Paul wrote more books of the New Testament. In recent years, extensive [[liberal denial]] by contemporary "scholars" claim that John the Apostle not only was ''not'' the author of Revelation, but also that he supposedly wrote ''none'' of the Johannine works.

St. John's later life was passed chiefly in [[Jerusalem]] and at Ephesus. He founded many churches in Asia Minor. Apart from the Gospel of John, John also wrote the biblical books of [[I John]], [[II John]], [[III John]], and the book of [[Revelation]] while exiled on the island of Patmos; only the Apostle Paul wrote more books of the New Testament. In recent years, extensive [[liberal denial]] by contemporary "scholars" claim that John the Apostle not only was ''not'' the author of Revelation, but also that he supposedly wrote ''none'' of the Johannine works.