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== The Gospel of John was probably the last book of the Bible written ==

== The Gospel of John was probably the last book of the Bible written ==

While Revelation is ''placed'' last, it was probably the first Johannine book out of the five written. In Rev. 19:13, the Apostle/Revelator John witnesses Jesus's name The Word of God, and after exile in Patmos wrote the Fourth Gospel at Ephesus, cir. A.D. 97. Since the [[Johannine Comma]] likewise uses the phrase "the Word" in reference to Christ, this means the Johannine Epistles were written after the Book of Revelation.

While Revelation is ''placed'' last in the official ordering, it was probably the first Johannine book out of the five written. In Rev. 19:13, the Apostle/Revelator John witnesses Jesus's name The Word of God, and after exile in Patmos wrote the Fourth Gospel at Ephesus, cir. A.D. 97. Since the [[Johannine Comma]] likewise uses the phrase "the Word" in reference to Christ, this means the Johannine Epistles were written after the Book of Revelation.

In the Second and Third Epistles, John describes an eager desire to speak face-to-face with the recipients, clearly because he at that moment is '''unable''' to. Why? ''Because he's still stranded at Patmos!'' So the ordering in terms of date of penning, chronologically, was presumably:

In the Second and Third Epistles, John describes an eager desire to speak face-to-face with the recipients, clearly because he at that moment is '''unable''' to. Why? ''Because he's still stranded at Patmos!'' So the ordering in terms of date of penning, chronologically, was presumably: