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[[John the Apostle]] was probably a [[Samaritan]], or different from the other disciples in another ethnic or fundamental way, in light of the following 24 reasons:

[[John the Apostle]] was probably a [[Samaritan]], or different from the other disciples in another ethnic or fundamental way, in light of the following 24 reasons:

*Samaritans did not celebrate [[Passover]] with a meal but with a sacrifice (of a lamb),<ref>https://www.chosenpeople.com/modern-samaritans-and-the-ancient-passover-sacrifice/</ref> and the [[Last Supper]] is uniquely described in the [[Gospel of John]] as not being a Passover meal.

*Samaritans did not celebrate [[Passover]] with a meal but with a sacrifice (of a lamb),<ref>https://www.chosenpeople.com/modern-samaritans-and-the-ancient-passover-sacrifice/</ref> and the [[Last Supper]] is uniquely described in the [[Gospel of John]] as not being a Passover meal.

*Only the [[Gospel of John]] refers to the "Passover of the Jews,"<ref>{{bibleref|John|2|13}} ([[ESV]])</ref> which is how a Samaritan might have distinguished it from their different Passover; all the other [[Gospels]] refers to only the "Passover";

*Only the [[Gospel of John]] refers to the "Passover of the Jews,"<ref>{{bibleref|John|2|13}} ([[ESV]])</ref> which is how a Samaritan might have distinguished it from their different Passover; all the other [[Gospels]] refer to only the "Passover";

*John's mother made a request of [[Jesus]] that would have been [[blasphemous]] among Jewish people then, and thus she was probably not Jewish. ''See'' {{bibleref|Matthew|20|20-21}};

*John's mother made a request of [[Jesus]] that would have been [[blasphemous]] among Jewish people then, and thus she was probably not Jewish. ''See'' {{bibleref|Matthew|20|20-21}};

*John's father's name, translated as "Zebedee", appears nowhere in the [[Old Testament]] and is most common today in [[Nigeria]], [[Africa]], which is half [[Muslim]] and half [[Christian]];

*John's father's name, translated as "Zebedee", appears nowhere in the [[Old Testament]] and is most common today in [[Nigeria]], [[Africa]], which is half [[Muslim]] and half [[Christian]];