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| | #John is the only [[Gospels|Gospel]] author who begins each day at midnight as Romans did, rather than the Hebrew method of beginning each day at sunset; | | #John is the only [[Gospels|Gospel]] author who begins each day at midnight as Romans did, rather than the Hebrew method of beginning each day at sunset; |
| | #John uses the term for "kingdom" in only three verses (possibly added later), far less than its use by the other [[Gospel]]s, as Samaritans did not have kings and a kingdom as [[Hebrew]]s and others have; and | | #John uses the term for "kingdom" in only three verses (possibly added later), far less than its use by the other [[Gospel]]s, as Samaritans did not have kings and a kingdom as [[Hebrew]]s and others have; and |
| − | #the name "John" came from an [[angel]] for the naming of [[John the Baptist]],<ref>{{bibleref|John|1|13}}</ref> and is [[Aramaic]] rather than [[Hebrew]]: no one in the entire [[Old Testament]] has the name "John",<ref>"Yochanan" is the Aramaic origin of John's name.</ref> and none of the [[Jewish]] relatives of John the Baptist had that name.<ref>{{bibleref|John|1|61}}</ref> Likewise for the name of his brother, "James". | + | #the name "John" came from an [[angel]] for the naming of [[John the Baptist]],<ref>{{bibleref|John|1|13}}</ref> is [[Aramaic]] rather than [[Hebrew]] as no one in the entire [[Old Testament]] has the name "John",<ref>"Yochanan" is the Aramaic origin of John's name.</ref> and none of the [[Jewish]] relatives of John the Baptist had that name.<ref>{{bibleref|John|1|61}}</ref> Likewise for the name of his brother, "James". |
| | #many of Jesus's followers were Samaritans, as reflected by how 1 out of 10 of those cured of [[leprosy]] based on their [[faith]] and the only one who thanked Jesus was a Samaritan in {{bibleref|Luke|17:11-19}}; it follows that 1-2 of Jesus's 12 [[Apostles]] were likewise Samaritan, as in John and his brother James. | | #many of Jesus's followers were Samaritans, as reflected by how 1 out of 10 of those cured of [[leprosy]] based on their [[faith]] and the only one who thanked Jesus was a Samaritan in {{bibleref|Luke|17:11-19}}; it follows that 1-2 of Jesus's 12 [[Apostles]] were likewise Samaritan, as in John and his brother James. |
| | #Jesus walked with his [[Apostles]] without any objecting directly through Samaria, which was between [[Galilee]] and [[Jerusalem]], while Jewish people preferred to walk around Samaria rather than through it; this suggests some of the Apostles were [[Samaritan]]s. | | #Jesus walked with his [[Apostles]] without any objecting directly through Samaria, which was between [[Galilee]] and [[Jerusalem]], while Jewish people preferred to walk around Samaria rather than through it; this suggests some of the Apostles were [[Samaritan]]s. |