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Mystery: Was John a Samaritan (view source)
Revision as of 23:59, April 17, 2025
, 23:59, April 17, 2025Only John describes Jesus's Washing of feet at the Last Supper, which would have been particularly disfavored by Jewish disciples as it was the opposite of hand-washing before eating
{{See also|Mystery:Unsolved_Gospel_Mysteries}}
{{See also|Mystery:Unsolved_Gospel_Mysteries}}
[[John the Apostle]] was probably a [[Samaritan]]; there were about 1 million Samaritans and they were the majority along the roughly 100-mile distance between [[Jerusalem]] in the south and [[Capernaum]] in the north at the time of [[Christ]].<ref>It is also possible that John's background was different from the other disciples in another fundamental way.</ref> Here are 32 facts supporting this:
[[John the Apostle]] was probably a [[Samaritan]]; there were about 1 million Samaritans and they were the majority along the roughly 100-mile distance between [[Jerusalem]] in the south and [[Capernaum]] in the north at the time of [[Christ]].<ref>It is also possible that John's background was different from the other disciples in another fundamental way.</ref> Here are 33 facts supporting this:
#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]] refer 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";
#Only John describes [[Jesus]]'s [[Washing of feet]] at the [[Last Supper]], which would have been particularly disfavored by [[Jewish]] disciples as it was the opposite of hand-washing before eating;
#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 is the only [[Gospel]] author who never used the term "[[Gentile]]s", as Samaritans would not because they were half-Gentile and thus it was not a distinguishing term for them, while the other Gospel authors (and [[Peter]] and [[Paul]]) repeatedly used that term;
#John is the only [[Gospel]] author who never used the term "[[Gentile]]s", as Samaritans would not because they were half-Gentile and thus it was not a distinguishing term for them, while the other Gospel authors (and [[Peter]] and [[Paul]]) repeatedly used that term;