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→"another disciple" mystery at John 18:15: or provides any basis for any improbable way by which John could have known him
Some speculate that John was the "another disciple" mysteriously mentioned in {{bibleref|John|18|15}}, who was well-known to and trusted by the high priest in [[Jerusalem]]. But several arguments stand strongly against the theory that this was John:
Some speculate that John was the "another disciple" mysteriously mentioned in {{bibleref|John|18|15}}, who was well-known to and trusted by the high priest in [[Jerusalem]]. But several arguments stand strongly against the theory that this was John:
*John repeatedly referred to himself not as "another disciple," but as the disciple "whom Jesus loved." See, e.g., {{bibleref|John|13|23}}, {{bibleref|John|20|2}};
*John repeatedly referred to himself not as "another disciple," but as the disciple "whom Jesus loved." See, e.g., {{bibleref|John|13|23}}, {{bibleref|John|20|2}};
*nothing in all of John's writings suggests that he had any special friendship or familiarity with the high priest in Jerusalem;
*nothing in all of John's writings suggests that he had any special friendship or familiarity with the high priest in Jerusalem, or provides any basis for any improbable way by which John could have known him;
*there are many other possibilities for the "another disciple," including [[Judas Iscariot]] (known to the high priest), Nicodemus, the wealthy Joseph of Arimathea, or one of the many other non-[[Apostles]] (including the possibility that the unidentified person was a woman, even a prostitute);
*there are many other possibilities for the "another disciple," including [[Judas Iscariot]] (known to the high priest), Nicodemus, the wealthy Joseph of Arimathea, or one of the many other non-[[Apostles]] (including the possibility that the unidentified person was a woman, even a prostitute);
*as pointed out in a discussion on ''Biblical Hermeneutics'', John's occupation as a Galilean fisherman far from [[Jerusalem]], his young age, and his close connection with [[Jesus]] made it very unlikely he was known and trusted by the high priest in Jerusalem;<ref>https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/56836/who-is-the-other-disciple-in-john-1816</ref> and
*as pointed out in a discussion on ''Biblical Hermeneutics'', John's occupation as a Galilean fisherman far from [[Jerusalem]], his young age, and his close connection with [[Jesus]] made it very unlikely he was known and trusted by the high priest in Jerusalem;<ref>https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/56836/who-is-the-other-disciple-in-john-1816</ref> and