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#Only John refers to the Pharisees as being too simple-minded to understand some of Jesus's teachings, such as "[[Jesus]] used this figure of speech, but the Pharisees did not understand what he was telling them."<ref>John 10:6 ([[NIV]]).</ref> Only the Samaritans would challenge the Pharisees' intellectual abilities;
#Only John refers to the Pharisees as being too simple-minded to understand some of Jesus's teachings, such as "[[Jesus]] used this figure of speech, but the Pharisees did not understand what he was telling them."<ref>John 10:6 ([[NIV]]).</ref> Only the Samaritans would challenge the Pharisees' intellectual abilities;
#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";#Samaritans were an important population initially to convert, as [[Jesus]] indicated prior to his [[Ascension]],<ref>{{bibleref|Acts|1|8}}</ref> and it would have been immensely helpful to have a Samaritan as an [[Apostle]] to be a missionary to evangelize this demographic amid deep ethnic tensions, as [[John]] then did;<ref>{{bibleref|Acts|8|14-15}}</ref>
#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";
#Samaritans were an important population initially to convert, as [[Jesus]] indicated prior to his [[Ascension]],<ref>{{bibleref|Acts|1|8}}</ref> and it would have been immensely helpful to have a Samaritan as an [[Apostle]] to be a missionary to evangelize this demographic amid deep ethnic tensions, as [[John]] then did;<ref>{{bibleref|Acts|8|14-15}}</ref>
#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;
#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}};