* John understood Jesus's teachings better than anyone else, perhaps again aided by his young age and lack of conflicting, incorrect views
* John understood Jesus's teachings better than anyone else, perhaps again aided by his young age and lack of conflicting, incorrect views
* Jesus assigned John to take care of Jesus's mother, Mary, a duty more appropriately given to a boy than to a grown man.
* Jesus assigned John to take care of Jesus's mother, Mary, a duty more appropriately given to a boy than to a grown man.
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* John was typically accompanied by his brother James, just as childhood brothers would be and not as adult brothers typically act.
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* John's mother asked that he and her other son James be placed at Jesus's side in heaven, which is a request a mother would more likely make about her young children than about adults.