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Mystery: Was John the Apostle a child (view source)
Revision as of 18:35, December 20, 2008
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* John understood [[Jesus]]'s teachings better than others, but was never given a position of leadership, most likely due to his youth.
* John understood [[Jesus]]'s teachings better than others, but was never given a position of leadership, most likely due to his youth.
* John understood the [[Resurrection]], yet did not think of securing a tomb for [[Jesus]]'s body; an inexperienced youth is less likely to realize the need for burial.
* John understood the [[Resurrection]], yet did not think of securing a tomb for [[Jesus]]'s body; an inexperienced youth is less likely to realize the need for burial.
* John wrote the [[Book of Revelation]] while exiled to [[Patmos]] during A.D. 95, during the reign of the Roman Emperor Domition. Yes the [[Crucifixion]] of Jesus was as early as A.D. 29. If John were older than 14 at the time of the Crucifixion, then John would have had an unlikely age of being older than 80 when he wrote the Book of Revelation.
One commentator suggests an age of 12 or 13 for John, and further suggests that the remainder of the [[Apostles]] were teenagers.<ref>http://christianresearchnetwork.info/2008/02/27/jesus-as-rabbi-6-bringing-up-talmidim/</ref>
One commentator suggests an age of 12 or 13 for John, and further suggests that the remainder of the [[Apostles]] were teenagers.<ref>http://christianresearchnetwork.info/2008/02/27/jesus-as-rabbi-6-bringing-up-talmidim/</ref>