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*John's unique description of [[Jesus]] as possibly coming from the [[Samaritans]]; | *John's unique description of [[Jesus]] as possibly coming from the [[Samaritans]]; | ||
*John's sympathy towards Samaritans, including describing how Jesus first disclosed his divinity to a Samaritan woman at a well (which everyone else omitted); | *John's sympathy towards Samaritans, including describing how Jesus first disclosed his divinity to a Samaritan woman at a well (which everyone else omitted); | ||
| + | *the [[Apostles]] sent the young [[John]] (along with [[Peter]]) to [[evangelize]] Samaria after the [[Resurrection]], see {{bibleref|Acts|8|14}}; | ||
*John's repeated references -- 10 times more than any other [[Gospel]] -- to "the Jews," meaning the Jewish people in and around [[Jerusalem]], was how Samaritans would have referred to their rivals; | *John's repeated references -- 10 times more than any other [[Gospel]] -- to "the Jews," meaning the Jewish people in and around [[Jerusalem]], was how Samaritans would have referred to their rivals; | ||
*only the [[Gospel of John]] contains a derogatory reference, as Samaritans would have felt, about the Jewish region of [[Nazareth]]: “Nathanael said to him, 'Can anything good come out of Nazareth?' [[Philip]] said to him, 'Come and see.'” {{bibleref|John|1|46}} | *only the [[Gospel of John]] contains a derogatory reference, as Samaritans would have felt, about the Jewish region of [[Nazareth]]: “Nathanael said to him, 'Can anything good come out of Nazareth?' [[Philip]] said to him, 'Come and see.'” {{bibleref|John|1|46}} | ||
Revision as of 08:22, January 11, 2024
- See also: Mystery:Unsolved_Gospel_Mysteries
John the Apostle was most likely a Samaritan, in light of:
- John's unique description of Jesus as possibly coming from the Samaritans;
- John's sympathy towards Samaritans, including describing how Jesus first disclosed his divinity to a Samaritan woman at a well (which everyone else omitted);
- the Apostles sent the young John (along with Peter) to evangelize Samaria after the Resurrection, see Acts 8:14 ;
- John's repeated references -- 10 times more than any other Gospel -- to "the Jews," meaning the Jewish people in and around Jerusalem, was how Samaritans would have referred to their rivals;
- only the Gospel of John contains a derogatory reference, as Samaritans would have felt, about the Jewish region of Nazareth: “Nathanael said to him, 'Can anything good come out of Nazareth?' Philip said to him, 'Come and see.'” John 1:46
- the Gospel of John emphasized the concept of the sacrificial lamb, which is a central part of Passover for Samaritans but not for Masoretic Jews.[1]
- the Gospel of John contains only 27 quotations and allusions to books of the Old Testament, far less than "Matthew (124), Mark (70), and Luke (109),"[2] and the Samaritans recognized only the Pentateuch in the Old Testament;
- among the few references by the Gospel of John to the Old Testament, many are Editorial Comments in the Gospel of John which may have been added later;
- the universality of the Gospel of John, as in John 3:16 ;
- his harsh language against Jewish leaders, whom Samaritans already disliked;
- the thriving "Johannine community" in the late 1st and 2nd century A.D. had ideological similiarities to Samaritan views, and probably included many Samaritans;
- the mysterious disappearance of most Samaritans, who perhaps converted to Christianity on the strength of John's teachings to them;
- John had a rivalry with Peter, suggesting they may have had different ethnicities;
- John was ostracized by other Apostles: despite being the one Jesus loved, John is barely mentioned in the lengthy Gospel of Matthew, is not mentioned at all by Peter or Paul in their extensive letters,[3] and John had to live out his life isolated on the island of Patmos;[4]
- the lack of parables in the Gospel of John, which was a teaching style used 11 times in Old Testament books not recognized by Samaritans and by Jewish rabbis who opposed Samaritans;
- the Gospel of John has more references to "life" than all the other Gospels combined, and the Samaritan version of the Book of Exodus is more pro-life than the Jewish Masoretic translation;[5] and
- the name "John" is Aramaic rather than Hebrew: no one in the entire Old Testament has the name "John".[6]
References
- ↑ https://www.jewishpress.com/sections/features/features-on-jewish-world/the-samaritan-paschal-sacrifice/2020/04/01/
- ↑ https://rsc.byu.edu/prophets-prophecies-old-testament/use-old-testament-new-testament-gospels
- ↑ Paul does mention a "John" once in his Epistle to the Galatians.
- ↑ https://www.greeka.com/dodecanese/patmos/history/
- ↑ https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/abortion-in-judaism
- ↑ "Yochanan" is the Aramaic origin of John's name.
