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| | == "son of John"? == | | == "son of John"? == |
| | John 21 uses the term "son of John" four times to describe [[Peter]], but that expression does not appear anywhere else in the entire [[Bible]]. None of the other [[Gospel]]s, the [[New Testament]] letters, or the rest of the [[Gospel of JOhn]] ever refers to Peter this way. | | John 21 uses the term "son of John" four times to describe [[Peter]], but that expression does not appear anywhere else in the entire [[Bible]]. None of the other [[Gospel]]s, the [[New Testament]] letters, or the rest of the [[Gospel of JOhn]] ever refers to Peter this way. |
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| | == Implausible reference to "153" == | | == Implausible reference to "153" == |
| | This ending contains at {{bibleref|John|21|11}} an implausible reference to the large, specific number of 153, which is found nowhere else in the [[Gospel of John]], as instead it refers to approximate round numbers as most authors would. | | This ending contains at {{bibleref|John|21|11}} an implausible reference to the large, specific number of 153, which is found nowhere else in the [[Gospel of John]], as instead it refers to approximate round numbers as most authors would. |
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| | In addition, there was no reason or time for counting the fish, which were far too many for the group to eat. [[Jesus]] had called the fishermen-disciples to breakfast, and it is implausible that they would have kept Jesus waiting while needlessly counting a large number of fish in near darkness. | | In addition, there was no reason or time for counting the fish, which were far too many for the group to eat. [[Jesus]] had called the fishermen-disciples to breakfast, and it is implausible that they would have kept Jesus waiting while needlessly counting a large number of fish in near darkness. |
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| | + | == Peter quesioned Jesus about John? == |
| | + | John 21 depicts Peter as complaining to [[Jesus]] about favoritism, after the [[Resurrection]]. This is unlike anything else in the [[New Testament]] and seems more likely to have been written by an admirer of [[John]] than by John himself. After all that they had been through by this point, such a questioning of [[Jesus]] at this point seems implausible. |
| | == Analogy to Mark ending == | | == Analogy to Mark ending == |
| | Virtually everyone agrees that the [[Mark ending]] was a later addition, so it is proper to ask if the somewhat rehashed text comprising John chapter 21, after the clear ending above was likewise a later addition to the [[Gospel of John]]. | | Virtually everyone agrees that the [[Mark ending]] was a later addition, so it is proper to ask if the somewhat rehashed text comprising John chapter 21, after the clear ending above was likewise a later addition to the [[Gospel of John]]. |