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→Author: On the contrary, most scholars think it was not John himself.
==Author==
==Author==
The Apostle John is accepted without question as the author of the Fourth Gospel.
According to the ''The New Oxford Annotated Bible,''
:tradition says [the author] was the apostle John. Most scholars, however, suggest a disciple of John who recorded him preaching as Mark did that of Peter. In any case, the historic basis of the Gospel has become increasingly recognized.<ref>May, Herbert G. and Bruce G. Metzger, ''The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha, Revised Standard Version,'' New York: Oxford University Press, 1977, p. 1286</ref>
===Evidence for its actually being the apostle John===
The ancient manuscripts and translations of the Gospel constitute the first group of evidence. In the titles, tables of contents, signatures, which are usually added to the text of the separate Gospels, John is in every case named as the author of this Gospel.
The ancient manuscripts and translations of the Gospel constitute the first group of evidence. In the titles, tables of contents, signatures, which are usually added to the text of the separate Gospels, John is in every case named as the author of this Gospel.
Its author can be discerned from the contents.
Its author can be discerned from the contents.
To judging by the language, the author was a Palestinian Jew, who knew the Hellenic Greek of the upper classes. He displays an accurate knowledge of the geographical and social conditions of Palestine. He must have enjoyed personal [[Intercourse| intercourse]] with the Saviour and must even have belonged to the circle of his intimate friends. The Gospel shows the writer to have been an eyewitness of most of the events. He speaks of John nine times without giving him the title of "the Baptist", as the other Evangelists invariably do to distinguish him from the Apostle. All these indications point clearly to the conclusion that the Apostle John must have been the author of the Fourth Gospel.
To judging by the language, the author was a Palestinian Jew, who knew the Hellenic Greek of the upper classes. He displays an accurate knowledge of the geographical and social conditions of Palestine. He must have enjoyed personal [[Intercourse| intercourse]] with the Saviour and must even have belonged to the circle of his intimate friends. The Gospel shows the writer to have been an eyewitness of most of the events. He speaks of John nine times without giving him the title of "the Baptist", as the other Evangelists invariably do to distinguish him from the Apostle. All these indications point clearly to the conclusion that the Apostle John must have been the author of the Fourth Gospel.
==Date==
==Date==