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John mentions "lamb" 30 times in his Book of Revelation, which is 5 times more than all the other New Testament authors combined.
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#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}}
#the [[Gospel of John]] emphasized the concept of the sacrificial lamb -- the "Paschal Lamb" -- which is a central part of [[Passover]] for [[Samaritan]]s but not for [[Masoretic Jews]].<ref>https://www.jewishpress.com/sections/features/features-on-jewish-world/the-samaritan-paschal-sacrifice/2020/04/01/</ref>
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#the [[Gospel of John]] emphasized the concept of the sacrificial lamb -- the "Paschal Lamb" -- which is a central part of [[Passover]] for [[Samaritan]]s but not for [[Masoretic Jews]].<ref>https://www.jewishpress.com/sections/features/features-on-jewish-world/the-samaritan-paschal-sacrifice/2020/04/01/</ref> John mentions "lamb" 30 times in his [[Book of Revelation]], which is 5 times more than all the other [[New Testament]] authors combined.
 
#the [[Gospel of John]] contains only 27 quotations and allusions to books of the [[Old Testament]] -- and some of those, such as {{bibleref|John|12|38-41}}, appear to be later-added [[Editorial Comments in the Gospel of John]] -- which is a total far less than "Matthew (124), Mark (70), and Luke (109),"<ref>https://rsc.byu.edu/prophets-prophecies-old-testament/use-old-testament-new-testament-gospels</ref> and the Samaritans recognized only the [[Pentateuch]] in the Old Testament;
 
#the [[Gospel of John]] contains only 27 quotations and allusions to books of the [[Old Testament]] -- and some of those, such as {{bibleref|John|12|38-41}}, appear to be later-added [[Editorial Comments in the Gospel of John]] -- which is a total far less than "Matthew (124), Mark (70), and Luke (109),"<ref>https://rsc.byu.edu/prophets-prophecies-old-testament/use-old-testament-new-testament-gospels</ref> and the Samaritans recognized only the [[Pentateuch]] in the Old Testament;
 
#Samaritans rejected "the prophets," and only four times does the [[Gospel of John]] refer to "the prophets" -- far less than the [[Gospel of Matthew]] and [[Gospel of Luke]] do -- and 2 of [[John]]'s references are quoting "the Jews," a third is quoting someone other than [[Jesus]], and the fourth is one of the [[Editorial Comments in the Gospel of John]] which is grammatically suspect: "It is written in [should be "by" or worded better] the Prophets ...."
 
#Samaritans rejected "the prophets," and only four times does the [[Gospel of John]] refer to "the prophets" -- far less than the [[Gospel of Matthew]] and [[Gospel of Luke]] do -- and 2 of [[John]]'s references are quoting "the Jews," a third is quoting someone other than [[Jesus]], and the fourth is one of the [[Editorial Comments in the Gospel of John]] which is grammatically suspect: "It is written in [should be "by" or worded better] the Prophets ...."
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