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{{See also|Mystery:Unsolved_Gospel_Mysteries}}

{{See also|Mystery:Unsolved_Gospel_Mysteries}}

[[John the Apostle]] was probably a [[Samaritan]], or different from the other disciples in another ethnic or fundamental way, in light of the following 28 reasons:

[[John the Apostle]] was probably a [[Samaritan]] (who had a substantial population of about 1 million at the time of [[Christ]]), or different from the other disciples in another ethnic or fundamental way, in light of the following 29 reasons:

#Samaritans did not celebrate [[Passover]] with a meal but with a sacrifice (of a lamb),<ref>https://www.chosenpeople.com/modern-samaritans-and-the-ancient-passover-sacrifice/</ref> and the [[Last Supper]] is uniquely described in the [[Gospel of John]] as not being a Passover meal.

#Samaritans did not celebrate [[Passover]] with a meal but with a sacrifice (of a lamb),<ref>https://www.chosenpeople.com/modern-samaritans-and-the-ancient-passover-sacrifice/</ref> and the [[Last Supper]] is uniquely described in the [[Gospel of John]] as not being a Passover meal.

#Only the [[Gospel of John]] refers to the "Passover of the Jews,"<ref>{{bibleref|John|2|13}} ([[ESV]])</ref> which is how a Samaritan might have distinguished it from their different Passover; all the other [[Gospels]] refer to only the "Passover";

#Only the [[Gospel of John]] refers to the "Passover of the Jews,"<ref>{{bibleref|John|2|13}} ([[ESV]])</ref> which is how a Samaritan might have distinguished it from their different Passover; all the other [[Gospels]] refer to only the "Passover";

#John prominently includes multiple quotations of [[Thomas the Apostle]], such as the famous "doubting Thomas" passage at {{bibleref|John|20|24-29}}, while [[Matthew]] omits all this from [[Gospel of Matthew|his Gospel]], and subsequently Thomas (a name never mentioned in the [[Old Testament]]) [[evangelism|evangelized]] [[India]], all of which implies an ethnic difference between John and the Jewish Matthew;

#John prominently includes multiple quotations of [[Thomas the Apostle]], such as the famous "doubting Thomas" passage at {{bibleref|John|20|24-29}}, while [[Matthew]] omits all this from [[Gospel of Matthew|his Gospel]], and subsequently Thomas (a name never mentioned in the [[Old Testament]]) [[evangelism|evangelized]] [[India]], all of which implies an ethnic difference between John and the Jewish Matthew;

#one of the references to [[Scriptures]] in the [[Gospel of John]] does not appear to be a reference to the ([[Jewish]]) [[Old Testament]]: “Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’” {{bibleref|John|7|38}} ([[ESV]])

#one of the references to [[Scriptures]] in the [[Gospel of John]] does not appear to be a reference to the ([[Jewish]]) [[Old Testament]]: “Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’” {{bibleref|John|7|38}} ([[ESV]])

#John is the only [[Gospels|Gospel]] author who begins each day at midnight as Romans did, rather than the Hebrew method of beginning each day at sunset; and  

#John is the only [[Gospels|Gospel]] author who begins each day at midnight as Romans did, rather than the Hebrew method of beginning each day at sunset;

#John uses the term for "kingdom" in only three verses, far less than its use by the other [[Gospel]]s, as Samaritans did not have kings and a kingdom as [[Hebrew]]s and others have; and  

#the name "John" is [[Aramaic]] rather than [[Hebrew]]: no one in the entire [[Old Testament]] has the name "John".<ref>"Yochanan" is the Aramaic origin of John's name.</ref> Likewise for the name of his brother, "James".

#the name "John" is [[Aramaic]] rather than [[Hebrew]]: no one in the entire [[Old Testament]] has the name "John".<ref>"Yochanan" is the Aramaic origin of John's name.</ref> Likewise for the name of his brother, "James".

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