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Mystery: Was John a Samaritan (view source)
Revision as of 00:04, October 12, 2025
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3. "John's Greek shows Hellenistic Jewish influences (e.g., Septuagint phrasing), and themes like eternal life (John 3:16) parallel Jewish Qumran texts, not Samaritan isolationism. Samaritan texts (e.g., their Torah) lack John's mystical elements.
3. "John's Greek shows Hellenistic Jewish influences (e.g., Septuagint phrasing), and themes like eternal life (John 3:16) parallel Jewish Qumran texts, not Samaritan isolationism. Samaritan texts (e.g., their Torah) lack John's mystical elements.
:'''Rebuttal''': the concept of [[eternal life]] is not in the [[Old Testament]], and John did not have access to the [[Dead Sea Scrolls]] (Qumran texts). John, like everyone in [[Greek]]-speaking [[Galilee]], did have access to the [[Septuagint]], but that does not negate the likelihood he was a Samaritan.
:'''Rebuttal''': the concept of [[eternal life]] is not in the [[Old Testament]], and John did not have access to the [[Dead Sea Scrolls]] (Qumran texts). John, like everyone in [[Greek]]-speaking [[Galilee]], did have access to the [[Septuagint]], but that does not negate the likelihood he was a Samaritan.
4. "No early sources (e.g., Eusebius, Josephus) suggest a Samaritan apostle; Samaritan-Jewish enmity (John 4:9) makes a covert Samaritan John unlikely in Jesus' inner circle. Post-Resurrection Samaritan missions (Acts 8) involve Peter and John as Jewish envoys, not insiders."
:'''Rebuttal''': It would not have been helpful to suggest during early [[Christianity]] that [[John]] was a [[Samaritan]], as Grok itself admits to Samaritan-Jewish enmity (and cites the [[Gospel of John]] on that point). The inclusion of John on missions to [[Samaria]] reinforces the likelihood that he was Samaritan, rather than negating it.
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