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#35: In {{bibleref|John|2|6}}, John refers to "six stone water jars [at a wedding in Cana]] for the Jewish rites of purification," which implies that either John or his audience had different practices.
{{See also|Mystery:Unsolved_Gospel_Mysteries}}
{{See also|Mystery:Unsolved_Gospel_Mysteries}}
[[John the Apostle]] was probably a [[Samaritan]]; there were about 1 million Samaritans and they were the majority along the roughly 100-mile distance between [[Jerusalem]] in the south and [[Capernaum]] in the north at the time of [[Christ]].<ref>It is also possible that John's background was different from the other disciples in another fundamental way.</ref> '''''Here are 34 facts supporting that John was a Samaritan''''':
[[John the Apostle]] was probably a [[Samaritan]]; there were about 1 million Samaritans and they were the majority along the roughly 100-mile distance between [[Jerusalem]] in the south and [[Capernaum]] in the north at the time of [[Christ]].<ref>It is also possible that John's background was different from the other disciples in another fundamental way.</ref> '''''Here are 35 facts supporting that John was a Samaritan''''':
#Samaritans were an important population initially to convert, as [[Jesus]] indicated prior to his [[Ascension]],<ref>{{bibleref|Acts|1|8}}</ref> and it would have been immensely helpful to have a Samaritan as an [[Apostle]] to be a missionary to evangelize this demographic amid deep ethnic tensions, as [[John]] then did;<ref>{{bibleref|Acts|8|14-15}}</ref>
#Samaritans were an important population initially to convert, as [[Jesus]] indicated prior to his [[Ascension]],<ref>{{bibleref|Acts|1|8}}</ref> and it would have been immensely helpful to have a Samaritan as an [[Apostle]] to be a missionary to evangelize this demographic amid deep ethnic tensions, as [[John]] then did;<ref>{{bibleref|Acts|8|14-15}}</ref>
#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;
#the name "John" came from an [[angel]] for the naming of [[John the Baptist]],<ref>{{bibleref|John|1|13}}</ref> is [[Aramaic]] rather than [[Hebrew]] as no one in the entire [[Old Testament]] has the name "John",<ref>"Yochanan" is the Aramaic origin of John's name.</ref> and none of the [[Jewish]] relatives of John the Baptist had that name.<ref>{{bibleref|John|1|61}}</ref> Likewise for the name of his brother, "James".
#the name "John" came from an [[angel]] for the naming of [[John the Baptist]],<ref>{{bibleref|John|1|13}}</ref> is [[Aramaic]] rather than [[Hebrew]] as no one in the entire [[Old Testament]] has the name "John",<ref>"Yochanan" is the Aramaic origin of John's name.</ref> and none of the [[Jewish]] relatives of John the Baptist had that name.<ref>{{bibleref|John|1|61}}</ref> Likewise for the name of his brother, "James".
#many of Jesus's followers were Samaritans, as reflected by how 1 out of 10 of those cured of [[leprosy]] based on their [[faith]] anbutd the only one who thanked Jesus was a Samaritan in {{bibleref|Luke|17:11-19}}; it follows that 1-2 of Jesus's 12 [[Apostles]] were likewise Samaritan, as in John and his brother James.
#many of Jesus's followers were Samaritans, as reflected by how 1 out of 10 of those cured of [[leprosy]] based on their [[faith]] anbutd the only one who thanked Jesus was a Samaritan in {{bibleref|Luke|17:11-19}}; it follows that 1-2 of Jesus's 12 [[Apostles]] were likewise Samaritan, as in John and his brother James.
# In {{bibleref|John|2|6}}, John refers to "six stone water jars [at a wedding in Cana]] for the Jewish rites of purification,"<ref>[[ESV]] quoted here.</ref> which implies that either John or his audience had different practices.
#Jesus walked with his [[Apostles]] without any objecting directly through Samaria, which was between [[Galilee]] and [[Jerusalem]], while Jewish people preferred to walk around Samaria rather than through it; this suggests some of the Apostles were [[Samaritan]]s.
#Jesus walked with his [[Apostles]] without any objecting directly through Samaria, which was between [[Galilee]] and [[Jerusalem]], while Jewish people preferred to walk around Samaria rather than through it; this suggests some of the Apostles were [[Samaritan]]s.
#John emphasized that Jesus "came to what was his own, but his own people [''i.e.'', Jewish people] did not accept him," while others did accept him.<ref>{{bibleref|John|1|11-12}}</ref> John accepted Him, so John is part of "others" rather than part of Jesus' "own people." The most likely "other" group in the same vicinity was comprised of Samaritans.
#John emphasized that Jesus "came to what was his own, but his own people [''i.e.'', Jewish people] did not accept him," while others did accept him.<ref>{{bibleref|John|1|11-12}}</ref> John accepted Him, so John is part of "others" rather than part of Jesus' "own people." The most likely "other" group in the same vicinity was comprised of Samaritans.