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#John is the only [[Gospel]] author who never used the term "[[Gentile]]s", as Samaritans would not because they were half-Gentile and thus it was not a distinguishing term for them, while the other Gospel authors (and [[Peter]] and [[Paul]]) repeatedly used that term;

#John is the only [[Gospel]] author who never used the term "[[Gentile]]s", as Samaritans would not because they were half-Gentile and thus it was not a distinguishing term for them, while the other Gospel authors (and [[Peter]] and [[Paul]]) repeatedly used that term;

#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 John refers to the Pharisees as being too simple-minded to understand some of Jesus's teachings, such as {{bibleref|John|10|6}} ("they did not understand what he was saying to them"), and only the Samaritans would challenge the Pharisees' intellectual abilities;

#Only John refers to the Pharisees as being too simple-minded to understand some of Jesus's teachings, such as "[[Jesus]] used this figure of speech, but the Pharisees did not understand what he was telling them."<ref>John 10:6 ([[NIV]]).</ref> Only the Samaritans would challenge the Pharisees' intellectual abilities;

#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";#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>

#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";#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>