Gospel Of John Essay

Who wrote the gospel of John

The question who wrote the gospel of John still remains open. For the longest time it was believed, that it was written by John, the son of Zebede and one of Jesus's most loved apostles.

Nowdays specialists are no longer sure, that the gospel was in fact written by apostle John. The facts, that defent this thesis are the following:

1. Excerpt Mark 10:39 can be interpreten in a way, that Zebede's son suffered martyrdom under the emperor Agripo in 44 AD. The gospel of John couldn't have been written before the year 44. The analysis of the gospel shows, that it was written in a longer period of time and is the result of a longer passing of the Good News.

2. The gospel of John doesn't contain any events, described by

Alomost certainly there is a »John's school,« that collected traditions under the name of John. The use of his name also surely contributed to the fact, that the gospel got accepted into the canon.

When was the gospel written

We already mentioned that it couln't have been written before the year 90. We also know, that it is not possible, that it was written after the year 130. The oldest found manuscript of the New testament is an excerpt from John's gospel. It was a copy and not the original and it way scientifically discovered, that it's origin is from the time around the year 130.

Today biblicists say, that the gospel was written sometime between the years 90 and 100 which defines the time od the third Christian generation.

Fathers of the church thought, that John's gospel was written in Ephesus, Asia Minor or in Antioch and Syria. Today's science of the Bible thinks, that it was likely written in Syria, which they confirm by using geographic data and with the fact, the the data about Judaism, written in the gospel, are extremely inaccurate, which means that the text couldn't have been written in Palestine. Based on the writings of Ignatus of Antioch, who lived in Syria, we can reach the conclusion, that he knew