Alternate Gospels

i mean, tho, they've also got different messages. like, isn't john sorta the one that hilighted the anti-jewish angle? and matthew is sorta down on the whole organized religion thing, in general?

 

As far as I know John was the only apostle who didn't abandon Jesus through His trials, scourging, and crucifixion. If so, he's the only one with an eyewitness account of what was said and done.

I never really noticed Matthew being exceptionally opposed to organized religion, but if he was, it would be understandable considering his personal history. Being a tax collector, he was probably shunned and rejected by most (if not all) of Jewish society, and especially the religious leaders.

 

so you believe that the gospel of john was written by john the baptist?

 

John the baptist was beheaded. Do you mean John the apostle?

 

No, John the apostle. Were you talking about John the Baptist?

 

so many johns. i was about to edit... yeah, the apostle.

i've read things that indicate john was the last book to be written.

 

John was the last remaining apostle and the only won to escape execution so that could be true. He wrote revelations also.

 

i've also read things that doubt it's the same author as revelations. oh well, this is getting outside my realm of knowledge...

 

So have I, but most historians and Biblical scholars still think it was John the apostle who wrote both.

 

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