Apostle John

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Christian saint New Testament person apostle biblical figure disciple of Jesus

Apostle John was one of Jesus Christ’s closest disciples, traditionally regarded as the author of the Gospel of John, three New Testament epistles, and the Book of Revelation.

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Observed surface forms (11)

Surface form	Occurrences
John the Apostle	22
Saint John the Evangelist	8
John the Evangelist	5
John the Theologian	3
John son of Zebedee	2
Saint John the Apostle	2
Beloved Disciple	1
Saint John the Theologian	1
Yohanan	1
the apostle John	1
the beloved disciple	1

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian saint ⓘ New Testament person ⓘ apostle ⓘ biblical figure ⓘ disciple of Jesus ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Apostle John ⓘ surface form: John son of Zebedee Apostle John ⓘ surface form: John the Apostle Saint John ⓘ Apostle John ⓘ surface form: the beloved disciple the disciple whom Jesus loved ⓘ
associatedPlace	Ephesus ⓘ island of Patmos ⓘ surface form: Patmos
associatedWith	Johannine community ⓘ Gospel of John ⓘ surface form: Johannine literature
brother	Apostle James the Greater ⓘ surface form: James son of Zebedee
closeAssociateOf	Jesus Christ ⓘ
coWorkerOf	Apostle Peter ⓘ surface form: Peter the Apostle
entrustedWith	care of Mary mother of Jesus ⓘ
ethnicity	Jewish ⓘ
father	Zebedee ⓘ
feastDay	26 September (Eastern Orthodox, repose) ⓘ 27 December (Western Christianity) ⓘ 8 May (Eastern Orthodox, translation of relics) ⓘ
languageSpoken	Aramaic ⓘ Greek ⓘ
martyrdomStatus	traditionally not martyred ⓘ
memberOf	Twelve Apostles ⓘ
mentionedIn	Acts of the Apostles ⓘ Gospel of John ⓘ Synoptic Gospels ⓘ
occupation	fisherman ⓘ
patronage	friendship ⓘ theologians ⓘ writers ⓘ
presentAt	Last Supper ⓘ
receivedRevelationOn	island of Patmos ⓘ surface form: Patmos
religion	Christianity ⓘ Second Temple Judaism ⓘ
sibling	Apostle James the Greater ⓘ surface form: James son of Zebedee
symbol	eagle ⓘ
theologicalEmphasis	Christ’s divinity ⓘ love ⓘ
traditionalAuthorOf	Book of Revelation ⓘ First Epistle of John ⓘ Gospel of John ⓘ Second Epistle of John ⓘ Third Epistle of John ⓘ
traditionallyDiedIn	Ephesus ⓘ
traditionallyExiledTo	island of Patmos ⓘ surface form: Patmos
traditionallyLivedTo	old age ⓘ
traditionallyOneOf	Pillars of the Church ⓘ
veneratedIn	Anglican Communion ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Lutheranism ⓘ surface form: Lutheran Church Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches other Protestant traditions ⓘ
visionLocation	island of Patmos ⓘ surface form: Patmos
witnessedEvent	Crucifixion of Jesus ⓘ Last Supper ⓘ Transfiguration ⓘ surface form: Transfiguration of Jesus