Revelation: Who Was The Author?

So who did write Revelation? Can we even answer that? Thankfully, yes, to a great degree, just from what is contained within the book itself.

3 John: Perceiving God

The elder said to Gaius, "Beloved one [agapete], do not imitate the bad." Any exclusion of members of the Body from fellowshipping with the whole Body of Christ is bad. It is not perceiving God.

2 John: The Elder and the Lady

Though 2 John is not a long letterโ€”thirteen verses in allโ€”it is both theologically rich, and a window into how John pastored the believers in his care. This letter also carries one or two surprises

2 John: An Introduction

With many thanks to a really wonderful resource on YouTube called โ€œThe Bible Project,โ€ we will begin the study of 2 John with an overview of 1, 2, and 3 John.

The Letters of John

I approached my tiny Greek Bible, the fall semester of Advanced Greek, with the Greek text in one hand, Culyโ€™s commentary in the other, and about a half dozen open screens and books on my desk and monitors. I could hear the music of the spheres as my brain traveled through time and space, to the sea-swept shores of Patmos, where John is said to have been exiled.

Gospel of John: Who Wrote It?

According to Irenaeus, who lived around 130 to 202 A.D., the apostle John wrote the final form of his gospel in Ephesus, sometime toward the end of the first century.