Day three. Exhibit 3.
On this thread a member posted to me thus:-
There's a book called The Disciple Whom Jesus Loved, that actually asserts that the Gospel of John is not written by John. Ir compares the somewhat arrogant stiyle of one of the "sons of thunder" to the rather meek literary voice of this writing. The conclusion was that two different people wrote these.
....... and this is exactly what I intended to offer for exhibit 3 as well.
The disciple John of the synoptics was the young son of a very smart fisherman and businessman Zebedee. Fishing taxes, boat taxes, back handers, landing fees and just surviving in fishing was a very difficult occupation and I can show more detailed info on this if asked. Zebedee was not only smart but tough to keep boat/s on Genesaret Lake. John's mother Salome was certainly a 'pushy' type as shown from the way that she went to Jesus, seeking assurances that her sons would be suitably rewarded for any risks that they might take. And she had the guts to be there, with Magdalene, when Jesus was executed.
And John himself was tough, direct, confrontational, and most probably a fighter. His nickname 'Boanerge' does not just mean 'Son of Thunder'... as an Alaskan member once wrote ,'It could mean 'Son of Violence'.
Now compare that tough young man with the Apostle John, a meek one who lay on Jesus's breast. Nah! Not Disciple John!
Here are some gospel verses to tell about John the disciple, the Galilean fisherman:
Mark {3:17} And James the [son] of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder:
Mark {5:37} And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother
of James. {5:38} And he cometh to the house ...................................{5:40} And they laughed him to
scorn. But when he had put them all out........................
Mark {9:2} And after six days Jesus taketh [with him] Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them.
Mark {9:38} And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us.
Mark {10:35} And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto him, saying, Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall desire. {10:36} And he said unto them, What would ye that I should do for you? {10:37} They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory.
Luke {9:52} And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans........ {9:53} And they did not receive him, ..........{9:54} And when his disciples James and John saw [this,] they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, ......?