Mark & John

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on holds that it was written by the apostle John, a view that can be substantiated by the text. The gospel reflects a deep understanding of Jesus’ teachings as he related to individual people as well as his assertion that he was the Messiah. People such as Nicodemus the Pharisee, the Samaritan woman, and Lazarus interact with Jesus on a very personal level, one which would seem difficult for an outsider to delineate so well.11 However, John the Apostle is often ruled out as the writer because “...he was known to be an unlettered man,” something which would impede his creation of a successful book.12 One approach to this is the theory that John was “...the witness and somebody else was the author,” an idea which parallels the connection between Peter, the witness, and John Mark, the author.13 In fact, this modification to the original proposition of authorship is the one that is most accepted because “...the accuracy of much detail of the forth gospel constitutes a strong argument that Johannine tradition rests upon the testimony of ...