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    4 others in the registry answer to the name John. Every John in the Bible

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    John

    Ἰωάννης

    John and James, the sons of Zebedee, were among the twelve apostles and part of Jesus' inner circle.

    verses
    35
    first named
    Matthew 4:21
    last named
    Revelation 22:10
    period
    the New Testament
    role
    Apostle

    Description

    Who was John?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    John, the son of Zebedee, is a prominent figure in the New Testament. He is one of the twelve apostles chosen by Jesus and is often referred to as "the disciple whom Jesus loved" (Jhn.13.23). John worked as a fisherman alongside his brother James and their father Zebedee (Mat.4.21; Mrk.1.19).

    Throughout the Gospels, John is depicted as a close companion of Jesus. He witnesses significant events, including the Transfiguration (Mat.17.1; Mrk.9.2), and is present during Jesus' agony in the Garden of Gethsemane (Mrk.14.33). He is also noted for his role in the early church, as seen in the Acts of the Apostles, where he actively preached and performed miracles (Act.3.1-4; 4.13).

    John is traditionally believed to be the author of the Gospel of John, three epistles (1 John, 2 John, 3 John), and the Book of Revelation (Rev.1.1, 4, 9; 22.8). In Revelation, he describes visions of the end times and the New Jerusalem (Rev.21.2).

    John's contributions to the New Testament and his close relationship with Jesus have established him as a pivotal figure in Christian tradition. His writings emphasize love, faith, and the divinity of Christ.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects John 10 of 15 entities the graph connects to John, in 2 groups: kinship 2, events 8. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.PeterPartner of · 32 events · 179 versesJamesSibling of · 31 events · 19 versesKinshipJesus17 events · 1,160 versesJerusalem3 events · 888 versesMoses2 events · 786 versesPerson2 events · 367 versesElijah2 events · 92 versesBarnabas2 events · 28 versesAndrew2 events · 12 versesJames2 events · 11 versesEventsJohn

    The 10 best-attested of 15 are drawn. All 15 are listed below.

    Associated with

    Child of

    Partner of

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    Stands in the same events as

    and 20 more, ordered by how many events they share.

    Places

    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of John happens The one place the claims about John reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Patmos. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put John there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Patmos
    the New TestamentThe one place the claims about John reach

    The pattern

    Where John is named

    Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.

    Where the name is written across the corpus. 35 verses across 6 of 66 books; 60 write the name nowhere. OLD TESTAMENT · 39 BOOKSNEW TESTAMENT · 27 BOOKSMATTHEW–LUKE20 VERSESREVELATION5 VERSES39 books and 929 chapters with no mentionBOOK WIDTH = CHAPTER COUNT Where the name is written across the corpus. 35 verses across 6 of 66 books; 60 write the name nowhere. OT · 39 BOOKSNT · 27 BOOKSMATTHEW–LUKE20 VERSESREVELATION5 VERSES39 books with no mentionBOOK WIDTH = CHAPTER COUNT
    John is named in 35 verses, and the name is written 36 times in them — occurrences of the name in the Hebrew or Greek, counted in the versification of the Berean Standard Bible (v5.7). Every book of the corpus is drawn, its width its share of the 1,189 chapters. 60 of the 66 books never write it. A verse that tells of this subject without writing the name is not counted here.

    Read it

    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 35, across 6 books. The name is written 36 times in them.

    1. Matthew3 verses

      4:2110:217:1

    2. Mark10 verses

      1:191:293:175:379:29:3810:3510:4113:314:33

    3. Luke7 verses

      5:106:148:519:289:499:5422:8

    4. Acts9 verses

      1:133:13:33:43:114:134:198:1412:2

    5. Galatians1 verse

      2:9

    6. Revelation5 verses

      1:11:41:921:222:8

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Mark and Maryhusband of MaryHusband of Mary - John Mark's fathervia Salome and ZebedeeZebedee SonsZebedee Sons is a group attested across 4 verses, connecting 2 pageable entities.via MarkPaulApostle to the Gentiles, author of many NT epistlesvia MaryBarnabasA Levite from Cyprus who accompanied Paul on missionary journeys.via Maryfather of BarnabasA close relative of John Mark.via Petera wife of PeterWife of Peter, whose mother Jesus healedvia PeterAndrewApostle, brother of Simon Petervia PeterBethsaidaTown where Jesus performed miracles, home of several disciplesvia PeterJohnThe father of Simon Peter
    ElsewhereGenealogy of JohnEvery ancestor and every descendant the text names, both gospel lines where they differ.

    Where they appear

    Chapter by chapter

    Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

    14 more chapters, from Mark 13 to Revelation 21

    Sources

    What this rests on