John

Introduction. ST. JOHN - Introduction. THE HOLY GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST, ACCORDING TO ST. JOHN. PREFACE. St. John, the evangelist, a native of Bathsaida, in Galilee, was the son of Zebedee and Salome. He was by profession a fisherman. Our Lord gave to John, and to James, his brother, the surname of Boanerges, or, sons of thunder; most probably for their great zeal, and for their soliciting permission to call fire from heaven to destroy the city of the Samaritans, who refused to receive their Master. St. John is supposed to have been called to the apostleship younger than any of the other apostles, not being more than twenty-five or twenty-six years old. The Fathers teach that he never married. Our Lord had for him a particular regard, of which he gave the most marked proofs at the moment of his expiring on the cross, by intrusting to his care his virgin Mother. He is the only one of the apostles that did not leave his divine Master in his passion and death. In the reign of Domitian, he was conveyed to Rome, and thrown into a caldron of boiling oil, from which he came out unhurt.…

• Jn 1:1 — The Word was God.
• Jn 1:14 — The Word became flesh.
• Jn 2:1 — Cana.
• Jn 3:5 — Born of water and Spirit.
• Jn 3:16 — God so loved the world.
• Jn 6:35 — I am the bread of life.
• Jn 6:48 — I am the bread of life.
• Jn 6:51 — Bread of life.
• Jn 6:52 — How can this man give us his flesh?
• Jn 6:53 — Eat the flesh of the Son of Man.
• Jn 6:54 — Has eternal life.
• Jn 6:55 — True food.

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