The apostle John means god's gift, Zebedee the father, Salome the mother (Mary's sister), the brother of the apostle Jacob, and the cousin of Jesus. He was Jesus' favorite disciple. John was born in 6 A.D., Lord Libersay, Israel.
John (Peter Paul Rubens)
After forty days and nights of temptation, Jesus began to preach, first calling four people. The Bible's Gospel of Matthew records the simultaneous conversion of James and John.
The apostle James and his brother John were once disciples of John the Baptist and followed Jesus with Peter, becoming the three closest disciples of Jesus. Their lives with Jesus are recorded in many places in the Bible, and Jacob, along with Peter and John, witnessed Jesus' transfiguration.
The brothers Jacob and John were originally grumpy. From later acts and letters John often emphasizes the lesson of love and commands believers to always remember the command to "love one another." It can be seen that he has undergone a considerable transformation under the teachings he has received. When John described himself in the Gospels, he never mentioned his name, but only called himself "the disciple whom the Lord loved," which was used as an expression of John's emphasis on "love."
After Jesus' arrest, the apostle John followed him to the high priest's court to inquire about the news. At the time of Jesus' crucifixion, he was alone under the cross, and Jesus entrusted his mother, Mary, to his care. After the Coming of the Holy Spirit on pentecost in 33 A.D., John and Peter actively engaged in preaching activities, performing miracles at the temple gates, bearing courageous testimony before the Jewish Council, and preaching to Samaria. John, Peter, and Jacob became the pillars of the church in Jerusalem.
Before the fall of Jerusalem in 68 AD, the apostle John left Palestine and went to Ephesus (in present-day Turkey) and took Mary to Ephesus for consecration. The Gospel of John, 1 John, 2 John, and 3 John are written here, exhorting believers to show a spirit of love for one another and to live a holy life in their lives; in faith, to overcome the temptations and destruction of heresy. In 95 AD, the Roman Emperor Domita took John to Trial in Rome, sentenced him to exile, and then exiled him to the island of Patmos (also translated as "Bamus" or "Patmos") west of Asia Minor, which was located in the Aegean Sea, 45 miles from Ephesus, where Jesus revealed the last events to him and wrote the book of Revelation. Nephra was released after succeeding to the throne and returned to Ephesus as a missionary.
John on Patmo Island (Velázquez)
According to the fathers of Aeronau, Grisy, and Jerome, the apostle John continued to preach the gospel and build churches in Ephesus after his release from the island of Patmos. John's later years were full of love, which brought many comforts to the brethren. When he was too old to move, he was carried to the meeting place, and every time he said, he said, "O boys! Love one another! The last sermon was also these two sentences, and after the speech, he died peacefully on the podium.
The apostle John received three disciples: Polycarpus (69–155 or 156), Ignatius of Antioch (also known as Theophorus, the Servant of God, 67–110), and Papia (Saint Papias, 70–155).
The apostle John died in 100 A.D. at the age of ninety and was buried in Ephesus (in present-day Turkey) with a shrine on his grave. In the 6th century AD, the Byzantine Emperor Justinian built this monumental rectangular Christian church here, which became a holy place for Christians to worship. Later Islam prevailed and St. John's Cathedral was abandoned. After the Mongol Iron Horse occupation, it was completely destroyed. Later, after the earthquake and wind erosion, only some ruins and broken walls remain, and there are ancient marble steps and magnificent gates that tell people about its former glory.
Seven kilometers from the ruins of Ephesus, there is a small stone house on Nightingale Hill, which was once the residence of the Virgin Mary and the place where she died. John was entrusted by Jesus to take care of Mary.
Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano (also known as the Basilica of St. John). It is the first Christian church in Rome, and even the first Christian church in the world, which was built by Constantine the Great from the fourth century AD, and has been repaired several times in later generations, and the current church form was built in 1589 and is now a Roman cathedral.
The island of Patmo, a small island in the southeastern Aegean Sea, also translated as Patmos Island, is now Parthian, and the island is home to the Monastery of St. John the Apostle.
John was exiled to the island of Patmo, where he was revealed by Jesus in a cave. The cave is called the Cave of the Apocalypse, and the picture below is the Cave of the Apocalypse and the scene inside the cave, where John wrote the book of Revelation.