Last Friday I went for lunch with two good friends. One of them asked:"Do you think Jesus have favourites? Though He has 12 disciples, He has singled out Peter, James and John (the disciple whom Jesus loved) to be with Him in the Garden and at the Transfiguration.
Reflections: In Mark 3:31-35, Luke 8:19-21 and Matthew 12:48-50, Jesus said:"Who is my mother and brothers?....whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother, and sister and mother" Also in Luke 5:8-11 and Mark 1:14-20, we read about Jesus' first disciples - the 4 fishermen. So, do you think Jesus has favourites?
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Re: He has singled out Peter, James and John... to be with Him in the Garden and at the Transfiguration.
ReplyDeleteAnd at the raising of the daughter of Jairus. But you do err on one point because the facts in scripture prove that whoever the disciple whom Jesus loved was, he could not have been John.
Ps. 118:8, Pr. 30:5-6 and many other verses warn against putting the authority of God's word in subjection to non-Bible sources. But one has to take off their own shoes before they can take a walk in someone else's moccasins and, similarly, when it comes to cases of The Bible vs. Tradition, one has to be willing to let go of the traditions of men in order to see the truth that is hidden in plain sight in the text of scripture.
TheFourthGospel.com has a free eBook that just compares scripture with scripture in order to highlight the facts in the plain text of scripture that are usually overlooked about the “other disciple, whom Jesus loved”. You may want to weigh the testimony of scripture that the study cites regarding the one whom “Jesus loved” and may find it to be helpful as it encourages bible students to take seriously the admonition “prove all things”.