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example of ignorance. Any association of this book with John or
with a righteous man or with any Christian is wrong. In fact, this
book was attributed to John by a heretic Cerinthus. I wish I had
the powers of excluding it from the Holy Scriptures. As far as my
own opinion is concerned, I believe it to be from someone who
was inspired. But what I cannot easily believe is that the writer
was any of the apostles, or that he was the son of Zebedee or
brother of Jacob."
11 On the contrary the idiom of the text and its style strongly
indicate that the writer cannot have been the Apostle John who is
mentioned in the Book of Acts because his presence in Asia Minor
is not known. This John is totally a different man who is an
Asian. There are two graves in the city of Ephesus, both bearing
the inscription of John. The contents and the style of this book
indicate that John, the Evangelist, is not the writer of this book.
with a righteous man or with any Christian is wrong. In fact, this
book was attributed to John by a heretic Cerinthus. I wish I had
the powers of excluding it from the Holy Scriptures. As far as my
own opinion is concerned, I believe it to be from someone who
was inspired. But what I cannot easily believe is that the writer
was any of the apostles, or that he was the son of Zebedee or
brother of Jacob."
11 On the contrary the idiom of the text and its style strongly
indicate that the writer cannot have been the Apostle John who is
mentioned in the Book of Acts because his presence in Asia Minor
is not known. This John is totally a different man who is an
Asian. There are two graves in the city of Ephesus, both bearing
the inscription of John. The contents and the style of this book
indicate that John, the Evangelist, is not the writer of this book.