The Life of Yeshua the Messiah from a Jewish Perspective Part 1

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(5) He must have been one of the Twelve since only they
were with the Lord at the Last Supper (cf. Mark 14:17;
Luke 22:14).
(6) In the Gospel, John was closely related to Peter and
thus appears to be one of the inner three (cf. John 20:2-
10; Mark 5:37-38; 9:2-3; 14:33). Since James, John’s
brother, died in the year a.d. 44, he was not the author
(Acts 12:2).
(7) “The other disciple” (John 18:15-16) seems to refer
to the “disciple whom Jesus loved” since he is called this
in 20:2.