Revelation
Patmos · 100
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John the Apostle
John the Apostle
6 CE–100 CE · Rome
The beloved disciple, son of Zebedee the fisherman, and traditional author of the fourth Gospel, three epistles, and Revelation. One of the innermost circle of Jesus's companions (with Peter and James), he served as a pillar of the Jerusalem church before relocating to Ephesus, where he presided over the churches of Asia Minor and died in old age — the only apostle widely held to have escaped martyrdom.
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Stop 1 of 510–30Birthplace, Fisherman
BethsaidaIsrael
What they did here
Tradition associates John's upbringing with the Bethsaida–Capernaum fishing district on the Sea of Galilee; his father Zebedee was a fisherman there (Mark 1:19–20). Note: John 1:44 names Bethsaida specifically as the home of Peter, Andrew, and Philip — not John — so the Bethsaida identification for John is a traditional inference rather than a direct scriptural attestation.
In Bethsaida at the same time
Works(5)
3 John
Ephesus · 100
John
Ephesus · 100
1 John
Ephesus · 100
2 John
Ephesus · 100