John – the disciple whom Jesus loved
John was
John immediately
21 Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, preparing their nets. Jesus called them, 22 and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him. —Matthew 4:21-22
John stayed
23 One of them, the disciple whom Jesus loved, was reclining next to him. —John 13:23
26 When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman, here is your son,” —John 19:26
3 So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb. 4 Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. 5 He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in. 6 Then Simon Peter came along behind him and went straight into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, 7 as well as the cloth that had been wrapped around Jesus’ head. The cloth was still lying in its place, separate from the linen. 8 Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed. —John 20:3-8
John was the first disciple to
9 (They still did not understand from Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.) —John 20:9
Why is this significant?
Faith often comes
1 “Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.” —Hebrews 11:1
7 Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” As soon as Simon Peter heard him say, “It is the Lord,” he wrapped his outer garment around him (for he had taken it off) and jumped into the water. —John 21:7
Intimacy with Jesus leads to
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