{"id":3471,"date":"2024-05-24T19:16:50","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T19:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/why-did-jesus-love-john-the-most\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T16:21:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T16:21:40","slug":"why-did-jesus-love-john-the-most","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/learn\/why-did-jesus-love-john-the-most\/","title":{"rendered":"Pourquoi Jean est-il appel\u00e9 le disciple que J\u00e9sus aimait ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>John&#039;s Gospel never names the disciple whom Jesus loved, and nowhere does the Bible say he loved the other disciples less. Irenaeus of Lyons, a bishop of the second century, wrote that this disciple was John. The Church has understood him to be John the son of Zebedee, the apostle, speaking of himself in the Gospel by this title. Look at where the Gospel first shows him by this title. It is the night of the Last Supper, and &quot;there\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gospel never names him. Since Irenaeus the Church has said he was John, and nowhere does Scripture say Jesus loved the other disciples less.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[38],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-3471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bible-mysteries"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2832,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/learn\/jesus-disciples-age\/","url_meta":{"origin":3471,"position":0},"title":"How Old Were the Disciples of Jesus? Mostly Young Men in Their Teens and 20s, and Who Was the Youngest","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"mai 24, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"The Bible gives no ages. Its hints point to young men, Peter likely the oldest and John, by tradition, the youngest. 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