The Bible says Jesus loves his disciples as the Father loves him, and it names others whom he loved. He says the first in John 15:9. Jesus calls the disciples his friends and says no one has greater love than one who lays down his life for his friends (John 15:13-15). John names Martha, Mary and Lazarus (John 11:5) and “the disciple whom he loved” (John 19:26), and Mark says Jesus loved a rich man who then went away sad…
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