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The disciple whom Jesus loved

Unnamed disciple in John’s Gospel

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Journeys

Editorial summary

A disciple whom John’s Gospel describes but never names. He leaned on Jesus’ chest at the supper, stood by the cross, outran Peter to the empty tomb, and recognized the risen Jesus by the sea of Tiberias.

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Where their story unfolds

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Where they appear

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  1. Jesus’ mother at the cross

    Standing by the cross were Jesus’ mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. Seeing his mother and the disciple whom he loved, Jesus told her that the disciple was her son, and told the disciple that she was his mother; from that hour the disciple took her into his home.

  2. Breakfast by the Sea of Tiberias

    Peter, Thomas, Nathanael, the sons of Zebedee and two other disciples fished all night and caught nothing. At dawn Jesus, unrecognized on the beach, told them where to cast the net, and it filled with fish. The disciple whom Jesus loved said it was the Lord, and Jesus gave them bread and fish.

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