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What is said of John in the Gospel of John?
“There was leaning on Jesus’ bosom one of his disciples whom he loved” ([xiii, 23]).
“The disciple standing by whom he [Jesus] loved” ([xix, 26]).
“The other disciple whom Jesus loved” ([xx, 2]).
“Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper.... This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things” ([xxi, 20, 24]).
If the Apostle John wrote this Gospel, as claimed by Christians and as declared in the Gospel, he was a vulgar egotist.