Since the end of the first century, the beloved disciple has been commonly identified with John the Evangelist.
On December 27, we celebrate the Feast of Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist – the “disciple Jesus loved” (John 13:23). As the author of a Gospel account, three epistles, and the book of Revelation, John was not only a close friend of Jesus during his time, but a spiritual teacher for the ages.
Realizing the depth of Jesus' love for humanity, John personally exemplified it in his Gospel. Hence, he referred to himself as “the disciple whom Jesus loved.” If you were in his place, how would you call yourself?
John was a leading member of Jesus's original Twelve Apostles, one who had a close personal relationship with the Savior and served important roles as His witness, as a leader of the Church, and as a revelator.
Scripture makes it clear and plain that Jesus chose Judas deliberately, knowing beforehand that the man would betray Him (John 6:70). Knowing, however, did not stop Jesus from unconditionally loving Judas and training him up as a disciple.
James the Less (Greek: Ἰάκωβος ὁ μικρός Iakōbos ho mikros) is a figure of early Christianity, one of the Twelve chosen by Jesus. He is also called "the Minor", "the Little", "the Lesser", or "the Younger", according to translation.
The writer of the the Gospel of John, the book of the Revelation and three epistles bearing his name, John is the only one of the 12 that history says was not put to death for his faith, although he suffered greatly because of Jesus throughout his long life.
The Church Fathers identify him as John the Evangelist, John of Patmos, John the Elder, and the Beloved Disciple, and testify that he outlived the remaining apostles and was the only one to die of natural causes, although modern scholars are divided on the veracity of these claims.
John (The Beloved) (son of Zebedee / brother of James) : Natural Death The only apostle who did not meet a martyrs death. Banished by Roman Emperor Domitian to Isle of Patmos where penned Revelation, the last book in the Bible.
Saint Bartholomew was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ. After the Ascension, it's said the saint traveled to the east, and then onto Greater Armenia. According to traditional hagiography, he was flayed and beheaded there for converting the king to Christianity.
It is one step, but looking to Jesus as the crucified, risen Savior for one's soul is what brings salvation, assurance of being in heaven for eternity. So from what Jesus said in Matthew 26:24, it would certainly appear that Judas is not in heaven.
Jeremiah ( c. 650 – c. 570 BCE), also called Jeremias or the "weeping prophet", was one of the major prophets of the Hebrew Bible.
Andrew the Apostle, the first disciple to be called by Jesus. Though we know more about his brother Peter, it was Andrew who first met Jesus.
Mark 3:31-5) and not to an abandonment of a wife and children. The same cannot be said of the disciples, however. It is probable that most, if not all, of them had wives and that many of them had children.
According to Matthew 27:3–10, Judas felt remorse after seeing Jesus condemned to death, and he returned the silver and hanged himself.
Joseph is not recorded saying even one word in Sacred Scripture. He is recorded hearing God's word, listening to it attentively, and then acting upon it. St. Joseph had discovered that silence transforms us, because it allows us to realize the word of God is more important than anything we might say.
Joseph is the man “who can tell us many things, but who does not speak.” He can tell us, above all else, that silence allows us to more easily know Jesus Christ, to love him, and to serve him.
The kiss of Judas, also known as the Betrayal of Christ, is the act with which Judas identified Jesus to the multitude with swords and clubs who had come from the chief priests and elders of the people to arrest him, according to the Synoptic Gospels.
In the Gospel of John, the prediction is preceded by the assertion in 13:17–18 that Jesus knew that Judas Iscariot would betray him: "If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.
He is absorbed in the way to win back the sinner even in his act of sinning. Jesus calls Judas, “friend.” Jesus has shown Judas great trust. He has numbered him among the Twelve.
But Jesus chose Peter. The main reason could not be Peter's character of his strength, but rather the strength of his faith. Deep down he knew himself to be weak and imperfect, hence he was convinced that his total security and strength could only come from a power greater than his own.
In John's Gospel, by contrast, there are no parables or exorcisms. Jesus' teaching focuses much more on his own identity and his unique relationship with the Father. Jesus is the eternal Son who has come to reveal the Father. Salvation comes by knowing the Father through the Son.
In Matthew, there is not a word about Jesus being God; in John, that's precisely who he is. In Matthew, Jesus teaches about the coming kingdom of God and almost never about himself (and never that he is divine); in John, Jesus teaches almost exclusively about himself, especially his divinity.
Joseph is not recorded saying even one word in Sacred Scripture. He is recorded hearing God's word, listening to it attentively, and then acting upon it. St. Joseph had discovered that silence transforms us, because it allows us to realize the word of God is more important than anything we might say.