יוחנן
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Hebrew for Jehovah is Merciful
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Yoḥanan
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Transliteration from Hebrew into Tiberian Hebrew
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Ιωάννης, that is, Iohannes
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Translation from Hebrew to Koine Greek
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John the Apostle
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John as one of Jesus' twelve close friends, first disciples, and a leader in the early Church
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John, son of Zebedee
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Name used in Mark to show his relation to his brother James (Mark 3:17)
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Boanerges, Greek for Sons of Thunder
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Together with his brother James, probably a reference to their zeal (Mark 3:17)
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The disciple whom Jesus loved
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John's repeated and only reference to himself in his Gospel
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Saint John
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John as officially canonized and a righteous person
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John the Evangelist
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From the Greek euangelion meaning gospel; John as the writer of a Gospel, a testament of Jesus' life
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John the Theologian
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A reference to the deep insight of John's gospel[1]
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The Eagle
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According to some Christian traditions, the four evangelists are connected to the four living creatures of the Apocalypse, with John represented by an eagle. It is possibly also a reference to the height that John achieved when writing John 1.
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John the Divine
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Old reference to John as the receiver of a divine revelation, The Book of Revelation
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John of Patmos
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John as a prisoner on the island of Patmos where he wrote Revelation
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Eagle of Patmos
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Combination of The Eagle and John of Patmos
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John the Revelator
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John as the writer of Revelation
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John the Seer
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John as the one who has seen the future through the vision in Revelation
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John the Presbyter
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An obscure reference by Eusebius to the writer of 2 John and 3 John.
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