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The Disciple Whom Jesus Loved - The Bible v. Tradition on the beloved disciple

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J. Phillips in this remarkable observance does not bend and break rules of scriptural interpretation, historical document interpretation and simple rules of logic as one accused him of. In fact, he had been thoroughly logically in all his arguements against the case of John being the beloved diciple. It's the theory of John that's not logical. The Bible had always pointed to the truth, and sadly, it's just now that someone had finally taken the time to observe it. When reading this book, be like the Bereans in Acts 17:11, and judge for yourself as you compare his arguements with those written in the Bible. And remember, seek the truth "not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual." -Cor. 2:13

Whoever the unnamed "other disciple, whom Jesus loved" was, one thing is true - as this book details, the evidence in the Biblical record proves that this unnamed other disciple was not the Apostle John. This is why those who seek to defend the unbiblical, man-made tradition that this unnamed other disciple was John are forced to rely on everything but the Bible, because there is not even one verse that would justify teaching this idea.

Critic 'x' can make up screen names (I.B. Sadd/Sin Bigger/Jekyll Dog) to rant against the challenge that this book presents, but the one thing no defender of this tradition can do is cite scripture to justify teaching the John idea. This only proves what is stated in the book, that being that there is not a single verse of scripture that can be cited which would justify teaching the idea that the Apostle John was the one "whom Jesus loved".

Since there is no scripture that would justify presenting this tradition, those who wish to defend their continued promotion of this idea will use everything but the Bible in their attempts to defend this man-made tradition. They point to non-Biblical writings and act as if those that suggest the John idea can't be wrong. And as the Pharisees did in the time of Jesus, ridicule is used to discourage others from seeking the truth in God's word.

Those who have not a love of the truth or think that tradition must be defended at all costs and in spite of the facts, will shut their eyes to the evidence that shows that this unnamed disciple was not John, so this book is not for them. However those who love the truth will find that this book presents nothing-but-the-Bible in an effort to show that while the Bible is trustworthy and reliable, the same cannot always be said of the traditions of men.

Trust the opinions of men or the facts in the Bible. This book cites nothing but the Bible as it presents the Bible evidence on this question so that those who want to can decide for themselves what the Bible says (rather than adopting the ideas of non-Bible writings and assuming that they cannot be wrong). Search the scriptures or trust the tradition?

I have never questioned the belief that John wrote the "Gospel of John," however, now that I have read this book, I do have serious doubts. Now, let me say that I have written a book as well (which took several years to do), and, in the book I wrote, I attribute the narrative of the "book of John" to the disciple John. Therefore, I actually have a vested interest in seeing John be the author (otherwise the book that I wrote is incorrect on this point). However, who cares about vested interests! Let the Bible say what it says! Jim Phillips makes a very good case. I would say a solid one. Granted, he does not address post-Biblical history inside the book (other than passingly comparing its validity against the validity of the Bible), but he does do an EXCELLENT job of making his points from the Biblical text itself. And I do mean excellent! I enjoyed the read very much, no matter how crushing it was to my traditional understanding. I was reluctant to read it at first, then I was very pessimistic (once I discovered the subject matter), but when I took an honest look at what he was saying, I could find no fault in his reasoning. To my surprise, he did not just make ridiculous, illogical, unsupported claims (which is what I expected).

Post-Biblical history truly is subject to the Biblical account, not vise-versa. However, I would like to see the post-Biblical history addressed by him (but maybe that burden should fall upon us instead). Nevertheless, as to his Biblical exegesis, it is very well done. It makes perfect sense. Good book!

The Book "The Disciple Whom Jesus Loved" is exciting and full of GOD'S Truth.
God in His Holy Word - claims John did not write this gospel. Not Man - Man was the one that after 200 years decided to help God and place names on the Books in the Bible. John never placed his name on it.
This book walks you through ONLY the Bible scriptures to show you that John was not the gospel writer. He uses no outside text - why to prove that the BIBLE God's word hold the answers - if we are willing to Pay attention to every jot & tittle of His word. In addition, yes there is plenty of proof that John did not write this Gospel.
Our Bible Study group of 20 people went through each page and each scripture and we concur the finds are TRUE. John was NOT The Disciple Who Jesus Loved - but most importantly - that GOD still has things HE wants to teach us "IF" we allow Him to. This is an excellent book and 20 & people give it 5 stars- worth reading IF you really want to know GOD's truth.

Our Bible Group has grow so much and has also through this book been taught to pay attention to God's details in the scriptures.
PRAISES !!! For this book and for GOD'S grace to show us new things

J. PHILLIPS BOOK "THE DISCIPLE WHOM JESUS LOVED" IS A VERY ENJOYABLE READ. IT WAS INSIGHTFUL,ENLIGHTING, AND THOUGHT PROVOKING. THE AUTHOR PRESENTS A CREDIBLE CASE FOR THE BOOKS FINDINGS. TRADITION AND FALSE TEACHING LEAD TO A GENERAL DISREGARD FOR THE TRUTH. J. PHILLIPS HOLDS A HIGH REGARD FOR THE TRUTH AND THIS BOOK IS FULL OF TRUTH. I RECOMMEND IT TO SEEKERS AND SERIOUS BIBLE STUDENTS.

It is sad that those who say they respect the Bible are willing to promote an idea as being Biblically true when they can't actually cite even a single verse that would justify teaching that idea. As this book rightly points out, that is exactly what is happening when someone states that "John leaned on Jesus at the last supper" or "Jesus gave his mother to John" - since the Bible says nothing of the kind.

What does the Bible say? Regarding the last supper the Bible says that it was "the disciple whom Jesus loved" who was leaning on Jesus. And the Bible states that "the other disciple, whom Jesus loved" was the one at the foot of the cross to whom Jesus entrusted his mother. The problem for all those who are so feely willing to add John's name to the text where God did not is that they have no Biblical justification for doing so. Again as this book rightly points out, it turns out that those who seek to defend their teaching this tradition can point to noting exept non-Biblical hearsay.

But, even worse than suggesting that non-Biblical writings can be used as a basis for adding a name (or anything else) to a text where God's inspired writers did not include it, it turns out the warning "you've made void the word of God by your tradition" actually applies to the man-made tradition of saying that John was "the disciple whom Jesus loved." The reason for this - besides the fact that there is no verse which can be cited that would suggest that this idea is true - is that information reported in the Biblical record about John (as is pointed out in this book) stands in opposition to facts that the Bible reports about this unnamed "other disciple".

Since this book is simply asking it's readers to examine the Bible on this question and since it cites noting but the Bible, it's hard to see those who say they love the truth would not want to review the Biblical evidence on question, who was "the disciple whom Jesus loved." But be forewarned, those that want to cling to this tradition not to read this book - for it lays out a strong case against this scripturally-void tradition using nothing but the Bible.

While one may not agree that there is sufficient evidence to show conclusively who this unnamed disciple actually was, one this is certain; the John idea was simply a case of mistaken identity and there never was any Biblical justification for making this erroneous assumption - or else they would cite it!

J. Phillips did an excellent job of presenting the facts (all from Scripture) to make his case regarding the identity of the author of the Gospel of John. This is a topic (and conclusion) that I also have thought about but never pursued in study. Phillips has done it and done it well and thoroughly. He presented several proofs that I had never even considered in my own thoughts on the subject. Every Christian who enjoys Bible study should read this book for a refreshing and honest examination of the biblical clues.

Enthralling, captivating and eye opening, "The Disciple Whom Jesus Loved" will make you rethink what you *think* you know of scripture. It is FABULOUS read and bible study, and will undoubtedly challenge you to reconsider what may have been taught about "the disciple whom Jesus loved". Read it now and be blessed!

This is an "Excellent" example of why we should be Berean Christians. I have read this book twice and can't find any reason that we should believe any longer in the fallacy of John being the Author We should use only scripture to decide these issues. Remember to: Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus 2Ti 1:13.The desire to hold on to old myths is amazing to me because we have so much access to the Bible

This is an "Excellent" example of why we should be Berean Christians. I have read this book twice and can't find any reason that we should believe any longer in the fallacy of John being the Author We should use only scripture to decide these issues. "Remember to: Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus" 2Timothy 1:13.The desire to hold on to old myths is amazing to me because we have so much access to the Bible and its truth!