Brother David
Senior Member
Don't all of us look for the information that proves what we want to prove ?I told you what I think and why I think it with an example.
The man I used, because of his understanding of Greek and his education, makes a good case as to why the John's are different. I agree with him.
It goes like this, I can tell you what I think and then back it up with a source for you to also check out OR I can give you the source to check out and tell you the source is the reason I think the way I do.
Same results.
I always try to give my answer and show the information why/where that leads me to that answer.
I do not think because a chapter in the Bible was given the name John long after it was written ,that the chapter was written by a specific John that is also an Apostle. It think it was written about a John not by a John. And since nowhere in the chapter does the author state "I am John the Apostle" and this is my story " It leaves itself open to scrutiny. Revelations mentions a John but the writing styles , language and spelling within the earliest copies differ so much.. that they are most likely two different authors.
These are things that I cannot study. I don't know Koine Greek and I do not have access to the earliest known copies. Like you, I have access to the most modern copies which have been cleaned up over time to read better.
I have a question about a possible book , that regardless of who the Author of Revelation is , refers to .
The books of Revelation 20:12 . Who do you suppose is writing them . According to Romans 14 : 10-13 we're practically writing them ourselves !