Who is John in the Bible, Book of Revelation?

Answer 1

Although the traditional view still has many adherents, many modern scholars believe that John the Apostle, John the Evangelist, and John of Patmos refer to three separate individuals. Certain lines of evidence suggest that John of Patmos wrote only Revelation, not the Gospel of John nor the Epistles of John. For one, the author of Revelation identifies himself as "John" several times, but the author of the Gospel of John never identifies himself directly. While both works liken Jesus to a lamb, they consistently use different words for lamb — the Gospel uses amnos, Revelation uses arnion. Lastly, the Gospel is written in nearly flawless Greek, but Revelation contains grammatical errors and stylistic abnormalities which indicate its author may not have been as familiar with the Greek language as the Gospel's author. Proponents of the single-author view explain these differences in various ways, including but not limited to factoring in underlying motifs and purposes, authorial target audience and the author's collaboration with and/or utilization of different scribes. A natural reading of the text would reveal that John is writing literally as he sees the vision (Rev 1:11; 10:4; 14:3; 19:9; 21:5) and that he is warned by an angel not to alter the text through a subsequent edit (Rev 22:18-19), in order to maintain the textual integrity of the book.

Answer 2

No, John who wrote the Book of Revelation was a different John. His name was John of (Parthos?--I can't remember the name of the island). He lived much later. The Book of Revelation was written much later than any of the other books, including any books attributed to John the Apostle, which is one reason it was almost not included in the New Testament. Apparently, his style of writing in the original Greek was also very different from the way John the Apostle wrote.

Answer 3

One of the 12 apostles, son of Zebedee and Salome, and brother of the apostle James—likely James’ younger brother, as James is usually named first where both are mentioned. John was one of the three most intimately associated with Jesus Christ. Peter, James, and John were taken to the mountain of transfiguration. (Mt 17:1, 2; Mr 9:2; Lu 9:28, 29) They only of the apostles were allowed to enter the house of Jairus with Jesus. (Mr 5:37; Lu 8:51) They were privileged to be the ones taken by Jesus farther than the others into the garden of Gethsemane on the night of his betrayal, although at that time even they did not realize the full significance of the occasion, falling asleep three times and being awakened by Jesus. (Mt 26:37, 40-45; Mr 14:33, 37-41) John occupied the position next to Jesus at his last Passover and the institution of the Lord’s Evening Meal. (Joh 13:23) He was the disciple who, at Jesus’ death, received the signal honor of being entrusted with the care of Jesus’ mother.—Joh 21:7, 20; 19:26, 27.
John was favored with the marvelous vision of Revelation, which he faithfully wrote down. (Re 1:1, 2) After this he wrote his Gospel and his three letters entitled the First, Second, and Third of John.

Answer 4

Jakiterri is right. The authorship accepted by most Bible scholars is that it was written by the Apostle John.

Answer 5

he was an apostle & a visionary. he also wrote the book of John, 1st, 2nd & 3rd John, as well as Revelation