Ἰωάνης

Detailed Definition

• 1john the baptist, the son of zacharias and elisabeth, the forerunner of christ
• 2john the apostle, the writer of the 4th gospel, son of zebedee and salome, brother of james the elder, the writer of the three epistles of john and the book of revelation, perhaps referred to as the one "whom jesus loved" in the gospel of john
• 3john, surnamed mark, the companion of barnabas and paul (see acts 12:12)
• 4john, a certain man, a member of the sanhedrin (see acts 5:6)