Saint Andrew, the Disciple Whom Jesus Loved.

The identity of the Disciple whom Jesus loved has puzzled many scholars through the years.

This text attempts to unravel the identity of that Disciple based on commonsense and logic.

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The disciple whom Jesus loved is referred to, specifically, six times in John's gospel:

I - It is this disciple who, while reclining beside Jesus at the Last Supper, asks Jesus who it is that will betray him, after being requested by Peter to do so.[Jn 13:23-25]
II - Later at the crucifixion, Jesus tells his mother, "Woman, here is your son", and to the Beloved Disciple he says, "Here is your mother."[Jn 19:26-27]
III - When Mary Magdalene discovers the empty tomb, she runs to tell the Beloved Disciple and Peter. The two men rush to the empty tomb and the Beloved Disciple is the first to reach the empty tomb. However, Peter is the first to enter.[Jn 20:1-10]
IV - In John 21, the last chapter of the Gospel of John, the Beloved Disciple is one of seven fishermen involved in the miraculous catch of 153 fish.[Jn 21:1-25][4]
V - Also in the book's final chapter, after Jesus implies the manner in which Peter will die, Peter sees the Beloved Disciple following them and asks, "What about him?" Jesus answers, "If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow Me!"[John 21:20-23]
VI - Again in the gospel's last chapter, it states that the very book itself is based on the written testimony of the disciple whom Jesus loved.[John 21:24]

The first scenario, Peter requested that disciple to ask Jesus. The third scenario, Mary Magdalene told that disciple and Peter about the empty tomb of Jesus. The fourth scenario, that disciple is present with Peter and other apostles. The fifth scenario, that disciple is following Jesus and Peter.

So that disciple is always with Peter.

And we know that Peter has a brother who is a disciple. It’s Saint Andrew.

The second scenario supports Matthew 13:55-56 which state that James, Joses (or Joseph), Judas, and Simon were the brothers of Jesus, the son of Mary. That Simon could be connected with Simon, who is also called Peter, and since Simon, who is also called Peter, is the brother of Andrew, it could be said that Andrew is also a son of Mary.

The sixth scenario says that John is based on the written testimony of the Disciple whom Jesus loved. So it is not the book itself because otherwise, it would be John who is the disciple whom Jesus loved. Again, it is BASED on the written testimony of the disciple whom Jesus loved, who is Saint Andrew.

Whom are you naturally close with in the presence of other people who is not related to you? Your kin. Your brother.

And Saint Andrew is the Protokletos, “the first called”. So naturally, you’re attached with the first one you called.

Thus the disciple whom Jesus loved.