08-20-2004, 07:49 PM
Rob Wrote:Hi Bar Khela:
Both of these are only speculation. Johns' gospel could just as easily have been translated by a scribe during transmission, no matter which side you take on the subject matter..
Yeah, but Papias claimed to be a disciple of John. I think this is only a technicality since I doubt either persons developed a medium for personal chit-chat.
Is there any evidence that they met?
My hypothesis is that Papias was as much of a disciple of John as I am to Plato.
Furthermore, which John?
I've heard theories that the John of the New Testament was not the same John who composed Revelation.
???Do not give up, for that is ignorance and not according to the rules of this art... Like the lover, you cannot hope to achieve success without infinite perseverance.???