14. Called to (the) Stand - John E6

In this episode, Tyler talks about the pattern of witness and testimony in John's Gospel. Like many patterns in John, the author has built this idea around the number 7, citing 7 witnesses that testified to the nature and person of Jesus Christ. But that's not all to be found when it comes to witness.

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What Tyler didn’t mention about the Beloved Disciple’s witness was his intimacy with Jesus. Take a look at how the beloved is intimate with the Jesus at the last supper: he’s given the primary seat of being on Jesus’ lap. Also notice that, if Baukham is right and the anonymous disciple in chapter 1 is indeed the beloved, then the beloved is one of the first if not THE FIRST to go to wherever it is that Jesus was living. The focus of that passage obviously isn’t whatever Jesus’ living conditions are, it’s that the disciples, Andrew and the Beloved, got to share a special novel connection with Jesus.

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Richard Bauckham’s Book, “Testimony of the Beloved Disciple: Narrative, History, and Theology in the Gospel of John” https://smile.amazon.com/Testimony-Beloved-Disciple-Narrative-Theology/dp/080103485X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+testimony+of+the+beloved+disciple&qid=1574365563&s=books&sr=1-1

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