John the Apostle in the Bible — the Hebrew name and what it means
יוֹחָנָן
Son of thunder, the disciple whom Yeshua loved — witness of the Word, seer of the Revelation.
Also called
Yochanan יוֹחָנָן — “YHWH is gracious”
Boanerges בְּנֵי רֶגֶשׁ — “son of thunder” — with his brother James (Mark 3:17)
The moments that made John the Apostle
Matt 4:21Called from the nets with James his brother
Mark 3:17Surnamed Boanerges — the sons of thunder
Matt 17:1Taken up into the mount of transfiguration
John 13:23Leaning on Yeshua's bosom at supper
John 19:26At the cross — “behold thy mother”
John 20:4He outruns Peter to the sepulchre
John 21:7“It is the Lord” — the net full of fishes
Gal 2:9A pillar of the assembly at Jerusalem
Rev 1:9In Patmos — the Revelation of Yeshua the Messiah
How often the name appears
John the Apostle is named 131 times in the New Testament.
Every mention — New Testament
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