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John’s Gospel Portrait   We are on Day 6 of our adventure, looking together at the life of the most amazing person in human history - Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Today we will look at the fourth of our Gospel Portraits, John and see together what it teaches us about Jesus Christ of Nazareth. The author is self indentified as the “disciple whom the Lord loved.” We know quite a bit about this John! John was the son of Zebedee and Salome, and thus was a half-cousin of Jesus! John was also the brother of James, another of the Twelve Apostles, and together they were known as the sons of thunder! John was called by Jesus to follow him! John was one of the three witnesses of the raising of Daughter of Jairus, the Transfiguration as well as Jesus’ agony in Gethsemane. John remained the only disciple near Jesus at the foot of the cross on Calvary. He was instructed by Jesus from the Cross, to care for Mary, the mother of Jesus. So John, as you may gather, knows Jesus very well! John presents Jesus as the incarnation