John (disambiguation)
John (Hebrew: יוחנן, Yōkhānān; Greek: Ἰωάννης, Iōannēs; Arabic: يحيى, Yahyā and يوحنا, Yūḥanna; "Name means::YHWH is Gracious"), in its various forms, is the second most common given-name in the world (Muhammad being the most common) as well as a common surname.
Biblical use
John is the name of three significant people in the Bible:
- John the Baptist, who "prepared the way" for Jesus Christ, and was beheaded by Herod Antipas
- The Apostle John, son of Zebedee, the "disciple whom Jesus loved", and author of at least five books of the New Testament
- John was another name for Mark, disciple of Paul of Tarsus, and author of The Gospel of Mark
John is also the name of four books of the New Testament: the Gospel of John, I John, II John, and III John.
It is noteworthy that the Apostle Peter is referred to in some passages (e.g. John 1:42) as the son of John, and in others as the son of Jonah (or Jonas). The two words are different names in Hebrew, but in New Testament Greek they are very similar, leading to discrepancies among some manuscripts.
Other articles
This site also contains articles about the following people with forms of the name John:
- John (J. B. S.) Haldane
- John Ambrose Fleming
- John Baumgardner
- John Bunyan
- John Byl
- John Hartnett
- Jonathan Henry
- John Johnson
- Johannes Kepler
- John Mackay
- John Meyer
- John Morris
- Johnson C. Philip
- Sean Pitman
- Ian Plimer
- John Ray
- John Sanford
- Jonathan Sarfati
- John Scopes
- John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh (a.k.a. Lord Rayleigh)
- Jonathan Wells
- John Whitcomb
- Jonathan Whitcomb
- John Woodmorappe (a.k.a. Jan Peczkis; Jan is also a form of John)
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