Disciple whom Jesus loved
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The phrase "the disciple whom Jesus loved" or, in John 20:2; "the other disciple whom Jesus loved", is used six times in the Gospel of John, but in no other New Testament accounts of Jesus. John 21:24
Saint Peter and Saint John Run to the Sepulchre, by James Tissot c. 1886–1894
Jesus and John at the Last Supper, by Valentin de Boulogne
Penitent Magdalene, Mary Magdalene by El Greco, c. 1580
St John at Patmos by Pieter Paul Rubens, c. 1611
John the Apostle
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John the Apostle, also known as Saint John the Beloved and, in Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Saint John the Theologian, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament. General
Disciple whom Jesus loved
…Epistles of John, and the Book of Revelation) since at least the third century, but especially since the Enlightenment. The authorship of the Epistles by John the Apostle is rejected by many modern scholars, but not by all. There is a consensus among Johannine scholars that the beloved disciple was a real historical…
John the Apostle, detail of the mosaic in the Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna, 6th century
Armenian icon of the Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian, 13th century by the Armenian manuscript illuminator Toros Roslin
John the Evangelist and Peter by Albrecht Dürer (1526)