John the Apostle (6-100 AD) was one of the Twelve Apostles of the early Christian Church. He was both the longest-lived of the Apostles and the only one of them to die of natural causes.
Biography[]
John was the son of Zebedee and the brother of James. He and his brother first met the rabbi Jesus while they were fishing, and Jesus asked for John and James to follow him; they left their father at their boat and became two of his Twelve Apostles. Before his crucifixion, Jesus entrusted John with the care of his mother, Mary; John was the first of the Apostles to reach Jesus' tomb. John went on to spread the gospel alongside Saint Peter and James, and he authored the Gospel of John, three epistles, and the Book of Revelation. He was also said to have carried out many miracles, including raising the dead and destroying the temple of Artemis at Ephesus through prayer (killing the temple priest in the process). Later in his life, he was arrested and confined to the island of Patmos, where he wrote Revelation. John outlived the other apostles and was the only one of them to die of natural causes, dying in Ephesus in 100 AD.
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