Day 17 - John 6:60-10:42

Although the fourth gospel has historically been attributed to the Apostle John, nowhere in the text does John claim authorship. This has caused modern "scholarship" to question his authorship, and in fact, some recent commentators simply dismiss, or even ignore the authorship of this gospel. However, the external witness of Ignatius of Antioch, Justin Martyr, Tatian and others of the 2nd century AD all clearly refer to John's authorship. In remembering his childhood, Irenaeus writes of Polycarp (AD 70 – 156), "I remember the events . . . in which the blessed Polycarp . . . reported his converse with John and with the others who had seen the Lord, how he remembered their words. . ."

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