The Testimony of a Dead Man

A Case for Lazarus of Bethany as the Disciple Whom Jesus Loved

von Brian Gann

54 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Every reader of John's Gospel has stumbled over the same mystery.Peter is named. Thomas is named. Mary Magdalene, Nicodemus, the woman at the well - all named. And then, beginning in the upper room on the night of the Last Supper, a man appears who is never named at all. He is only ever "the disciple whom Jesus loved." He leans on Jesus at supper. He stands at the cross when everyone else has fled. He outruns Peter to the empty tomb. And in the Gospel's final verse, we're told, plainly, that this unnamed man is the one who wrote the book.Tradition has one answer: John, son of Zebedee. The Testimony of a Dead Man argues tradition is wrong.Working verse by verse through the King James Bible, this book builds the case that the beloved disciple is a man the Gospel has already named - Lazarus of Bethany, the man Jesus raised from the dead. It's the only explanation that accounts for everything the text leaves unexplained: why this disciple has "his own home" near Jerusalem when the apostles are Galilean fishermen; why he's personally "known unto the high priest"; why he recognizes a stack of graveclothes at a glance; and why a strange rumor spread that he would never die.If the argument holds, the implications reach further than one Gospel - reopening the question of who really stands behind the letters of John as well.This is not a claim made lightly. It's a case, laid out in full - with every verse quoted, every objection answered, and a complete concordance and scripture index so readers can check the evidence for themselves.Inside this book: - A verse-by-verse walk through every Gospel passage describing Jesus's love for Lazarus and for the unnamed "beloved disciple" - with the Greek words behind the English restored- The textual clues traditional scholarship has never fully explained- A direct answer to the strongest objections to the Lazarus theory- A full concordance, scripture index, and side-by-side timeline for further studyFor anyone who has ever wondered why the Gospel of John keeps a secret in plain sight - this book finally asks the question out loud.

• Reihe: Independently published
• ISBN: 9798173054807
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 22.09.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Independently published