Who was John?

According to the website BehindtheName.com, the name “John” is, “derived from the Hebrew name יוֹחָנָן (Yochanan) meaning “YAHWEH is gracious”.   Because the Apostle John was a Jew, one can assume that we call him John because his Gospel and letters were written in Greek.  We can further presume that he was given a Hebrew name by his father, which pronounced that “YAHWEH is gracious” on the occasion of the birth of his son.

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