JOHN THE EVANGELIST

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• JOHN THE EVANGELIST (noun)
  The noun JOHN THE EVANGELIST has 1 sense:

1. (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation

  Familiarity information: JOHN THE EVANGELIST used as a noun is very rare.

• JOHN THE EVANGELIST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

John; John the Divine; John the Evangelist; Saint John; Saint John the Apostle; St. John; St. John the Apostle

Instance hypernyms:

Apostle ((New Testament) one of the original 12 disciples chosen by Christ to preach his gospel)

Evangelist ((when capitalized) any of the spiritual leaders who are assumed to be authors of the Gospels in the New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John)

saint (a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization)

Domain category:

New Testament (the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible)