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Beloved disciple

The phrase 'the disciple that Jesus loved' or its variants is used six times in John's Gospel. This disciple is identified in John 21.24 as the author of John's Gospel (also known as the fourth Gospel). Christian tradition identifies the beloved disciple as John the evangelist though this identification is still debated among scholars.

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