Another of the apostles of Jesus, the Messiah and Savior, was selected by our congregation as one of the favorite men of the Bible: John, often called "the beloved disciple."

Like Simon Peter, he too was one of the "inner three" - the three disciples whom Jesus seemed to choose to be with him on special occasions. Jesus had a large group of followers; of those, he selected twelve. Of the twelve, he seemed partial to the "inner three." And if we go one step farther, John was probably even closer to Jesus than the other two. He is called "the disciple whom Jesus loved" (John 13:23; 19:26; 20:2; 21:7, 20) and is the one who, at the Last Supper, "was leaning on Jesus’ bosom" (John 13:23-25; 21:20). Even though Peter was the accepted leader of the twelve, John appeared to be the one with the d…