The 20th chapter of the Fourth Gospel ends with the words, “Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book.  But these are written so that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name.” (John 20:30-31) That sounds like the end of the story, doesn’t it?  But then, chapter 21 comes along, and it is almost as if the whole thing starts all over again.  Scholars have long been puzzled by this, especially in light of the fact that there are some stylistic word usages in the Greek of the 21st chapter which suggest that they may have been penned by a different hand.  Still, there is no ancient manuscript which does not contain this final epilogue to the Gospel of St. …