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re: In the Easter gospel...why is Andrew’s name redacted?

Posted on 4/21/19 at 12:11 pm to
Posted by Stexas
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Posted on 4/21/19 at 12:11 pm to
It was John and because he was the author he didn’t want to seem arrogant to readers.
Posted by Upperdecker
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Member since Nov 2014
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Posted on 4/21/19 at 12:17 pm to
John just wanting to let everyone know Jesus loved him
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
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Posted on 4/21/19 at 1:24 pm to
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It was John and because he was the author he didn’t want to seem arrogant to readers.



This.

In Judea 2000 years ago, using the first person was considered pompous. Almost the opposite of today where if you're full of yourself, you refer to yourself in the third person.
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