John

Worth knowing

• The Gospel of John, the fourth and latest of the four, opens not with a birth but with a beginning: "In the beginning was the Word."
• Rylands P52 is a scrap of John 18 the size of a credit card, with Pilate's question on one side and his exit on the other. It is generally dated to the first half of the second century.
• That scrap is the earliest known fragment of any New Testament manuscript, which is why it matters out of all proportion to its size.

The book

Rylands P52Papyrus 52 (John 18:31–33, 37–38)RationalityChristology

Who else was alive

John against everyone else in the game.