John, the Pastor to Asia

After jesus dies and is resurrected, he passes on this mantle to his followers. When we get to galatians, we will actually references this lines up with our new testament text. It's not just church tradition in the pocastran; it's also Christian history. We have ther says, first john one, one through four, that which was from the beginning, which we have heard,. which we have seen with our eyes,which we have looked at and our hands have touched. And we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the father and has appeared to us.