As you read the Gospel of John, you won’t find anyone identifying himself by name as its author. The same is true with the other three gospels—Matthew, Mark, and Luke. But two sources of evidence point to John as the Fourth Gospel’s author. The first source is internal—what the text of the gospel reveals about its author. A figure referred to as “the disciple whom Jesus loved” appears often throughout the gospel. And while most of the other twelve disciples of Jesus are named, this one is not; and