A typical ancient letter included the identity of the writer and recipients. Only in the epistles of Hebrews and 1 John is no identification given.66 However, external and internal evidence points to Johannine authorship. The description of the author having an intimate knowledge of Christ: knowing of Him, seeing Him, inspecting Him carefully, and touching Him (1:1–3). This is language of “sense perception.”67 The author very vividly indicates that he is an eyewitness of the life and