THE APOSTLE JOHN IS THROWN INTO THE CAULDRON OF BOILING OIL: AN UNFORGETTABLE SCENE.
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Out of 12 of the Apostles called by Jesus, ten of them died as martyrs. Julius Iscariot, the traitor, took his own life. But the last apostle to die met a very different fate. The apostle John was one of Jesus' closest disciples, writer of some of the books of the New Testament. John is generally known within the Christian tradition as the beloved disciple.
John was the son of Zebedee and Mary Salome. His brother, James, also belonged to the group of Twelve disciples of Jesus. Possibly James was older than John; he is always mentioned first in the gospels. The apostle John was a fisherman by profession. His father was a prosperous man in the fishing business, as he had some employees.
John would be the youngest of the Twelve Apostles, probably being around 24 years old at the time of Jesus' call. Before becoming one of Jesus' disciples, the apostle John was a follower of John the Baptizer. John had a first encounter with Jesus, and after a short time, he became one of his regular disciples.
Some events recorded in the Gospels help us understand a little about John's personality, character and appearance. On one occasion, the Lord Jesus called John and James "sons of Thunder", and most likely this designation pointed to the explosive nature of the two brothers. It indicates that normally they were men with controlled emotions, but in certain situations, anger soon manifested itself. An example of this can be seen when the inhabitants of a Samaritan village refused to host Jesus. On that occasion, the two brothers immediately suggested: "Lord, do you want us to send fire down from heaven to consume them?" How he was going.
At another time, someone who did not belong to the group of Jesus' Twelve Apostles was casting out demons. John then went to complain to the Master, saying: "We saw one who, in your name, cast out demons, who does not follow us, and we forbade him." While such a statement points to a strong temperament, it also indicates the deep love and great loyalty that the apostle John and his brother had for the Lord Jesus.