John the Evangelist
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John the Evangelist, 'the Disciple whom Jesus loved,' was the only apostle to stand at the foot of the Cross. His Gospel opens in eternity — 'In the beginning was the Word' — and his letters distill the Christian life into a single command: love one another. He survived exile to Patmos, where he received the visions of Revelation, and died in Ephesus the last living eyewitness of Christ.