[B-Greek] When was the word "John" first used?

Ron Fay roncfay at hotmail.com
Mon Dec 3 14:21:22 EST 2007


According to Bauckham's book "Jesus and the Eyewitnesses," Yohannon occurs 122 times from 330 BC-200AD, including 5 times in the Gospels and Acts, 14 in Josephus, 22 on ossuaries, and 40 in the "Judean Desert Texts" by which I guess he means the DSS. It was one of the most popular names in Palestine, coming in fifth behind Simon/Simeon, Joseph/Joses, Lazarus/Eleazar, and Judas/h. Please see Ilan, "Lexicon" for more details.

- Ron

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Cornerstone Community Church
Wadsworth, IL
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