He saw and believed

The hero of the community nurtured by the Fourth Gospel is “the disciple whom Jesus loved” (verse 2).

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He outruns Peter to the tomb but lets the “older” Peter enter first. He also “outruns” Peter in believing that Jesus is risen from the dead (verse 8).

Among the Apostles, he alone remained near Jesus at the foot of the cross on Calvary (19:26). As his last legacy, Jesus entrusted Mary, his mother, into the care of the Beloved Disciple (19:27). John the Evangelist is the name traditionally given to the Beloved Disciple who wrote the Fourth Gospel, known as the Gospel of John.