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Saint John

Saint John

6.0
One of Jesus's disciples in the New Testament believed to have written the Gospel and Revelation
  • proper noun
  • /seɪnt dʒɒn/
translation icon : San Juan
  • In art, Saint John is often represented with a chalice, symbolizing his role in the early church.
  • Saint John the Evangelist

Another great example of sophisticated harmony and suspension after suspension is from the Johannes Passion, the Saint John Passion.

Examples

  • The Gospel of John, attributed to Saint John, highlights the teachings of Jesus Christ.

  • Many believers look to Saint John as an important figure in understanding the New Testament.

  • Leda's body then became the body of the Virgin, to which the artist added Saint Anne, Saint John the Baptist, and the Lamb.

    Academic text (2011)

  • An altar lay at the end of each of the short aisles flanking the choir, with the one to the north dedicated to Saint John the Evangelist (Fig. 3, position 2) and that to the south to Saints Mark and Peter Martyr (Fig. 3, position 3).

    Academic text (2000)

  • That to the north of the high altar kept its earlier dedication to Saint John the Evangelist (Fig. 5, position 2), but in 1582 work began on the renovation of the altar itself, as well as on the stucco decoration of this part of the church (Fig. 6).

    Academic text (2000)

Synonyms

John
vsSaint John
∞ 1.0

One of Jesus's twelve followers who is said to have written the Gospel of John and other New Testament books

is the full honorific rather than the plain given name
St. John
vsSaint John
1 6.8

One of Jesus' twelve apostles who is thought to have written the fourth Gospel and Revelation

is the full honorific rather than the abbreviation
John the Divine
vsSaint John
1 8.5

A name for the Christian leader John believed to have written the fourth Gospel, three letters, and Revelation

is the standard apostle and author title without the mystical label
St. John the Apostle
vsSaint John
8.2

One of the twelve first followers of Jesus who is said to have written parts of the New Testament

is the general honorific without that explicit apostle epithet
Saint John the Apostle
vsSaint John
7.7

A follower of Jesus who people believe wrote the Gospel of John, three letters, and Revelation

is the same meaning but may appear in shorter forms
John the Evangelist
vsSaint John
8.8

One of Jesus's followers long thought to have written the Gospel of John, three letters, and Revelation

is the broader honorific that does not stress that epithet

Surface Forms

Saint John main

Morphology

Saint + John

The compound combines 'Saint' (a holy or canonized person) with the proper name 'John', so a learner who knows both words will understand it denotes a holy person named John. While specific biblical details (which John is meant) require cultural/religious knowledge, the basic referential meaning is directly compositional and cross-linguistically transparent.

Etymology

Saint John (the disciple) comes from John, a close follower of Jesus who was later honored as a saint. Because people long believed he wrote the Gospel and the book of Revelation, religious books and art call him 'Saint John'.