Traces
John the Apostle and Paul
How John the Apostle and Paul are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
John the Apostle and Paul met. (traditional identification)
Paul names a John with James and Cephas as those "who seemed to be pillars", who gave him and Barnabas "the right hands of fellowship" to go "unto the heathen". Acts pairs Peter and John at Jerusalem.
I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas
Galatians 2:1, King James Version
when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship
Galatians 2:9, King James Version
when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John
Acts 8:14, King James Version
Where they cross: Galatians 2:9
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Acts 8:14
14Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:
Galatians 2:1
1Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also.
Galatians 2:9
9And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.
King James Version