“Sissy Disciple?”

John 13: 23: “There was reclining on Jesus’ breast one of His disciples, whom Jesus loved.” If we base our image of St. John, whose feast we celebrate today, solely on this passage, we might get the idea that he was a bit … soft. Probably not. Jesus nicknamed him and his brother ‘Sons of Thunder.’ No indication of weakness there! Then consider some of the words he wrote: words like “The one who does not believe God has made Him a liar”; and “the one who does not love does not know God.” Still think he’s soft?