Following is the definition under Luke 1:13 for the word "John". It appears #2 is incomplete? Thanks! John = " Jehovah is a gracious giver" 1) John the Baptist was the son of Zacharias and Elisabeth, the forerunner of Christ. By order of Herod Antipas he was cast into prison and afterwards beheaded. 2) John the apostle, the writer of the Fourth Gospel, son of Zebedee and Salome, brother of James the elder. He is that disciple who 3) John surnamed Mark, the companion of Barnabas and Paul. Act_12:12
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