I’ve received some interesting and important questions involving the Gospel of John — who actually wrote it and whether it’s record of Jesus’ claims to be divine are likely historical.  Here are the questions an my attempts to answer

QUESTION:

I heard Mike Licona say the other day, that he seems to think Tertius wrote Romans in the same way a literate Greek-speaking secretary wrote the Gospel of John on behalf of John, the son of Zebedee.

So strictly speaking, these are his words and the letter ought to be called, the Letter to the Romans according to Paul.

What is your understanding of Rom 16:22 – ‘I Tertius, the writer of this letter, greet you in the Lord”?   Was Tertius simply taking dictation or did he put his interpretation of Paul’s thoughts into words?

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