Which statement about John is correct?

• A. John authored the Acts of the Apostles.
• B. John wrote the Gospel of Luke and the Acts.
• C. John is the author of the fourth Gospel, emphasizing Jesus' divine identity.
• D. John is a fictional character, not a Gospel author.

Answer: (C)

The main idea is the authorship and theological focus of the Gospel of John. Traditionally, John the Apostle is credited with writing the fourth Gospel, and this Gospel is distinctive for foregrounding Jesus as divine—the eternal Word who was with God and was God, who became flesh, and who reveals the Father. This high Christology is built through the prologue and through Jesus’ own statements and actions that point to his divine identity, including the famous “I am” sayings and the signs that reveal his glory. Other statements misattribute Luke’s writings to John or claim John as the author of Acts, or treat John as fictional; those do not fit the canonical tradition or the text’s clear emphasis on Jesus’ deity. So the best statement aligns with both the traditional authorship and the Gospel’s central aim of presenting Jesus as divine.