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Again tradition tells us that John lived into old age dying sometime after AD 98. He is thought to have died in Ephesus. Here is another article also by David: Samson Bible Story Summary and Study
Jan 4, 2022 · Even if John were in his 90s when he died, he would have been no more than 30 years old at the time he was with Jesus. Since John was old enough to care for the mother of Jesus (John 19:26–27), he was probably at least 20 at the time of the crucifixion.
Nov 24, 2020 · If St. John was born in the year 6 AD, that means St. John was about 24 years old at the time of Jesus’ crucifixion, if we take the Crucifixion as been in the year 30 AD. The Catholic Church does not know with any exactitude the real timeline of the Apostle Peter.
Sep 1, 2016 · Of the 12 Apostles appointed by Jesus, 10 of them died as martyrs. Judas, the traitor, took his own life. But the last Apostle to die, John, met a very different fate. Living nearly to the very end of the 1st century, he died of natural causes – and it was because of an amazing miracle.
Jan 21, 2022 · He died as an old man sometime after AD 98, the only apostle to die peacefully. Another theory concerning John’s death is associated with a second-century bishop named Papias of Hierapolis. According to one commentary on Papias’s writings, John was killed by a group of Jewish men.
As the last living person who was directly instructed during Jesus' earthly ministry, John lived a long life and died close to 100 A.D. Evidence suggests the last apostle ended his days in the Asia Minor city of Ephesus.
Modern estimates of Jesus' age at death are from 34-42 (see Chronology of Jesus); assuming Luke's idea of his age wasn't far from that, Luke's version would have John older than about 30 and younger than 42 when he died.
