Who was the Apostle John? One of the sons of Zebedee (a fisherman) and Salome, St. John and his elder brother St. James were among the first disciples called by Jesus. With St. Peter, they formed a nucleus of intimate disciples. John and James were called “Son’s of Thunder” by Jesus… John is seen differently in the West than the East and Africa has its own account of John’s experiences.. Incidentally, In the West, John is depicted as a young beardless man. In Byzantine art he appears old, with a long white beard and hair. An early Christian work called the Acts of John is one of a set of early Christian writings collectively called “the apocryphal acts of the apostles.” Here, the Apostle John raises six people from the dead, bedbugs obey his command, and a lusty young man cuts off his own genitals.. We know that Jesus did give his disciples the power to heal… We also see an extension of Jesus’ bodily and spiritual healing in the life of the infant Church. The Acts of the A...