Pope Benedict XVI states: “[T]he disciple whom Jesus loved…is once again named as the author of the Gospel in John 21:24.”29 To be sure, the combined use of “I” (first person singular) with “we” (first person plural) and “his testimony” (third person) can be a bit confusing. However, even a quick look at other passages in the Gospel show Jesus doing the same thing: he speaks about himself in the third person (“the Son of Man”) and shifts from “I” to “we” when giving a solemn pronouncement (see John 3:10-15; 6:52-58).30 That is what the Beloved Disciple is doing here: he is solemnly pronouncing
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