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\DeclareFixedFootnote{\fnIoannes}{IOANNES: aka ``John.'' 
The Greek rendering of Hebrew Yehochanan/Yochanan — "YHWH is gracious" — 
already an ancient name by NT times, and, per the historical record, the fifth most popular 
male name among Jews in Judea during the Second Temple period. The Septuagint attests earlier 
bearers of the name (e.g. Ioanan, firstborn son of Josiah, 1 Chronicles 3:15), so IOANNES 
carried no distinctive resonance the way IESOUS or MARIAM did — it was, by NT times, simply 
one of the most common Jewish names in circulation, the "John" or "Jack" of its day.
\fnPar{}
Two major, unrelated figures in the FNT bear this name: IOANNES the Baptising [one] (son of ZACHARIAS 
and ELISABET) and IOANNES the disciple, son of Zebedee. The Greek text does not distinguish 
them by spelling — both are simply IOANNES — and disambiguates, as English does, by context, 
patronymic, or epithet ("the Baptising [one]," "son of Zebedee," "the one Iesous loved"). 
}
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