These critics are dreamers and they do not know the Spirit of truth, which does not lie, because the apostle John wrote his gospel in the first person when he said, "And we beheld his glory." Thus the writer of the gospel was one of the eye-witnesses to the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. And the friends of John were the ones who added at the end of his gospel the saying, "This is the disciple who testifies of these things, and wrote these things; and we know that his testimony is true" (John 21:24).
Hao ni waotaji na hawajui Roho wa kweli asiyesema uongo, kwa sababu mtume Yohana aliandika injili yake akijitaja mwenyewe pamoja na wenzake anapoandika: “Nasi tukauona utukufu wake” (Yoh.1:14) Hivyo mwandishi wa injili hii alikuwa mmoja wa mashahidi wa macho wa maisha, kifo na ufufuo wa Yesu. Na marafiki wa Yohana ndio walioongeza mwisho wa injili yake wakisema: „Huyu ndiye mwanafunzi ashudiaye haya na kuandika mambo haya; nasi twajua kwamba ushuhuda wake ni wa kweli“ (Yohana 21:24).