John of Emmaus on the Plain

Young child from Emmaus on the Plain. He is paralyzed after being run over by the chariot of a Herodian and healed by Jesus Thanks to the faith of his mother: "He was running with his little sister in the village street. A Herodian arrived at a gallop with his chariot and ran him over underneath. I thought he was dead. But it is worse. You see him. I lay him on this board because ... there is nothing else to do. And he suffers, he suffers because the bone pierces. But later, when the bone will no longer pierce, he will suffer because he will only be able to lie on his back."

"Master, it is little John whom you healed at 'The Clear Water'. The child with broken hips that no doctor could heal, whom I brought to you with faith and whom you healed, holding him sitting on your chest."

Apostolic Path

Jesus gives him to the crowd as an example of the faith of the very little ones: "Do you want to see the faith of a very little one, to learn to have faith? Look at Good. You have all shown compassion for this very small one whom I hold on my chest. (...) He, who for a long time only cried day and night without finding rest, here, he did not cry and fell asleep peacefully on my Heart. I asked him: 'Do you want to come in my arms?' and he answered: 'Yes' without reasoning about his miserable condition, about the pain (possible) (...) On my Face he saw love and he said: 'Yes', and he came. He did not feel pain. (...) He smiled, he played and fell asleep still holding a lock of my Hair in his little hands.(...)
Do like little John, you who fall into sin and hurt yourselves. Have faith in the love of God. Peace be with you."

His Name

Yohanân means "the Eternal One has shown Grace, has been favorable". Historical reference: a fairly common name among figures in the Old Testament without any particular one standing out.

Where is he mentioned in the work?

GRM 125.1 and 125.5 GRM 405.6

Notes and references

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First part of the Bible from the book of Genesis until before the coming of Jesus Christ. Parallel