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One possible construction of the " internal evidence " states that the Beloved Disciple wrote an account of the life of Jesus.

However, this disciple died unexpectedly, necessitating that a revised gospel be written.

It may be that John “ is the source " of the Johannine tradition but " not the final writer of the tradition.

" Therefore, scholars are no longer looking for the identity of a single writer but for numerous authors whose authorship has been absorbed into the gospel's development over a period of time and in several stages.