[Elsie]

Recall that the closest of his disciples, John, in Rev 1 didn't regard him in a palsy-walsy sort of way

This guy??

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John 13:23 NIV

One of them, the disciple whom Jesus loved, was reclining next to him.

John 20:2

So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, "They have taken the LORD out of the tomb, and we don't know where they have put him!"

[EliRoom8]

Paul:
So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. 2 Cor 5:16

John on Patmos:
When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: "Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last.