where does the saying john doe come from
John Doe The names "John Doe" and "Richard Roe," along with "John Roe" or "Doo" were regularly invoked in English legal instruments to satisfy technical requirements governing standing and jurisdiction, beginning perhaps as early as the reign of England's King Edward III (1327â€“1377).[7]
First Epistle of John Whereas the Gospel of John was written to unbelievers, this epistle was written to those who were already believers (5:13).[15] It seems likely that its audience was largely gentile rather than Jewish, since it contains few Old Testament quotations or distinctly Jewish forms of expression.[10] The epistle was probably carried by itinerant missionaries to different churches throughout the region and read aloud to the congregations.[16]