We may think of him as loving and usually measured in his speech and actions. There may be some basis for such ideas about those two apostles.
أَمَّا يُوحَنَّا فَكَانَ شَخْصًا لَطِيفًا يَزِنُ عَادَةً كَلَامَهُ وَتَصَرُّفَاتِهِ .‏