John 21:20-23

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Correcting a False Report

²⁰ So Peter turned around and saw the disciple Jesus loved^(A) following them. That disciple was the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper and asked, “Lord, who is the one that’s going to betray You?”^{(B) 21} When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, “Lord—what about him?”

²² “If I want him to remain until I come,”^(C) Jesus answered, “what is that to you? As for you, follow Me.”

²³ So this report^[a] spread to the brothers^[b](D) that this disciple would not die.^(E) Yet Jesus did not tell him that he would not die, but, “If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you?”