John 21:20-23
Legacy Standard Bible
Jesus’ Command to Follow Him
20 Peter, turning around, *saw the (A)disciple whom Jesus loved following them; the one who also had (B)leaned back on His bosom at the supper and said, “Lord, who is the one who betrays You?” 21 So Peter seeing him *said to Jesus, “Lord, and what about this man?” 22 Jesus *said to him, “If I want him to remain (C)until I come, what is that to you? You (D)follow Me!” 23 Therefore this saying went out among (E)the brothers that this disciple would not die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he would not die, but only, “If I want him to remain (F)until I come, what is that to you?”
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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?”
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- John 21:23 Lit this word
- John 21:23 The word brothers refers to the late first century Christian community.
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