This saying therefore went out among the brothers† that this disciple wouldn’t die. Yet Jesus didn’t say to him that he wouldn’t die, but, “If I desire that he stay until I come, what is that to you?”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
John 21:23 in context
John 21:20–25
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Then Peter, turning around, saw a disciple following. This was the disciple whom Jesus loved, the one who had also leaned on Jesus’ chest at the supper and asked, “Lord, who is going to betray you?”
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Peter, seeing him, said to Jesus, “Lord, what about this man?”
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Jesus said to him, “If I desire that he stay until I come, what is that to you? You follow me.”
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This saying therefore went out among the brothers† that this disciple wouldn’t die. Yet Jesus didn’t say to him that he wouldn’t die, but, “If I desire that he stay until I come, what is that to you?”
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This is the disciple who testifies about these things, and wrote these things. We know that his witness is true.
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There are also many other things which Jesus did, which if they would all be written, I suppose that even the world itself wouldn’t have room for the books that would be written.
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Notes from World English Bible Updated
- The word for “brothers” here may be also correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”
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