21 When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, “Lord—what about him?”

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

23 So this report[a] spread to the brothers[b](B) that this disciple would not die.(C) 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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Footnotes

  1. John 21:23 Lit this word
  2. John 21:23 The word brothers refers to the late first century Christian community.

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