The Beloved Disciple and His Book

20 Then Peter, turning around, saw the disciple (A)whom Jesus loved following, (B)who also had leaned on His breast at the supper, and said, “Lord, who is the one who betrays You?” 21 Peter, seeing him, said to Jesus, “But Lord, what about this man?”

22 Jesus said to him, “If I [a]will that he remain (C)till I come, what is that to you? You follow Me.”

23 Then this saying went out among the brethren that this disciple would not die. Yet Jesus did not say to him that he would not die, but, “If I will that he remain till I come, what is that to you?”

24 This is the disciple who (D)testifies of these things, and wrote these things; and we know that his testimony is true.

25 (E)And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which if they were written one by one, (F)I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that would be written. Amen.

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Footnotes

  1. John 21:22 desire

20 Peter turned and saw that the disciple whom Jesus loved(A) was following them. (This was the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper and had said, “Lord, who is going to betray you?”)(B) 21 When Peter saw him, he asked, “Lord, what about him?”

22 Jesus answered, “If I want him to remain alive until I return,(C) what is that to you? You must follow me.”(D) 23 Because of this, the rumor spread among the believers(E) that this disciple would not die. But Jesus did not say that he would not die; he only said, “If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you?”

24 This is the disciple who testifies to these things(F) and who wrote them down. We know that his testimony is true.(G)

25 Jesus did many other things as well.(H) If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written.

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