John 21 Footnotes

21:24-25 These verses also read most naturally as an addition of John’s followers—note the first person singular and plural pronouns versus the third-person reference to the beloved disciple. At the same time they attribute the book itself to John and certify its accuracy. If this reconstruction is accurate, it means merely that God inspired multiple authors, no differently than with the books of Psalms or Proverbs or with the addition of the account of Moses’s death to Deuteronomy.