John 21:18-25

Our Times Are in His Hand

18 "Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were younger, you used to gird yourself and walk wherever you wished; but when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands and someone else will gird you, and bring you where you do not wish to go."

19 Now this He said, ¹signifying by ²what kind of death he would glorify God. And when He had spoken this, He said to him, "³Follow Me!"

20 Peter, turning around, saw the ⁴disciple whom Jesus loved following them; the one who also had ⁵leaned 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 ⁶until I come, what is that to you? You ⁷follow Me!"

23 Therefore this saying went out among ⁸the brethren that that disciple would not die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he would not die, but only, "If I want him to remain ⁹until I come, what is that to you?"

24 This is the disciple who ¹⁰is testifying to these things and wrote these things, and we know that his testimony is true.

25 And there are also ¹¹many other things which Jesus did, which if they were written in detail, I suppose that even the world itself would not contain the books that would be written.

Cross References

• 1. John 12:33; John 18:32
• 2. 2 Peter 1:14
• 3. Matthew 8:22; Matthew 16:24; John 21:22
• 4. John 21:7
• 5. John 13:25
• 6. Matthew 16:27; 1 Corinthians 4:5; 1 Corinthians 11:26; James 5:7; Revelation 2:25
• 7. Matthew 8:22; Matthew 16:24; John 21:19
• 8. Acts 1:15
• 9. Matthew 16:27; 1 Corinthians 4:5; 1 Corinthians 11:26; James 5:7; Revelation 2:25
• 10. John 15:27
• 11. John 20:30