Mid-century illustration of an oil lamp and an open scroll on a table, disciples talking by the sea of Galilee

John 21:23 · World English Bible

John 21:23 Meaning This Saying Therefore Went Out Among

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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Mid-century illustration of Jesus teaching the crowd on a hillside above the sea

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