John
King James Version (KJV)
John 21:22
“Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me.”
King James Version (KJV)
John 21:22 Context
19This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me. 20Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee? 21Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do? 22Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me. 23Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? 24This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true. 25And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.
"Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me." John 21:22 KJV Similar Verses Save
Share This Verse:
✉
Translation Details for John 21:22
Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me.
Other Translations for John 21:22
Bible Commentary for John 21:22
Wesley's Notes for John 21:22
21:22 If I will that he tarry - Without dying, till I come - To judgment. Certainly he did tarry, till Christ came to destroy Jerusalem. And who can tell, when or how he died? What is that to thee? - Who art to follow me long before.
People's Bible Notes for John 21:22
Joh 21:22 If I will that he tarry till I come. This is spoken of John, and the words have caused much discussion. They surely convey the idea that John would remain on the earth, after the other apostles depart, until the Lord came once more. He did linger long after all the other apostles were gone. It is the testimony of church history that he did not die until about the close of the first century, many years after the other apostles were at rest. He "tarried"; did the Lord come to him? At least sixty years after the Lord spoke these words John was an exile on the isle of Patmos. There on the Lord's day he writes: "I heard a great voice" (Re 1:10), and "I saw one like the Son of man" (Re 1:13), blazing in such glory that, filled with awe, he "fell at his feet as dead" (Re 1:17). Then follow these words of the Savior, the seven letters, and the visions of Revelation. Here was a visible coming and John tarried until that coming. He alone of the Twelve saw the Lord, after his ascension, once more on the earth.
Iesus saith vnto him, If I will that he tary till I come, what is that to thee? Follow thou me.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
Jesus *said to him, "If I want him to remain until I come, what {is that} to you? You follow Me!"
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what `is that' to thee? Follow thou me.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Jesus said to him, If it is my desire for him to be here till I come back, what is that to you? come yourself after me.
- Basic English Bible
Jesus answered, "If I want him to remain until I return, what is that to you? You follow Me!"
- Berean Standard Bible Bible
Jesus says to him, If I will that he abide until I come, what [is that] to thee? Follow thou me.
- Darby Bible
Jesus saith to him: So I will have him to remain till I come, what is it to thee? follow thou me.
- Douay-Rheims Bible
Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me.
- English Revised Version
Jesus said to him, "If I desire that he stay until I come, what is that to you? You follow me."
- World English Bible