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Today's Bible Reading :: John 19 - 21 (ESV)

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John 19

Jesus Delivered to Be Crucified

(Mat 27:27–31; Mar 15:16–20 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:1 - Then Pilate took Jesus and flogged him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:2 - And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head and arrayed him in a purple robe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:3 - They came up to him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and struck him with their hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:4 - Pilate went out again and said to them, “See, I am bringing him out to you that you may know that I find no guilt in him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:5 - So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, “Behold the man!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:6 - When the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried out, “Crucify him, crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves and crucify him, for I find no guilt in him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:7 - The Jews[fn] answered him, “We have a law, and according to that law he ought to die because he has made himself the Son of God.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:8 - When Pilate heard this statement, he was even more afraid.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:9 - He entered his headquarters again and said to Jesus, “Where are you from?” But Jesus gave him no answer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:10 - So Pilate said to him, “You will not speak to me? Do you not know that I have authority to release you and authority to crucify you?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:11 - Jesus answered him, “You would have no authority over me at all unless it had been given you from above. Therefore he who delivered me over to you has the greater sin.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:12 - From then on Pilate sought to release him, but the Jews cried out, “If you release this man, you are not Caesar’s friend. Everyone who makes himself a king opposes Caesar.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:13 - So when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called The Stone Pavement, and in Aramaic[fn] Gabbatha.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:14 - Now it was the day of Preparation of the Passover. It was about the sixth hour.[fn] He said to the Jews, “Behold your King!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:15 - They cried out, “Away with him, away with him, crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:16 - So he delivered him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus,

The Crucifixion

(Mat 27:32–56; Mar 15:21–41; Luk 23:26–49 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:17 - and he went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called The Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:18 - There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, and Jesus between them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:19 - Pilate also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It read, “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:20 - Many of the Jews read this inscription, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Aramaic, in Latin, and in Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:21 - So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but rather, ‘This man said, I am King of the Jews.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:22 - Pilate answered, “What I have written I have written.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:23 - When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his garments and divided them into four parts, one part for each soldier; also his tunic.[fn] But the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:24 - so they said to one another, “Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it to see whose it shall be.” This was to fulfill the Scripture which says,
“They divided my garments among them,
and for my clothing they cast lots.” So the soldiers did these things,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:25 - but standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:26 - When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:27 - Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.

The Death of Jesus

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:28 - After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), “I thirst.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:29 - A jar full of sour wine stood there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:30 - When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

Jesus’ Side Is Pierced

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:31 - Since it was the day of Preparation, and so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:32 - So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who had been crucified with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:33 - But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:34 - But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out blood and water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:35 - He who saw it has borne witness—his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth—that you also may believe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:36 - For these things took place that the Scripture might be fulfilled: “Not one of his bones will be broken.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:37 - And again another Scripture says, “They will look on him whom they have pierced.”

Jesus Is Buried

(Mat 27:57–61; Mar 15:42–47; Luk 23:50–56 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:38 - After these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took away his body.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:39 - Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus[fn] by night, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds[fn] in weight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:40 - So they took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:41 - Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:42 - So because of the Jewish day of Preparation, since the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there.
ESV Footnotes
Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time; also verses 12, 14, 31, 38
Or Hebrew; also verses 17, 20
That is, about noon
Greek chiton, a long garment worn under the cloak next to the skin
Greek him
Greek one hundred litras; a litra (or Roman pound) was equal to about 11 1/2 ounces or 327 grams

John 20

The Resurrection

(Mat 28:1–10; Mar 16:1–8; Luk 24:1–12 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:1 - Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:2 - So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:3 - So Peter went out with the other disciple, and they were going toward the tomb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:4 - Both of them were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:5 - And stooping to look in, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:6 - Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying there,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:7 - and the face cloth, which had been on Jesus’[fn] head, not lying with the linen cloths but folded up in a place by itself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:8 - Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:9 - for as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:10 - Then the disciples went back to their homes.

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:11 - But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:12 - And she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:13 - They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:14 - Having said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing, but she did not know that it was Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:15 - Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?” Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:16 - Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him in Aramaic,[fn] “Rabboni!” (which means Teacher).

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:17 - Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:18 - Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord”—and that he had said these things to her.

Jesus Appears to the Disciples

(Luk 24:36–43; 1Co 15:5 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:19 - On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews,[fn] Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:20 - When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:21 - Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:22 - And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:23 - If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.”

Jesus and Thomas

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:24 - Now Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin,[fn] was not with them when Jesus came.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:25 - So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place my hand into his side, I will never believe.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:26 - Eight days later, his disciples were inside again, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:27 - Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:28 - Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:29 - Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

The Purpose of This Book

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:30 - Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:31 - but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
ESV Footnotes
Greek his
Or Hebrew
Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time
Greek Didymus

John 21

Jesus Appears to Seven Disciples

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:1 - After this Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias, and he revealed himself in this way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:2 - Simon Peter, Thomas (called the Twin), Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:3 - Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.” They said to him, “We will go with you.” They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:4 - Just as day was breaking, Jesus stood on the shore; yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:5 - Jesus said to them, “Children, do you have any fish?” They answered him, “No.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:6 - He said to them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” So they cast it, and now they were not able to haul it in, because of the quantity of fish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:7 - That disciple whom Jesus loved therefore said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment, for he was stripped for work, and threw himself into the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:8 - The other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish, for they were not far from the land, but about a hundred yards[fn] off.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:9 - When they got out on land, they saw a charcoal fire in place, with fish laid out on it, and bread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:10 - Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish that you have just caught.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:11 - So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, 153 of them. And although there were so many, the net was not torn.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:12 - Jesus said to them, “Come and have breakfast.” Now none of the disciples dared ask him, “Who are you?” They knew it was the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:13 - Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and so with the fish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:14 - This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after he was raised from the dead.

Jesus and Peter

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:15 - When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:16 - He said to him a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Tend my sheep.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:17 - He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, “Do you love me?” and he said to him, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:18 - Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were young, you used to dress yourself and walk wherever you wanted, but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will dress you and carry you where you do not want to go.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:19 - (This he said to show by what kind of death he was to glorify God.) And after saying this he said to him, “Follow me.”

Jesus and the Beloved Apostle

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:20 - Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them, the one who also had leaned back against him during the supper and had said, “Lord, who is it that is going to betray you?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:21 - When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, “Lord, what about this man?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:22 - Jesus said to him, “If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow me!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:23 - So the saying spread abroad among the brothers[fn] that this disciple was not to die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he was not to die, but, “If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:24 - This is the disciple who is bearing witness about these things, and who has written these things, and we know that his testimony is true.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:25 - Now there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.
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Greek two hundred cubits; a cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
Or brothers and sisters
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