²¹So when he^* saw this one, Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, but what about this one?” ²²Jesus said to him, “If I want him to remain until I come, what is that^* to you? You follow me!”

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John 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!”

Footnotes

*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
*The words “is that” are not in the Greek text but are supplied in keeping with English style

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, “Lord, what about this man?” Jesus said to him, “If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow me!”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

When Peter saw him, he asked, “Lord, what about him?”

Jesus answered, “If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? You must follow me.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, “Lord, what about him?”

“If I want him to remain until I come,” Jesus answered, “what is that to you? As for you, follow me.”

NLTNew Living Translation

Peter asked Jesus, “What about him, Lord?”

Jesus replied, “If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? As for you, follow me.”

KJV 1900King James Version

Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do? Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me.

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