Logos Bible Study

John 21:21–22

Legacy Standard BibleOther versions

English

Arabic

Czech

French

German

Greek

Hungarian

Italian

Korean

Latin

Portuguese

Russian

Simplified Chinese

Spanish

Traditional Chinese

21So Peter seeing him *said to Jesus, “Lord, and what about this man?”

22Jesus *said to him, “If I want him to remain auntil I come, what is that to you? You bfollow Me!”

Read in Logos
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

  1. *Marks verbs that are historical presents in the Greek which have been translated with an English past tense in order to conform to modern usage.

Cross references

  1. aMatt 16:27f; 1 Cor 4:5; 11:26; James 5:7; Rev 2:25
  2. bMatt 8:22; 16:24; John 21:19

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.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

So when he saw this one, Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, but what about this one?” Jesus said to him, “If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you? 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.