understood metaphorically (“Follow me”). Of this we have no definite proof. The suggestion cannot be lightly dismissed, however. The fact that Jesus is going to repeat his command (“Follow me”) may mean that Peter had failed to comprehend its meaning (see 21:22). Having walked a few steps by the side of Jesus, Peter, turning, notices someone following them. That someone was “the disciple whom Jesus loved, who also at the supper had leaned back on his breast and had said, ‘Lord, who is it that is