john-21:20-25

The Biblical Illustrator - John 21:18-23

John 21:18-23When thou wast young thou girdest thyselfLight on Peter’s wayI.PETER’S FUTURE DESTINY DISCLOSED (John 21:18-19). 1. The manner of the disclosure. (1) Solemnly--“Verily, verily.” (2) Authoritatively. “I,” who know all things, “say unto you.” (3) Feelingly. There can be small question but that Christ was deeply moved.2. Its form. Not in literal but in veiled speech. 3. Its import. (1) Indirectly a promise that Peter would attain a ripe old age, fulfilled in his death in A.D. 64.(2)... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - John 21:20

John 21:20The disciple whom Jesus lovedThe beloved discipleOur Lord loved all His disciples: “I have called you friends.” And yet within that circle of love there was an innermost place in which the beloved John was favoured to dwell. Those who display an extraordinary love to one are all the more capable of great affection to many; and therefore, because Jesus loved John most, I have an enhanced estimate of His love to the other disciples. John was raised, and they were not lowered, but raised... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - John 21:21-23

John 21:21-23Peter seeing John saith to Jesus, Lord, what shall this man do?The individuality of Christian lifeChrist had just foretold to Peter that he should in his old age die a martyr, and with that before him, the apostle left the thought of his own suffering and inquired respecting the destiny of John. 1. It is not easy to determine the spirit of the question. Some suppose that Peter argued from Christ’s silence that John’s course would be free from fierce trouble, and inquired with a... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - John 21:24-25

John 21:24-25This is the disciple which testifieth of these thingsThe Gospel of St.JohnI. ITS TRANSCENDENT THEME.“The things which Jesus did.” 1. Their number--“many.” 2. Their variety--“other.” 3. Their importance. So deep had been the impression made by them that they were even then remembered and could have been written down. 4. Their significance. “The world would not contain,” &c. II. ITS UNAMED AUTHOR--the disciple whom Jesus loved. That this was John 1. The Gospel indirectly attests.... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 21:20

20 Then 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? Ver. 20. Then Peter turning about ] Peter, though restored and resettled in his apostleship, is not without his infirmities. They that are cured of a frensy are not without their mad tricks sometimes. a No pomegranate so sound but hath one rotten kernel in it. No book so well printed but hath some errata. David saw so many in... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 21:21

21 Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do ? Ver. 21. And what shall this man do ] When Peter considered that John was dearly beloved and yet not alike forewarned of suffering death, as himself was, he began to doubt whether Christ spake this of love to him or not. Nothing is more ordinary with us than to question God’s affection when we are in affliction; to conceive hard things of God and heavy things of ourselves, as if no children, because chastised. Whereas we... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 21:22

22 Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me. Ver. 22. If I will that he tarry ] Si eum volo manere. This the Vulgate corruptly reads, Sic eum volo manere. Ambrose, Austin, Bede, Lyra, Rupert, &c., retain this reading. Trapezuntius defends it, Bessarion opposeth it, the Greek text refutes it. Yet is the Vulgate translation so extolled and idolized by the Papists, that if the originals differ from it anywhere, they must be corrected... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 21:23

23 Then 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? Ver. 23. Among the brethren ] So are all Christians. Sanctior est copula cordis quam corporis. That that disciple should not die ] Some to this day deny that he is dead. Beza tells us of a certain impostor in his remembrance, that gave out at Paris that he was John the Evangelist, and was... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 21:24

24 This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true. Ver. 24. This is the disciple ] Not the doctor, the master, as Magistri nostri Parisienses. So the Sorbonists will needs be styled. The schoolmen have their Doctor Angelicus, Doctor Seraphicus, Doctor resolutissimus. So Bacon the Carmelite was called, because he would endure no guessing or maybes. The Italian friars, as they increase in their supposed holiness, so they... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 21:25

25 And 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. Ver. 25. I suppose that even the world itself, &c. ] Nec Christus, nec caelum patitur hyperbolen, saith one. In speaking of Christ or his kingdom, a man can hardly hyperbolize. Much had St John said of our Saviour, yet nothing to what he might have said. All that ever he did was divine, and... read more

The Biblical Illustrator - John 21:18-23

The Biblical Illustrator - John 21:20

The Biblical Illustrator - John 21:21-23

The Biblical Illustrator - John 21:24-25

John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 21:20

John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 21:21

John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 21:22

John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 21:23

John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 21:24

John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 21:25

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