John 21:23 (WEB)
This saying therefore went out among the brothers that this disciple wouldn’t die. Yet Jesus didn’t say to him that he wouldn’t die, but, “If I desire that he stay until I come, what is that to you?”
Fathers and councils · 17
Tertullian
“Even John underwent death, although concerning him there had prevailed an ungrounded expectation that he would remain alive until the coming of the Lord.” — editor's note: John xxi. 23.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Finally, He here commits His sheep to the care of Peter, who loves Him, and thrice confesses that love, and then He states that He wills this very John so to tarry until He comes.” — editor's note: John xxi. 23.
Read the whole comment“It was that very John whose Gospel is before us, as he afterwards expressly declares.” — editor's note: Chap. xxi. 20–24.
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John Chrysostom
“Ver.” — the author cites it
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Ambrose of Milan
“He himself in his own writing denies that there was a promise that he should not die, that no one from that instance might yield to an empty hope.” — editor's note: S. John xxi. 23.
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Catena Aurea on John
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
Our Lord having foretold to Peter by what death he should glorify God, bids him follow Him. And when He had spoken this, He saith unto him, Follow Me. Why does He say, Follow Me, to Peter, and not to the others who…
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Peter hearing that he was to suffer death for Christ, asks whether John was to die: Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on His breast at supper, and said, Lord,…
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He calls himself the disciple whom Jesus loved, because Jesus had a greater and more familiar love for him, than for the rest; so that He made him lie on His breast at supper. In this way John the more commends the…
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i. e. Shall he not die?
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
Jesus saith unto him, What is that to thee? and He then repeats, Follow thou Me, as if John would not follow Him, because he wished to remain till He came; Then went this saying abroad among the disciples, that that…
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Or let him say, Christ did not deny that John was to die, for whatever is born dies; but said, I will that he tarry till I come, i. e. to live to the end of the world, and then he shall suffer martyrdom for Me. And…
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Or perhaps he will allow that John still lies in his sepulchre at Ephesus, but asleep, not dead; and will give us a proof, that the soil over his grave is moist and watery, owing to his respiration. But why should…
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I will that he tarry, i. e. I will not that he suffer martyrdom, but wait for the quiet dissolution of the flesh, when I shall come and receive him into eternal blessedness.
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When our Lord says to Peter, Follow Me, He confers upon him the superintendence over all the faithful, and at the same time bids him imitate Him in every thing, word and work. He shews too His affection for Peter;…
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But if it be asked, How then did James assume the see of Jerusalem? I answer, that our Lord enthroned Peter, not as Bishop of this see, but as Doctor of the whole world: Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple…
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Some have understood, Till I come, to mean, Till I come to punish the Jews who have crucified Me, and strike them with the Roman rod. For they say that this Apostle lived up to the time of Vespasian, who took…
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The Evangelist then corrects the opinion taken up by the disciples.
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Cross-references · 11
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 61.
Cited together in A Treatise on the Soul Chapter 50.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 61.
Cited together in A Treatise on the Soul Chapter 50.
Cited together in A Treatise on the Soul Chapter 50.
Cited together in A Treatise on the Soul Chapter 50.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 61.
Cited together in A Treatise on the Soul Chapter 50.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 61.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 61.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 61.