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Jesusὁ Ἰησοῦςsaysλέγειto him,αὐτῷ“IfἘὰνI wantθέλωhimαὐτὸνto remainμένεινuntilἕωςI come,ἔρχομαιwhatτίis that toπρὸςyou?σέYouσύfollowἀκολούθειme!”μοι
John 21:22
Study it in the app“Jesus says to him, “If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow me!””
With the Greek beneath
John 21:22, word by word
- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous
Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsous” appears- saysλέγειlegei
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legei” appears- I wantθέλωthelō
want
To have the desire or the resolve for something.
Where else “thelō” appears- to remainμένεινmenein
stay
Not to move from a place, to go on staying there.
Where else “menein” appears- I comeἔρχομαιerchomai
come
To move to where someone is or to a place, and be present there.
Where else “erchomai” appears- followἀκολούθειakolouthei
follow as disciple
To leave everything to go with Jesus as a disciple.
Where else “akolouthei” appears
The context
21So when Peter saw him, he says to Jesus, “Lord, and what about this man?”
22 · This verse (above)
23So this word went out among the brothers, that that disciple would not die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he would not die, but, “If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you?”
To study John 21 in a group
1. What it says
After a night of catching nothing, what does Jesus say from the shore, what happens to the net, and what does he offer them? (vv. 3-13)
2. What it means
Jesus asks Peter three times whether he loves him, and tells him to care for his sheep (vv. 15-17). What connection does he see between loving Jesus and caring for others?
3. How I live it
Peter asked about the other disciple, and Jesus said, “You, follow me” (vv. 21-22). When could you stop comparing your path with others'?