JOHN 21:18-19 18
“Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were younger, you girded yourself
and walked where you wished; but when you are old, you will stretch out
your hands, and another will gird you and carry you where you do not
wish.” 19 This He spoke, signifying by
what death he would glorify God. And when He had spoken this, He
said to him, “Follow Me.”
What is Jesus telling Peter in John 21:18-19?
How Peter will die.
How did he die?
Some claim that he asked to be crucified upside down because
he didn’t consider himself worthy to die in the same manner as Jesus. Jesus'
words above that Peter will "stretch out your hands"
(John 21:18) appear to support death by crucifixion, but the Bible doesn't
record how Peter died.
JOHN 21:20-23 20
Then Peter, turning around, saw the
disciple whom Jesus loved following, who also had leaned on His breast
at the supper, and said, “Lord, who is the one who betrays You?”
21 Peter, seeing him, said to Jesus,
“But Lord, what about this man?” 22
Jesus said to him, “If I will that he remain till I come, what is that
to you? You follow Me.” 23 Then this
saying went out among the brethren that this disciple would not die. Yet
Jesus did not say to him that he would not die, but, “If I will that he
remain till I come, what is that to you?”
So, after being reinstated, does Peter shape up?
True to form, he messes up right away again and is scolded by Jesus.
Who was Peter referring to with, "But Lord, what
about this man?" (John 21:21)
John who wrote this gospel.
JOHN 21:24-25 24
This is the disciple who testifies of these things, and wrote these
things; and we know that his testimony is true.25
And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which if
they were written one by one, I suppose that even the world itself could
not contain the books that would be written. Amen.
How much of an exaggeration is in John 21:25?
None. Since Jesus has existed for eternity, what He has done amounts to
infinity, which cannot fit into a finite space, not even one as large as our
universe. See next page.
