John Chapter 21, Verse 22
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22: λεγει αυτω ο ιησους εαν αυτον θελω μενειν εως ερχομαι τι προς σε συ ακολουθει μοι
22: Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come,
what is that to thee? follow thou me.
22: Jesus saith to him: So I will have him to remain till I come,
what is it to thee? Follow thou me.
That he tarry. That he live. The same word is used to express life in Phil 1:24, Phil 1:25 1Cor 15:6.
Till I come. Some have supposed this to refer to the destruction of Jerusalem; others to the day of judgment; others to signify that he would not die a violent death; but the plain meaning is, "If I will that he should not die at all, it is nothing to thee." In this way the apostles evidently understood it, and hence raised a report that he would not die. It is remarkable that John was the last of the apostles; that he lived to nearly the close of the first century, and then died a peaceful death at Ephesus, being the only one, as is supposed, of the apostles who did not suffer martyrdom. The testimony of antiquity is clear on this point; and though there have been many idle conjectures about this passage and about the fate of John, yet no fact of history is better attested than that John died and was buried at Ephesus.
