John 21:18-23

¹⁸“I tell you the truth,” said Jesus, “when you were young, you dressed yourself and went wherever you wanted. But when you're old, you'll hold out your hands and someone will dress you and take you where you don't want to go.”

¹⁹Jesus said this to explain the kind of death by which he would glorify God. Then he said to Peter, “Follow me.”

²⁰As Peter turned round, he saw the disciple Jesus loved following them, the one who had leaned over to Jesus during the supper and asked, “Lord, who is going to betray you?”

²¹Peter asked Jesus, “What about him, Lord?”

²²Jesus told him, “If I want him to remain alive here until I return, why is that your concern? You follow me!”

²³This is why the saying spread among the believers that this disciple would not die. But Jesus didn't say to him that he wouldn't die, just that “If I want him to remain alive here until I return, why is that your concern?”