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John 21

John 21:24

Jesus and the Beloved Disciple · John 21:20–25
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Translations

Modern
This is the disciple who testifies to these things and who has written them down. And we know that his testimony is true.
Traditional
This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true.
Literal
This is the disciple testifying concerning these things, and the one having written these things. And we know that his testimony is true.
Latin
Hic est discipulus ille qui testimonium perhibet de his, et scripsit hæc: et scimus quia verum est testimonium ejus.

Original

Greek
English
This is the disciple who testifies to these things and who has written them down. And we know that his testimony is true.

Notes

John 21:24

  • This is the disciple who testifies to these things and who has written them down: John’s Gospel is based on his personal experiences. It is not a story written from rumors or guesses, but from the memories of a man who spent important years with Jesus. He remembered, with the help of the Holy Spirit, what Jesus said and did (14:26).

  • we know: This account of the life of Christ was not a guess or from weak memories. Instead, John based it on the confident knowledge of reliable eyewitness accounts.

John 21:1–25

This final chapter includes a story about the resurrected Jesus in Galilee. It describes the conversation between Peter and Jesus about Peter’s love for him (21:1–14; 21:15–23). The chapter concludes by summarizing the authority and importance of John’s eyewitness account (21:24–25).

Glossary

Apostle, Apostleship Beloved Disciple Incarnation John, Gospel of John, the Apostle Resurrection