Jesus and the Beloved Disciple

20 Peter turned [and] saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following [them]. [He was the one] who had leaned back [against Jesus][fn] at the supper to ask, “Lord, who is going to betray You?” 21 [When Peter] saw him, [he] asked, “Lord, what about [him]?”

22 Jesus answered, “If I want him to remain until I return, what [is that] to you? You follow Me!” 23 Because of this, the rumor spread among the brothers that this disciple {would} not die. However, Jesus did not say that he would not die, but only, “If I want him to remain until I return, what [is that] to you?”

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

25 There are many more things that Jesus did. If all of them were written down, I suppose that not even the world itself would have space for the books that would be written. Amen.[fn]