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John 21:24

Truth and honesty

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?”

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.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
This is the disciple who testifies to these things and who has written them down. And we know that his testimony is true.
KJV
This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true.
WEB
This is the disciple who testifies about these things, and wrote these things. We know that his witness is true.
ASV
This is the disciple that beareth witness of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his witness is true.
DARBY
This is the disciple who bears witness concerning these things, and who has written these things; and we know that his witness is true.
BLB
This is the disciple testifying concerning these things, and the one having written these things. And we know that his testimony is true.
ÅB
Dette er den disippel som vitner om dette og har skrevet dette; og vi vet at hans vitnesbyrd er sant.
OTB
Dette er disippelen som vitner om disse tingene og som skrev dem ned. Vi vet at hans vitnesbyrd er sant.
B1930
Dette er den disippel som vidner om dette og har skrevet dette; og vi vet at hans vidnesbyrd er sant.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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  • John 15:27

    And you also must testify, because you have been with Me from the beginning.

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  • John 19:35

    The one who saw it has testified to this, and his testimony is true. He knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe.

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  • 1 John 1:1–2

    That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our own eyes, which we have gazed upon and touched with our own hands—this is the Word of life.

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  • 1 John 5:6

    This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ—not by water alone, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies to this, because the Spirit is the truth.

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  • 3 John 1:12

    Demetrius has received a good testimony from everyone, and from the truth itself. We also testify for him, and you know that our testimony is true.

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