约翰福音 21:21

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

彼得看見他，就問耶穌：“主啊，這個人將來怎麼樣？”

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
彼 得 看 见 他 ， 就 问 耶 稣 说 ： 主 阿 ， 这 人 将 来 如 何 ？

Contextual Overview

²⁰ Peter turned and saw that the follower Jesus loved was walking behind them. (This was the follower who had leaned against Jesus at the supper and had said, "Lord, who will turn against you?") ²¹ When Peter saw him behind them, he asked Jesus, "Lord, what about him?" ²² Jesus answered, "If I want him to live until I come back, that is not your business. You follow me." ²³ So a story spread among the followers that this one would not die. But Jesus did not say he would not die. He only said, "If I want him to live until I come back, that is not your business." ²⁴ That follower is the one who is telling these things and who has now written them down. We know that what he says is true. ²⁵ There are many other things Jesus did. If every one of them were written down, I suppose the whole world would not be big enough for all the books that would be written.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Lord: Matthew 24:3, Matthew 24:4, Luke 13:23, Luke 13:24, Acts 1:6, Acts 1:7

Reciprocal: Mark 13:4 - General Luke 21:7 - when John 13:36 - whither John 16:23 - ask Acts 10:42 - he commanded 1 Peter 5:12 - testifying

Cross-References

Genesis 21:3
Abraham named his son Isaac, the son Sarah gave birth to.

Genesis 21:4
He circumcised Isaac when he was eight days old as God had commanded.

Genesis 21:34
And Abraham lived as a stranger in the land of the Philistines for a long time.

Numbers 10:12
So the Israelites moved from the Desert of Sinai and continued until the cloud stopped in the Desert of Paran.

Numbers 12:16
After that, the people left Hazeroth and camped in the Desert of Paran.

Numbers 13:3
So Moses obeyed the Lord 's command and sent the Israelite leaders out from the Desert of Paran.

Numbers 13:26
They came back to Moses and Aaron and all the Israelites at Kadesh, in the Desert of Paran. The men reported to them and showed everybody the fruit from the land.

Judges 14:2
When he returned home, he said to his father and mother, "I saw a Philistine woman in Timnah. I want you to get her for me so I can marry her."

1 Samuel 25:1
Now Samuel died, and all the Israelites met and had a time of sadness for him. Then they buried him at his home in Ramah. David moved to the Desert of Maon.

1 Corinthians 7:38
So the man who marries his girl does right, but the man who does not marry will do better.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Peter seeing him, saith to Jesus,.... Peter took a great deal of notice of John, and very likely understood, that he meant by his rising up and following Christ, to signify his readiness for service and suffering in the cause of Christ: and therefore says,

Lord, and what shall this man do? The phrase in the original is very short and concise, "Lord, and this what?" The Arabic version renders it, "and this, of what mind is he?" it looks as if he was of the same mind with me to follow thee; but it is better rendered by us, "what shall this man do?" in what work and service shall he be employed, who seems as willing as I am to serve thee? or it may be rendered thus, "and what shall this man suffer?" shall he suffer at all? and if he shall, what kind of death shall he undergo? what will become of him? what will be his end? how will it fare with him? this he said, partly out of curiosity, and partly out of concern for him, they two being associates and intimates, who had a strong affection for each other.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

What shall this man do? - This question probably means, “What death shall he die?” But it is impossible to ascertain certainly why Peter asked this question. John was a favorite disciple, and perhaps Peter suspected that he would have a happier lot, and not be put to death in this manner. Peter was grieved at the question of Jesus; he was probably deeply affected with the account of his own approaching sufferings; and, with perhaps a mixture of grief and envy, he asked what would be his lot. But it is possible, also, that it was from kindness to John - a deep solicitude about him, and a wish that he might not die in the same manner as one who had denied his Lord. Whatever the motive was, it was a curiosity which the Lord Jesus did not choose to gratify.