John 21:18 BSB — MannaFest

John 21:18

Truly, truly, I tell you, when you were young, you dressed yourself and walked where you wanted; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.”

BSB

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ASV

Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.

KJV

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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

De Viris Illustribus (On Illustrious Men), Section 1 (420)

Simon Peter the son of John, from the village of Bethsaida in the province of Galilee, brother of Andrew the apostle, and himself chief of the apostles, after having been bishop of the church of Antioch and having preached to the Dispersion — the believers in circumcision, in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia — pushed on to Rome in the second year of Claudius to overthrow Simon Magus, and held the sacerdotal chair there for twenty-five years until the last, that is the fourteenth, year of Nero.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

When thou art old - He lived about thirty-six years after this: another shall gird thee - They were tied to the cross till the nails were driven in; and shall carry thee - With the cross: whither thou wouldest not - According to nature; to the place where the cross was set up.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Thou shalt stretch forth thy hands - Wetstein observes that it was a custom at Rome to put the necks of those who were to be crucified into a yoke, and to stretch out their hands and fasten them to the end of it; and having thus led them through the city they were carried out to be crucified. See his note on this place.

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Original language & word study

29 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἀμὴν	amēn	Amen	G281 →
ἀμὴν	amēn	Amen	G281 →
λέγω	legō	I say	G3004 →
σοι·	soi	to you;	G4771 →
ὅτε	hote	When	G3753 →
ἦς	ēs	you were	G1510 →
νεώτερος,	neōteros	younger,	G3501 →
ἐζώννυες	ezōnnues	you were dressing	G2224 →
σεαυτὸν	seauton	yourself	G4771 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
περιεπάτεις	periepateis	were walking	G4043 →
ὅπου	hopou	where	G3699 →
ἤθελες.	ētheles	you were desiring.	G2309 →
ὅταν	hotan	when	G3752 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
γηράσῃς,	gērasēs	you may be old,	G1095 →
ἐκτενεῖς	ekteneis	you will stretch forth	G1614 →
τὰς	tas	the	G3588 →
χεῖράς	cheiras	hands	G5495 →
σου,	sou	of you,	G4771 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἄλλος	allos	another	G243 →
σε	se	you	G4771 →
ζώσει	zōsei	will dress	G2224 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
οἴσει	oisei	will bring [you]	G5342 →
ὅπου	hopou	where	G3699 →
οὐ	ou	not	G3756 →
θέλεις.	theleis	you do desire.	G2309 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Corinthians 5:4
So while we are in this tent, we groan under our burdens, because we do not wish to be unclothed but clothed, so that our mortality may be swallowed up by life.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 15:53–54
  For the perishable must be clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.
- 2 Corinthians 5:2
  For in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling,
- Isaiah 25:8
  He will swallow up death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face and remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth. For the LORD has spoken.
- 2 Peter 1:13
  I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of my body,
Through
Acts 21:11
Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, bound his own feet and hands, and said, “The Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews of Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt…
leads to
- Acts 21:33
  The commander came up and arrested Paul, ordering that he be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done.
- Jeremiah 13:1–11
  This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and buy yourself a linen loincloth and put it around your waist, but do not let it touch water.”
Through
John 13:36
“Lord, where are You going?” Simon Peter asked. Jesus answered, “Where I am going, you cannot follow Me now, but you will follow later.”
leads to
- John 21:21–22
  When Peter saw him, he asked, “Lord, what about him?”
- 2 Peter 1:14
  because I know that this tent will soon be laid aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.