John 21:19 meaning and explanation
Jesus said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. And after He had said this, He told him, “Follow Me.”
John 21:19, Berean Standard Bible
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Jesus has just told Peter that in old age he will stretch out his hands and be dressed and led where he does not wish to go. The narrator now explains that this was a prophecy of the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God, most likely crucifixion, though the text does not say so directly.
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