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  • John 21:20
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 20 Peter turned around and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved+ following, the one who at the evening meal had also leaned back on his chest and said: “Lord, who is the one betraying you?”

  • John 21:20
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 20 ᾿Επιστραφεὶς Having turned about upon ὁ the Πέτρος Peter βλέπει is looking at τὸν the μαθητὴν disciple ὃν whom ἠγάπα was loving ὁ the Ἰησοῦς Jesus ἀκολουθοῦντα, following, ὃς who καὶ also ἀνέπεσεν fell upward ἐν in τῷ the δείπνῳ supper ἐπὶ upon τὸ the στῆθος breast αὐτοῦ of him καὶ and εἶπεν he said Κύριε, Lord, τίς who ἐστιν is ὁ the (one) παραδιδούς giving beside σε; you?

  • John 21:20
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 20 Upon turning about Peter saw the disciple whom Jesus used to love*+ following, the one who at the evening meal had also leaned back upon his breast and said: “Lord, who is the one betraying you?”

  • John 21:20
    The Bible in Living English
    • 20 Peter turned round and saw the disciple that Jesus loved following, the same who at the dinner leaned back on his breast and said “Sir, who is the one to have you arrested?”

  • John 21:20
    American Standard Version
    • 20 Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; who also leaned back on his breast at the supper, and said, Lord, who is he that betrayeth thee?

  • John 21:20
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 20 Peter, turning about, beholdeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following,—who also reclined during the supper upon his breast and said—Lord, who is it that is delivering thee up?

  • John 21:20
    King James Version
    • 20 Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee?

  • John
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025
    • 21:20 it-1 128, 357; it-2 93; w15 7/1 15

  • John
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 21:20 ad 253

  • John
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 21:20

      Insight, Volume 1, pp. 127-128, 356-357

      Insight, Volume 2, p. 93

      The Watchtower,

      7/1/2015, p. 15

  • John Study Notes—Chapter 21
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 21:20

      the disciple whom Jesus loved: That is, the one whom Jesus especially loved. This is the last of five occurrences mentioning a certain disciple “whom Jesus [or “he”] loved” or “for whom Jesus had affection.” (Joh 13:23; 19:26; 20:2; 21:7, 20) It is generally believed that this disciple was the apostle John, the son of Zebedee and brother of James. (Mt 4:21; Mr 1:19; Lu 5:10; Joh 21:2) As the context of Joh 21:20-24 shows, “the disciple whom Jesus loved” was also “the disciple who . . . wrote these things,” that is, the writer of the Gospel of John.​—See study notes on Joh Title; 1:6; 13:23.

      the one who . . . leaned back on his chest: See study note on Joh 13:23.

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