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Wesley's Explanatory Notes on John 21:23

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Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · 18th-century historical commentary
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The brethren - That is, the Christians. Our Lord himself taught them that appellation, Joh 20:17. Yet Jesus did not say to him, that he should not die - Not expressly. And St. John himself, at the time of writing his Gospel, seems not to have known clearly, whether he should die or not. John 21:24
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