And when they were having dinner, the Lord Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon Jonah! Do you love Me more than they do? Peter said to Him, "Yes, Lord! You know I love You. The Lord Jesus said to him, "Feed my lambs."

Again he said to him another time: Simon Jonah! Do you love Me? Peter said to Him, "Yes, Lord! You know I love You. The Lord said to him, "Feed my sheep."

He said to him for the third time, Simon Jonah! Do you love Me? Peter was grieved that the Lord asked him for the third time, "Do you love me?" And he said to Him, Lord! You know everything; You know I love You. The Lord Jesus said to him, "Feed my sheep."

Verily, verily, I say unto thee, when thou wast young, thou didst gird thyself and went whither thou wilt; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will gird you up, and lead you whither you will not. And the Lord said these things to him, giving him to understand by what death he would glorify God. And having said this, he said to him, "Follow me."

And Peter, turning, saw the disciple coming after him, whom Jesus loved, and who at supper, bowing down to His breast, said, "Lord! who will betray you? Seeing him, Peter said to the Lord Jesus: "Lord! And what about him?

The Lord Jesus said to him, "If I want him to remain until I come, what does it matter to you?" Thou shalt follow Me. And this word spread among the brethren, that the disciple would not die. But the Lord Jesus did not tell him that he would not die, but, "If I want him to remain until I come, what does it matter to you?"

This disciple also bears witness to this, and wrote this; and we know that his testimony is true.

257. Eighth Apparition: More Than 500 Brethren on the Mount

Lux. 24, 9-12;

Mk. 16, 10-11;

Lux. 24, 34;

In. 21, 15-24.

Then the Lord appeared to more than five hundred brethren, most of whom are still alive (when Saint Paul wrote this to the Corinthians), and some have even reposed.

Among them were eleven students. It was in Galilee on the mountain where the Lord had commanded them to go, and whither they had gone from Jerusalem.