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St. John, Apostle and Evangelist

John 21:20-25

Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them; he was
the one who had reclined next to Jesus at the supper and had said, "Lord,
who is it that is going to betray you?"  When Peter saw him, he said to
Jesus, "Lord, what about him?"  Jesus said to him, "If it is my will that
he remain until I come, what is that to you?  Follow me!"  So the rumor
spread in the community that this disciple would not die.  Yet Jesus did
not say to him that he would not die, but, "If it is my will that he
remain until I come, what is that to you?"

This is the disciple who is testifying to these things and has written
them, and we know that his testimony is true.  But there are also many
other things that Jesus did; if every one of them were written down, I
suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be
written.