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Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, where are you going?" Jesus answered, "Where I am going, you can`t follow now, but you will follow afterwards."
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Curiosity vs. Command
Commentators note that Peter, driven by love and confusion, overlooks Jesus's immediate command to love one another (v. 35) and instead asks a speculative question. This reveals a common human tendency to be more concerned with satisfying our curiosity about the future than obeying the clear duties of the present.
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Whither goest thou? (που υπαγεισ; ). Peter is puzzled just as the Pharisees were twice (7:35; 8:21f.).
19th Century
Anglican
Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou?—Compare to John 13:33. The earnest, loving nature of the Apostle dwe…
Peter’s question (“Where are you going?”) expresses bewilderment and perhaps slight exasperation. Jesus had previously spoken publicly of going awa…
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16th Century
Protestant
Lord, whither goest thou? This question is founded on that saying of Christ: I said to the Jews, that whither I go you cannot come, so…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Simon Peter said to him One might have expected that Peter would have taken some notice of what Christ said last, ab…
Presbyterian
What Christ had said concerning brotherly love, Peter overlooked, but spoke of that which Christ had kept hidden from them. It is common to be more…
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13th Century
Catholic
Above, John mentioned the defection of one of the disciples, Judas the traitor; here he tells of the failure of another, Peter, who denie…
