Translations
So the word spread among the brothers that this disciple would not die. Yet Jesus had not said to him that he would not die, but only, "If it is My will that he remain until I come, what is that to you?"
So this word spread among the brothers — that that talmid would not die. Yet Yeshua had not said to him that he would not die; He had said, "If I want him to remain until I come — what is that to you?"
Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?
Because of this, the rumor spread among the brothers that this disciple would not die. However, Jesus did not say that he would not die, but only, “If I want him to remain until I return, what is that to you?”