| | [[Papyrus 66]], the oldest extent fragment of a near-complete [[Gospel of John]] (estimated to be from about A.D. 200), contains only fragments verses 21:1-9, 12, and 17 from {{bibleref|John|21|1-25}}, which begin after a substantial gap and on a new unused page of the leaf, like notes on blank pages in the back of a book. Scholars misleadingly state that that chapter 21 is included in the earliest manuscripts when, in fact, most of it is missing from this earliest, most complete one. | | [[Papyrus 66]], the oldest extent fragment of a near-complete [[Gospel of John]] (estimated to be from about A.D. 200), contains only fragments verses 21:1-9, 12, and 17 from {{bibleref|John|21|1-25}}, which begin after a substantial gap and on a new unused page of the leaf, like notes on blank pages in the back of a book. Scholars misleadingly state that that chapter 21 is included in the earliest manuscripts when, in fact, most of it is missing from this earliest, most complete one. |
| | + | {{cquote|So the saying spread abroad among the brothers[b] that this disciple was not to die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he was not to die, but, “If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you?”<ref>{{bibleref|John|21|23}} ([[ESV]]).</ref>}} |