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This ending contains an unusual reference to the large, specific number of 153, which is found nowhere else in the Gospel of John, as instead it refers to approximate round numbers as most authors would.
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== Inconsistent term for "children" ==
 
== Inconsistent term for "children" ==
 
{{bibleref|John|21|5}} quotes Jesus as addressing his own [[Apostles]] -- grown men -- as "little children," using a [[Greek]] term (παιδίον, Strong's G3813) that is different from the Greek term used appropriately earlier in the same Gospel when Jesus, as the teacher, addressed his Apostles as his students (τεκνίον, Strong's G5040).<ref>https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/g5040/kjv/tr/0-1/</ref>
 
{{bibleref|John|21|5}} quotes Jesus as addressing his own [[Apostles]] -- grown men -- as "little children," using a [[Greek]] term (παιδίον, Strong's G3813) that is different from the Greek term used appropriately earlier in the same Gospel when Jesus, as the teacher, addressed his Apostles as his students (τεκνίον, Strong's G5040).<ref>https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/g5040/kjv/tr/0-1/</ref>
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== Unusual reference to "153" ==
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This ending contains an unusual reference to the large, specific number of 153, which is found nowhere else in the [[Gospel of John]], as instead it refers to approximate round numbers as most authors would.
 
== Analogy to Mark ending ==
 
== Analogy to Mark ending ==
 
Virtually everyone agrees that the [[Mark ending]] was a later addition, so it is proper to ask if the somewhat rehashed text comprising John chapter 21, after the clear ending above was likewise a later addition to the [[Gospel of John]].
 
Virtually everyone agrees that the [[Mark ending]] was a later addition, so it is proper to ask if the somewhat rehashed text comprising John chapter 21, after the clear ending above was likewise a later addition to the [[Gospel of John]].
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