Yohanes 21:18

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru

Aku berkata kepadamu: Sesungguhnya ketika engkau masih muda engkau mengikat pinggangmu sendiri dan engkau berjalan ke mana saja kaukehendaki, tetapi jika engkau sudah menjadi tua, engkau akan mengulurkan tanganmu dan orang lain akan mengikat engkau dan membawa engkau ke tempat yang tidak kaukehendaki."

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Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari
Aku berkata kepadamu: Sesungguhnya ketika engkau masih muda engkau mengikat pinggangmu sendiri dan engkau berjalan ke mana saja kaukehendaki, tetapi jika engkau sudah menjadi tua, engkau akan mengulurkan tanganmu dan orang lain akan mengikat engkau dan membawa engkau ke tempat yang tidak kaukehendaki."

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Sesungguh-sungguhnya Aku berkata kepadamu: Tatkala engkau muda, engkau sendiri mengikat pinggangmu, lalu pergi barang ke mana-mana kehendak hatimu; tetapi apabila engkau sudah tua kelak, engkau akan mengulurkan tanganmu, lalu seorang lain akan mengikatkan pinggangmu, dan membawa engkau barang ke mana yang tiada engkau suka."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

but: John 13:36, Acts 12:3, Acts 12:4

another: Acts 21:11

thou wouldest not: John 12:27, John 12:28, 2 Corinthians 5:4

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 43:6 - Jeremiah Ezekiel 3:25 - General Matthew 5:18 - verily Matthew 22:13 - Bind Mark 14:18 - Verily John 1:51 - Verily Acts 3:1 - Peter 2 Peter 1:14 - even

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Verily, verily, I say unto thee,.... A way of speaking often used by Christ, when about to deliver anything of considerable moment, partly to raise the attention, and partly for the more strong asseveration of what is spoken; and may have reference both to what went before, confirming Peter's declaration of his love, which would be demonstrated by dying for him, and the testimony of his omniscience, by foretelling his death, and the kind of it; and to what follows after, which contains an account of Peter in his younger years, and a prophecy of what should befall him in old age:

when thou wast young; not that he was old now, and capable he was of doing, and he did do but just now, what our Lord ascribes to his younger years:

thou girdest thyself, and walkest whither thou wouldst; that is, he could put on his clothes himself, and gird them about him with a girdle, as was the custom of the eastern nations, who usually wore long garments; and as he, a little before, had girt his fisher's coat about him, and walked where he pleased; denoting the liberty of his will in things natural and civil, which every man is possessed of, though not in things spiritual, without the grace of God; and also his power of doing what was most grateful to him, without being hindered by, or obliged to ask the leave of others:

but when thou shalt be old; implying, that he should live to a good old age, and be continued to be useful and serviceable in the cause of Christ, in preaching his Gospel, and feeding his lambs and sheep, as he did; for he lived to the times of Nero c, under whom he suffered, about forty years after this:

thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee. This refers not so much to an inability through old age to gird himself, and therefore should stretch forth his hands, that another might with more ease do it for him, and which would be the reverse of his former and present case; for the word gird is used in another sense than before, and signifies the binding of him as, a prisoner with cords, or chains; so "girding", with the Jews, is the same as

הקשירה והאסירה, "tying and binding" d: but either to the stretching out of his hands upon the cross, when he should be girt and bound to that; for persons were sometimes fastened to the cross with cords, and not always with nails e: or, as others think, to his carrying of his cross on his shoulders, with his hands stretched out and bound to the piece of wood which went across; though his being girded or bound may as well be thought to follow the former, as this: indeed, what is added best suits with the latter,

and carry thee whither thou wouldst not; to a painful, cruel, shameful, and accursed death, the death of the cross; not that Peter in spirit would be unwilling to die for Christ, nor was he; but it signifies, that he should die a death disagreeable to the flesh.

c Euseb. Eccl. Hist. l. 2. c. 25. d R. David Kimchi, Sepher Shorash. rad. חגר e Lipsius de Cruce, l. 2. c. 8. Bartholinus de Cruce, p. 57. 112.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

When thou wast young - When in early life thou didst gird thyself, etc. The Jews, in walking or running, girded their outer garments around them, that they might not be impeded. See the notes at Matthew 5:38-41.

Thou girdedst - The expression here denotes freedom. He did as he pleased - he girded himself or not he went or remained, as he chose. Perhaps the expression refers rather to that time than to the previous period of Peter’s life. “Thou being now young or in the vigor of life, hast just girded thyself and come freely to the shore.” In either case the Saviour intimates that at the end of his life he would not be thus free.

When thou shalt be old - Ancient writers say that Peter was put to death about thirty-four years after this. His precise age at that time is not known.

Thou shalt stretch forth thy hands - When Peter was put to death, we are told that he requested that he might be crucified with his head downward, saying that he who had denied his Lord as he had done was not worthy to die as he did. This expression of Christ may intimate the readiness of Peter thus to die. Though he was not at liberty as when he was young, though bound by others, yet he freely stretched out his hands on the cross, and was ready to give up his life.

Another shall gird thee - Another shall bind thee. The limbs of persons crucified were often bound instead of being nailed, and even the body was sometimes girded to the cross. See the notes at Matthew 27:35.

Carry thee ... - Shall bear thee, or shall compel thee to go to prison and to death. This is not said to intimate that Peter would be unwilling to suffer martyrdom, but it stands opposed to the freedom of his early life. Though willing when compelled to do it, yet he would not seek it; and though he would not needlessly expose himself to it, yet he would not shrink from it when it was the will of God.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 21:18. Thou shalt stretch forth thy hands — Wetstein observes that it was a custom at Rome to put the necks of those who were to be crucified into a yoke, and to stretch out their hands and fasten them to the end of it; and having thus led them through the city they were carried out to be crucified. See his note on this place. Thus then Peter was girded, chained, and carried whither he would not - not that he was unwilling to die for Christ; but he was a man - he did not love death; but he loved his life less than he loved his God.