John 21:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Bible Comments

When thou art old — He lived about thirty — six years after this: another shall gird thee — They were tied to the cross till the nails were driven in; and shall carry thee — With the cross: whither thou wouldest not — According to nature; to the place where the cross was set up.

John 21:18

18 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.