...saith unto him, Feed my sheep. 18 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast youngi thou girdest thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest : but...shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, MATT. MARK. LUKE. JOHN. CHAP. XXI. and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest...

...addressed him (though in anoth'er sense, and with widely different emotions) as our Lord addressed Peter : — " When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest ; hut when thon shalt he old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and...

...lastly, after his resurrection he thus prophesied of Peter's death, " p Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst...shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not :" beautifully alluding to the circumstance that Peter,...

...disciples at the sea of Tiberias, he thus addressed the same apostle : " Verily, w verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest : but, when thou art old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou...

...Pet. iv. 3. I say the Lord takes notice of this; and well he might: "Verily, verily, I say unto thee, [Peter,] when thou wast young thou girdedst thyself,...shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not," John xxi. 18. Such poor miserable sinners as Peter,...

...To this the blessed Jesus alludes, when he forewarns Peter, that he should one day be crucified ; ' When thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shalt gird thee and carry thee whither thou wouldest not,' (John xxi. 18.) And in this manner, we may...

...say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou " girdest thyself, and walkedst whither thou would" est: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch " forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and "carry thee whither thou wouldest not," John xxi. 15, 16, 18. In order to animate him against...

...him, Feed my sheep. 18. Verily, verily, I tell thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself,and walkedst whither thou wouldest; but when thou shalt...shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not. 19. This he spake, signifying by what death he should...

...these difficulties to obey the Divine will. This opposition the Lord expressed, when he thus addressed Peter; " When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself,...whither thou wouldest; but when thou shalt be old, another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not." (y) It is not probable that Peter,...

...knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed ray sheep. 1 8 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest : but when thou shall be old, thou shall streteh forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither...