Joh 21:18 | HCSB | STEP | “ I assure you : When you were young , you would tie your belt and walk wherever you wanted . But when you grow old , you will stretch out your hands and someone else will tie you and carry you where you don’t want to go. ”

John 21:18

18 “ ^{▼▼I assure you: This is a phrase used only by Jesus to testify to the certainty and importance of His words; in Mt, Mk and Lk it is literally Amen, I say to you, and in Jn it is literally Amen, amen, I say to you.}I assure you: ^b When you were young, you would tie your belt and walk wherever you wanted. But when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands and someone else will tie you and carry you where you don’t want to go.”