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Joh 21:20. Ἐπιστραφεὶς, turning about) He had therefore begun to follow. No prediction is given to James, who was about to die before Peter and John; from which very fact he might have inferred his speedy consummation.-ὃς καὶ, who also) As before, at the last supper, so now also he was seeking the same place, and was leaning on Jesus’ breast almost with more familiarity than Peter liked.-ἀνέπεσεν ἐπὶ τὸ στῆθος, had leaned on the breast) An abbreviated phrase for, He had lain in the bosom of Jesus, and then in this position had turned towards His breast, ch. Joh 13:23; Joh 13:25.-ἐν τῷ δείπνῳ, at the supper) that memorable supper on the day before the passover supper.