John Trapp on John 21:23

Verſe 23. Among the brethren.] So are all Chriſtians. Sanctior est copula cordis quam corporis.

That that Diſciple ſhould not die.] Some to this day, deny that he is dead. Beza tels us of a certain Impoſtour in his remembrance, that gave out at Paris that he was John the Evangeliſt: and was afterwards burnt at Tholouſe. Muſeul in loc. Some have fabled that after he had commanded his grave to be made, and had laid himſelf down in it, the next day it was found empty, and he rapt up alive into paradiſe, whence he ſhall come together with Enoch and Elias at the laſt day to confound Antichriſt, O quantunt eſt in rebus inane! It is not for us to follow cunningly deviſed fables, 2 Pet. 1.16. but to attend to that ſure word of truth, as unto a light ſhining, &c. v. 19. accounting every particle of it precious, ſith the change of one letter may breed ſo much errour, and cauſe ſo much contention.