This spoke he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he said unto him,
Follow me.
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Glossa Ordinaria
AD 1480
I will that he tarry, i.e. I will not that he suffer martyrdom, but wait for the quiet dissolution of the flesh, when I shall come and receive him into eternal blessedness.