John 21
21
Jesus’ Third Appearance to the Disciples
1After this, Jesus revealed # Mk 16:12; Jn 21:14; 2Co 4:11; 5:10; 1Tm 3:16; Heb 9:26; 1Pt 1:10; 1Jn 1:2; 3:5,8 Himself again to His disciples by the Sea of Tiberias. # The Sea of Galilee; Sea of Tiberias is used only in John; Jn 6:1,23 # Jn 6:1,23 He revealed Himself in this way:
2Simon Peter, # Lk 6:14; Ac 10:32 Thomas # Mk 3:18 (called “Twin”), Nathanael # Jn 1:45-49 from Cana of Galilee, # Mt 17:22 Zebedee’s # Mt 4:21; 10:2; 20:20; 26:37; 27:56; Mk 1:19-20; 3:17; 10:35; Lk 5:10; Jn 21:7; Ac 12:2 sons, and two others of His disciples were together.
3“I’m going fishing,” Simon Peter said to them.
“We’re coming with you,” they told him. They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing. # Lk 5:5
4When daybreak came, Jesus stood on the shore. However, the disciples did not know it was Jesus. # Jn 20:14,19,26
5“Men,” # Lit Children Jesus called to them, “you don’t have any fish, do you? ”
“No,” they answered.
6“Cast the net on the right side of the boat,” He told them, “and you’ll find some.” So they did, # Lit they cast and they were unable to haul it in because of the large number of fish. 7Therefore the disciple, the one Jesus loved, said to Peter, “It is the Lord! ” # Lk 10:1; 1Co 8:6
When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he tied his outer garment around him # Lit he girded his garment (for he was stripped) and plunged into the sea. 8But since they were not far from land (about 100 yards # Lit about 200 cubits # Lk 12:25 away), the other disciples came in the boat, # Mk 3:9; Jn 6:22-24 dragging the net full of fish. 9When they got out on land, they saw a charcoal fire there, with fish lying on it, and bread.
10“Bring some of the fish you’ve just caught,” Jesus told them. 11So Simon Peter got up and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish — 153 of them. Even though there were so many, the net was not torn. # Lk 5:4-10
12“Come and have breakfast,” Jesus told them. None of the disciples dared ask Him, “Who are You? ” because they knew it was the Lord. 13Jesus came, took the bread, and gave it to them. He did the same with the fish.
14This was now the third time # The other two are in Jn 20:19-29. # Jn 20:19,26 Jesus appeared # Lit was revealed (v. 1) # Jn 21:1; 2Co 4:11; 1Jn 1:2 to the disciples after He was raised from the dead.
Jesus’ Threefold Restoration of Peter
15When they had eaten breakfast, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, # Other mss read Simon, son of Jonah ; Mt 16:17; Jn 1:42 do you love # Two synonyms are translated love in this conversation: agapao, the first 2 times by Jesus (vv. 15-16); and phileo, the last time by Jesus (v. 17) and all 3 times by Peter (vv. 15-17). Peter’s threefold confession of love for Jesus corresponds to his earlier threefold denial of Jesus; Jn 18:15-18,25-27. Me more than these? ”
“Yes, Lord,” he said to Him, “You know that I love You.”
“Feed # Mt 8:30,33; Mk 5:11,14; Lk 8:32,34; 15:15; Jn 21:17 My lambs,” # Rv 5:6 He told him.
16A second time He asked him, “Simon, son of John, do you love # Lk 6:35; Rv 12:11 Me? ” # Lk 10:27
“Yes, Lord,” he said to Him, “You know that I love You.”
“Shepherd # 1Pt 5:2 My sheep,” # Mt 7:15; Jn 10:11 He told him.
17He asked him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love # Mk 14:44; Jn 5:20 Me? ”
Peter was grieved # 2Co 2:2 that He asked him the third time, “Do you love Me? ” He said, “Lord, You know everything! # Jn 16:30 You know that I love You.”
“Feed # Jn 21:15 My sheep,” Jesus said. 18“I assure you: # Jn 1:51; Rv 22:21 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.” 19He said this to signify by what kind of death # 2Pt 1:14 he would glorify God. # Jesus predicts that Peter would be martyred. Church tradition says that Peter was crucified upside down. # Jn 11:4; 17:1; 1Pt 2:12 After saying this, He told him, “Follow Me! ” # Jn 1:43; 8:12; 10:27
Correcting a False Report
20So Peter turned around and saw the disciple Jesus loved # Jn 21:7 following them. That disciple was the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper and asked, “Lord, who is the one that’s going to betray You? ” # Jn 13:21,23-25 21When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, “Lord — what about him? ”
22“If I want him to remain until I come,” # Mk 8:38 Jesus answered, “what is that to you? As for you, follow Me.”
23So this report # Lit this word spread to the brothers # The word brothers refers to the late first century Christian community. # Ac 9:30 that this disciple would not die. # Mk 9:1 Yet Jesus did not tell him that he would not die, but, “If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you? ”
Epilogue
24This is the disciple who testifies to these things and who wrote them down. We know that his testimony is true.
25And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which, if they were written one by one, I suppose not even the world itself could contain the books # Lit scroll that would be written. # Jn 20:30
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John 21
21
Fish for Breakfast with the Risen One
1After these things, Yeshua revealed Himself again to the disciples at the Sea of Tiberias. Now here is how He appeared.
2Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael of Cana in the Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two of the other disciples were together.
3Simon Peter said to them, “I’m going fishing.” “We’re coming with you too,” they said. They went out and got into the boat, and that night they caught nothing.
4At dawn, Yeshua stood on the beach; but the disciples didn’t know that it was Yeshua.
5So Yeshua said to them, “Boys, you don’t happen to have any fish, do you?” “No,” they answered Him.
6He said to them, “Throw the net off the right side of the boat, and you’ll find some.” So they threw the net, and they were not able to haul it in because of the great number of fish.
7Therefore the disciple whom Yeshua loved said to Peter, “It’s the Lord!” When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he tied his outer garment around himself—for he was stripped down for work—and threw himself into the sea.
8But the other disciples came in the boat from about two hundred cubits offshore, dragging the net full of fish.
9So when they got out onto the land, they saw a charcoal fire with fish placed on it, and bread.
10Yeshua said to them, “Bring some of the fish you’ve just caught.”
11Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net to shore. There were 153 fish, many of them big; but the net was not broken.
12Yeshua said to them, “Come, have breakfast.” None of the disciples dared ask Him, “Who are You?”—knowing it was the Lord.
13Yeshua comes and takes the bread and gives it to them, and likewise the fish.
14This was now the third time that Yeshua was revealed to the disciples after He was raised from the dead.
Love Restores Peter
15When they had finished breakfast, Yeshua said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he said to Him, “You know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed My lambs!”
16He said to him again a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me?” “Yes, Lord,” he said, “You know that I love You.” He said to him, “Take care of My sheep!”
17He said to him a third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me?” Peter was grieved because He said to him for a third time, “Do you love Me?” And he said to Him, “Lord, You know everything! You know that I love You!” Yeshua said to him, “Feed My sheep!”
18“Amen, amen I tell you, when you were younger, you used to dress yourself and walk wherever you wanted; but when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and carry you where you do not want to go.”
19Now this He said to indicate by what kind of death Peter was going to glorify God. And after this, Yeshua said to him, “Follow Me!”
20Peter, turning around, sees the disciple following. This was the one whom Yeshua loved, who also had reclined against Yeshua’s chest at the seder meal and said, “Master, who is the one who is betraying You?”
21Seeing him, Peter said to Yeshua, “Lord, what about him?”
22Yeshua said to him, “If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow Me!”
23Therefore this saying went out among the brothers and sisters, that this disciple would not die. Yet Yeshua did not say to him that he would not die, but, “If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you?”
John’s Witness
24This is the disciple who is an eyewitness of these things and wrote these things. We know that his testimony is true.
25There are also many other things that Yeshua did. If all of them were to be written one by one, I suppose that not even the world itself will have room for the books being written!
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