John 21:1–14

Jesus’ Third Appearance to the Disciples

21After this, Jesus revealed ⁿHimself again to His disciples by the Sea of Tiberias. ^opHe revealed Himself in this way:

²Simon Peter, ^qThomas ^r(called “Twin”), Nathanael ^sfrom Cana of Galilee, ^tZebedee’s ^usons, 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. ^v

⁴When daybreak came, Jesus stood on the shore. However, the disciples did not know it was Jesus. ^w

⁵“Men,” ^xJesus 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, ^yand 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!” ^z

When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he tied his outer garment around him ^a(for he was stripped) and plunged into the sea. ⁸But since they were not far from land (about 100 yards ^bcaway), the other disciples came in the boat, ^ddragging 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. ^e

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 ^fgJesus appeared ^hito the disciples after He was raised from the dead.