John 21

CHAPTER 21

Jesus Appears at the Sea of Galilee

¹After these things Jesus ^1amanifested Himself ^bagain to the disciples at the ^cSea of Tiberias, and He manifested Himself in this way.

²Simon Peter, and ^aThomas called ¹Didymus, and ^bNathanael of ^cCana in Galilee, and ^dthe sons of Zebedee, and two others of His disciples were together.

³Simon Peter ^*said to them, “I am going fishing.” They ^*said to him, “We will also come with you.” They went out and got into the boat; and ^athat night they caught nothing.

⁴But when the day was now breaking, Jesus stood on the beach; yet the disciples did not ^aknow that it was Jesus.

⁵So Jesus ^*said to them, “Children, ^ado you have ¹any fish?” They answered Him, “No.”

⁶And He said to them, “^aCast the net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.” So they cast, and then they were not able to haul it in because of the great number of fish.

^7aTherefore that disciple whom Jesus loved ^*said to Peter, “It is the Lord.” So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put his outer garment on (for he was stripped for work), and cast himself into the sea.

⁸But the other disciples came in the little boat, for they were not far from the land, but about ¹two hundred cubits away, dragging the net full of fish.

⁹So when they got out on the land, they ^*saw a charcoal ^afire in place and ^bfish placed on it, and bread.

¹⁰Jesus ^*said to them, “Bring some of the ^afish which you have now caught.”

¹¹Simon Peter went up and drew the net to land, full of large fish, 153; and although there were so many, the net was not torn.

Jesus Provides Breakfast

¹²Jesus ^*said to them, “Come, have ^abreakfast.” None of the disciples dared to question Him, “Who are You?” knowing that it was the Lord.

¹³Jesus ^*came and ^*took ^athe bread and ^*gave it to them, and the ^bfish likewise.

¹⁴This is now the ^athird time that Jesus ¹was manifested to the disciples, after He was raised from the dead.

Peter’s Restoration and Commission

¹⁵So when they had ^afinished breakfast, Jesus ^*said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you ^1blove Me more than these?” He ^*said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I ²love You.” He ^*said to him, “Tend ^cMy lambs.”

¹⁶He ^*said to him again a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you ¹love Me?” He ^*said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I ²love You.” He ^*said to him, “^aShepherd My sheep.”

¹⁷He ^*said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you ¹love Me?” Peter was grieved because He said to him ^athe third time, “Do you ²love Me?” And he said to Him, “Lord, ^bYou know all things; You know that I ³love You.” Jesus ^*said to him, “^cTend My sheep.

¹⁸“Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were younger, you used to gird yourself and walk wherever you wished; but when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands and someone else will gird you, and bring you where you do not wish to go.”

¹⁹Now this He said, ^asignifying by ^bwhat kind of death he would glorify God. And when He had spoken this, He ^*said to him, “^cFollow Me!”

Jesus’ Command to Follow Him

²⁰Peter, turning around, ^*saw the ^adisciple whom Jesus loved following them; the one who also had ^bleaned back on His bosom at the supper and said, “Lord, who is the one who betrays You?”

²¹So Peter seeing him ^*said to Jesus, “Lord, and what about this man?”

²²Jesus ^*said to him, “If I want him to remain ^auntil I come, what is that to you? You ^bfollow Me!”

²³Therefore this saying went out among ^athe brothers that this disciple would not die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he would not die, but only, “If I want him to remain ^buntil I come, what is that to you?”

²⁴This is the disciple who ^ais bearing witness to these things and wrote these things, and we know that his witness is true.

²⁵And there are also ^amany other things which Jesus did, which if they ^*were written one after the other, I suppose that even the world itself ^*could not contain the books that ^*would be written.