When daybreak came, Jesus stood on the shore. However, the disciples did not know it was Jesus.(A)

“Men,”[a] Jesus called to them, “you don’t have any fish, do you?”

“No,” they answered.

“Cast the net on the right side of the boat,” He told them, “and you’ll find some.” So they did,[b] and they were unable to haul it in because of the large number of fish. Therefore the disciple, the one Jesus loved, said to Peter, “It is the Lord!”(B)

When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he tied his outer garment around him[c] (for he was stripped) and plunged into the sea.

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Footnotes

  1. John 21:5 Lit Children
  2. John 21:6 Lit they cast
  3. John 21:7 Lit he girded his garment

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