John 20:30-21:12

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The Purpose of the Book

³⁰ Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his^[a] disciples that are not recorded in this book. ³¹ But these have been recorded so that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah,^[b] the Son of God, and so that through believing you may have life in his name.

Jesus Appears to Seven of His Disciples

21 Later on, Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples at the Sea of Tiberias. This is what happened: ² Simon Peter, Thomas (called the Twin),^[c] Nathaniel from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two of his other disciples were together. ³ Simon Peter told them, “I’m going fishing.”

They all told him, “We’ll go with you, too.” So they went out and got into the boat but didn’t catch a thing that night.

⁴ Just as dawn was breaking, Jesus stood on the shore. The disciples didn’t realize it was Jesus. ⁵ Jesus asked them, “Children, you don’t have any fish, do you?”

They answered him, “No.”

⁶ He told them, “Throw the net on the right hand side of the boat, and you’ll catch^[d] some.” So they threw it out and were unable to haul it in because it was so full of fish.

⁷ That disciple whom Jesus kept loving told Peter, “It’s the Lord!” When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put his clothes back on, because he was practically naked, and jumped into the sea. ⁸ But the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish. They were only about 200 cubits^[e] away from the shore.

⁹ When they arrived at the shore, they saw a charcoal fire with fish lying on it, and some bread. ¹⁰ Jesus told them, “Bring me some of the fish you’ve just caught.” ¹¹ So Simon Peter went aboard and dragged the net ashore. It was full of large fish—153 of them. And although there were so many of them, the net was not torn.

¹² Then Jesus told them, “Come, have breakfast.” Now none of the disciples dared to ask him, “Who are you?”, because they knew it was the Lord.