John 21:1-14

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Jesus Appears to Seven Disciples

21 After this Jesus ^(A)revealed himself ^(B)again to the disciples by ^(C)the Sea of Tiberias, and he revealed himself in this way. ²Simon Peter, ^(D)Thomas (called the Twin), Nathanael of ^(E)Cana in Galilee, ^(F)the 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 go with you.” They went out and got into the boat, but ^(G)that night they caught nothing.

⁴Just as day was breaking, Jesus stood on the shore; yet the disciples ^(H)did not know that it was Jesus. ⁵^(I)Jesus said to them, “Children, do you have any fish?” They answered him, “No.” ⁶^(J)He said to them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” So they cast it, and now they were not able to haul it in, because of the quantity of fish. ⁷That disciple ^(K)whom Jesus loved therefore said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, ^(L)he put on his outer garment, for he was ^(M)stripped for work, and ^(N)threw himself into the sea. ⁸The other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish, for they were not far from the land, but about a hundred yards^[a] off.

⁹When they got out on land, they saw a charcoal fire in place, with fish laid out on it, and bread. ¹⁰Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish that you have just caught.” ¹¹So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, 153 of them. And although there were so many, the net was not torn. ¹²Jesus said to them, ^(O)“Come and ^(P)have breakfast.” Now ^(Q)none of the disciples dared ask him, “Who are you?” They knew it was the Lord. ¹³Jesus came and ^(R)took the bread and gave it to them, and so with the fish. ¹⁴^(S)This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after he was raised from the dead.

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Footnotes

John 21:8 Greek two hundred cubits; a cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters

Job 41:12-34

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¹²“I will not keep silence concerning his limbs,
    or his mighty strength, or his goodly frame.
¹³Who can strip off his outer garment?
    Who would come near him with a bridle?
¹⁴Who can open the doors of his face?
    Around his teeth is terror.
¹⁵His back is made of^[a] rows of shields,
    shut up closely as with a seal.
¹⁶One is so near to another
    that no air can come between them.
¹⁷They are ^(A)joined one to another;
    they clasp each other and cannot be separated.
¹⁸His sneezings flash forth light,
    and his eyes are like ^(B)the eyelids of the dawn.
¹⁹Out of his mouth go flaming torches;
    sparks of fire leap forth.
²⁰Out of his nostrils comes forth smoke,
    as from a boiling pot and burning rushes.
²¹His breath ^(C)kindles coals,
    and a flame comes forth from his mouth.
²²In his neck abides strength,
    and terror dances before him.
²³The folds of his flesh ^(D)stick together,
    firmly cast on him and immovable.
²⁴His heart is hard as a stone,
    hard as the lower millstone.
²⁵When he raises himself up, the mighty^[b] are afraid;
    at the crashing they are beside themselves.
²⁶Though the sword reaches him, it does not avail,
    nor the spear, the dart, or the javelin.
²⁷He counts iron as straw,
    and bronze as rotten wood.
²⁸The arrow cannot make him flee;
    for him, sling stones are turned to stubble.
²⁹Clubs are counted as stubble;
    he laughs at the rattle of javelins.
³⁰His underparts are like sharp ^(E)potsherds;
    he spreads himself like ^(F)a threshing sledge on the mire.
³¹He makes the deep boil like a pot;
    he makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
³²Behind him he leaves a shining wake;
    one would think the deep to be white-haired.
³³^(G)On earth there is not his like,
    a creature without fear.
³⁴He sees everything that is high;
    he is king over all the ^(H)sons of pride.”