John 21:1-3
THE APPEARANCE OF CHRIST AT THE SEA OF TIBERIUS. The fishing expedition:... [ Continue Reading ]
THE APPEARANCE OF CHRIST AT THE SEA OF TIBERIUS. The fishing expedition:... [ Continue Reading ]
AFTER THESE THINGS JESUS SHOWED HIMSELF AGAIN TO THE DISCIPLES AT THE SEA OF TIBERIUS; AND ON THIS WISE SHOWED HE HIMSELF.... [ Continue Reading ]
THERE WERE TOGETHER SIMON PETER, AND THOMAS, CALLED DIDYMUS, AND NATHANAEL OF CANA IN GALILEE, AND THE SONS OF ZEBEDEE, AND TWO OTHER OF HIS DISCIPLES.... [ Continue Reading ]
SIMON PETER SAITH UNTO THEM, I GO A-FISHING. THEY SAY UNTO HIM, WE ALSO GO WITH THEE. THEY WENT FORTH, AND ENTERED INTO A SHIP IMMEDIATELY; AND THAT NIGHT THEY CAUGHT NOTHING. Jesus had told His disciples that He would see them at a designated place in Galilee after His resurrection, Matthew 26:32;... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT WHEN THE MORNING WAS NOW COME, JESUS STOOD ON THE SHORE; BUT THE DISCIPLES KNEW NOT THAT IT WAS JESUS.... [ Continue Reading ]
A second miraculous draught:... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN JESUS SAITH UNTO THEM, CHILDREN, HAVE YE ANY MEAT? THEY ANSWERED HIM, NO.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, CAST THE NET ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SHIP, AND YE SHALL FIND. THEY CAST THEREFORE, AND NOW THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO DRAW IT FOR THE MULTITUDE OF FISHES.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEREFORE THAT DISCIPLE WHOM JESUS LOVED SAITH UNTO PETER, IT IS THE LORD. NOW WHEN SIMON PETER HEARD THAT IT WAS THE LORD, HE GIRT HIS FISHER'S COAT UNTO HIM, (FOR HE WAS NAKED,) AND DID CAST HIMSELF INTO THE SEA.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE OTHER DISCIPLES CAME IN A LITTLE SHIP; (FOR THEY WERE NOT FAR FROM THE LAND, BUT AS IT WERE TWO HUNDRED CUBITS,) DRAGGING THE NET WITH FISHES. The dawn of the morning after a night of such toil may well have found the disciples discouraged, and they turned more closely inshore. And there was... [ Continue Reading ]
AS SOON, THEN, AS THEY WERE COME TO LAND, THEY SAW A FIRE OF COALS THERE, AND FISH LAID THEREON AND BREAD.... [ Continue Reading ]
The meal on the beach:... [ Continue Reading ]
JESUS SAITH UNTO THEM, BRING OF THE FISH WHICH YE HAVE NOW CAUGHT.... [ Continue Reading ]
SIMON PETER WENT UP, AND DREW THE NET TO LAND FULL OF GREAT FISHES, AN HUNDRED AND FIFTY AND THREE; AND FOR ALL THERE WERE SO MANY, YET WAS NOT THE NET BROKEN.... [ Continue Reading ]
JESUS SAITH UNTO THEM, COME AND DINE. AND NONE OF THE DISCIPLES DURST ASK HIM, WHO ART THOU? KNOWING THAT IT WAS THE LORD.... [ Continue Reading ]
JESUS THEN COMETH AND TAKETH BREAD, AND GIVETH THEM, AND FISH LIKEWISE.... [ Continue Reading ]
THIS IS NOW THE THIRD TIME THAT JESUS SHOWED HIMSELF TO HIS DISCIPLES AFTER THAT HE WAS RISEN FROM THE DEAD. While the disciples came to land, in one way or the other, the lord had kindled afire and provided both bread and fish for breakfast. Note the narration of details peculiar to an eye-witness.... [ Continue Reading ]
SO WHEN THEY HAD DINED, JESUS SAITH TO SIMON PETER, SIMON, SON OF JONAS, LOVEST THOU ME MORE THAN THESE? HE SAITH UNTO HIM, YEA, LORD; THOU KNOWEST THAT I LOVE THEE. HE SAITH UNTO HIM, FEED MY LAMBS.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE TEST OF PETER'S LOVE. The Lord's threefold question:... [ Continue Reading ]
HE SAITH TO HIM AGAIN THE SECOND TIME, SIMON, SON OF JONAS, LOVEST THOU ME? HE SAITH UNTO HIM, YEA, LORD; THOU KNOWEST THAT I LOVE THEE. HE SAITH UNTO HIM, FEED MY SHEEP.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE SAITH UNTO HIM THE THIRD TIME, SIMON, SON OF JONAS, LOVEST THOU ME? PETER WAS GRIEVED BECAUSE HE SAID UNTO HIM THE THIRD TIME, LOVEST THOU ME? AND HE SAID UNTO HIM, LORD, THOU KNOWEST ALL THINGS; THOU KNOWEST THAT I LOVE THEE. JESUS SAITH UNTO HIM, FEED MY SHEEP. When the disciples had finished t... [ Continue Reading ]
VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO THEE, WHEN THOU WAST YOUNG, THOU GIRDEDST THYSELF, AND WALKEDST WHITHER THOU WOULDEST; BUT WHEN THOU SHALT BE OLD, THOU SHALT STRETCH FORTH THY HANDS, AND ANOTHER SHALL GIRD THEE, AND CARRY THEE WHITHER THOU WOULDEST NOT.... [ Continue Reading ]
A prophecy concerning Peter:... [ Continue Reading ]
THIS SPAKE HE, SIGNIFYING BY WHAT DEATH HE SHOULD GLORIFY GOD. AND WHEN HE HAD SPOKEN THIS, HE SAITH UNTO HIM, FOLLOW ME. The interview with Peter affected also the Lord very deeply, because His love for His disciples was most cordial. Referring probably to the action of Peter in girding his coat ab... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN PETER, TURNING ABOUT, SEETH THE DISCIPLE WHOM JESUS LOVED FOLLOWING; WHICH ALSO LEANED ON HIS BREAST AT SUPPER AND SAID, LORD, WHICH IS HE THAT BETRAYETH THEE?__... [ Continue Reading ]
The reference to John:... [ Continue Reading ]
PETER, SEEING HIM, SAITH TO JESUS, LORD, AND WHAT SHALL THIS MAN DO?... [ Continue Reading ]
JESUS SAITH UNTO HIM, IF I WILL THAT HE TARRY TILL I COME, WHAT IS THAT TO THEE? FOLLOW THOU ME.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN WENT THIS SAYING ABROAD AMONG THE BRETHREN THAT THAT DISCIPLE SHOULD NOT DIE; YET JESUS SAID NOT UNTO HIM, HE SHALL NOT DIE; BUT, IF I WILL THAT HE TARRY TILL I COME, WHAT IS THAT TO THEE? Peter was not yet altogether healed of his impetuousness. As he was walking along with Jesus, he could not... [ Continue Reading ]
THIS IS THE DISCIPLE WHICH TESTIFIETH OF THESE THINGS AND WROTE THESE THINGS; AND WE KNOW THAT HIS TESTIMONY IS TRUE.... [ Continue Reading ]
Conclusion:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THERE ARE ALSO MANY OTHER THINGS WHICH JESUS DID, THE WHICH, IF THEY SHOULD BE WRITTEN EVERY ONE, I SUPPOSE THAT EVEN THE WORLD ITSELF COULD NOT CONTAIN THE BOOKS THAT SHOULD BE WRITTEN. AMEN. Here John, in a final note, defends the trustworthiness of the record which he has offered in his gosp... [ Continue Reading ]