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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

John 21 - Introduction

* Christ appears to his disciples. (1-14) His discourse with Peter. (15-19) Christ's declaration concerning John. (20-24) The conclusion. (25)

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See also John 21 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JOHN 21. THE APPENDIX. It is pure dogmatism to assert that after the solemn ending of ch. 20 the author could not have added to his work. But 21 is clearly an appendix, added after the completion of t...

  • B. W. Johnson's Bible Commentary

    CHAPTER XXI. This chapter is regarded by all modern critics as an appendix to John's Gospel, probably written at. later day than the body of the work. The reason for this view is not that its subject...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The Epilogue or Appendix This Epilogue to a certain extent balances the Prologue, the main body of the Gospel in two great divisions lying in between them; but with this difference, that the Prologue...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    USEFUL IN THE LORD'S WORK JOHN TWENTY ONE John 21:1-25 allows us to observe another appearance of Jesus to the apostles. Peter led several of the apostles on a fishing trip. It is of interest that Jes...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _CHRIST APPEARING AGAIN TO HIS DISCIPLES, IS KNOWN TO THEM BY THE GREAT DRAUGHT OF FISHES: HE DINETH WITH THEM; EARNESTLY COMMANDETH PETER TO FEED HIS LAMBS AND SHEEP; FORETELLETH HIM OF HIS DEATH; RE...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE An epilogue is defined: A concluding section, as of a novel, serving to complete the plan of the work. The twenty-first chapter of John's gospel is his epilogue. It is parallel to t...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:2 _ He_ (c-1) In John, the personal pronoun, generally emphatic in Greek where inserted, is used so constantly that it can hardly be considered such in many cases, but certain instances which are c...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    XXI. [7. THE EPILOGUE TO THE GOSPEL. THE LINK BETWEEN THE PAST AND THE FUTURE (John 21). (1) THE DRAUGHT OF FISHES (John 21:1). (2) THE BREAKFAST. THE THIRD MANIFESTATION OF JESUS TO THE DISCIPLE...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 21. _ Supplementary chapter in which Jesus again manifests Himself after the resurrection_. [There is no reason why this chapter should be ascribed to a different hand. The style is the same...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE EPILOGUE - JESUS APPEARS TO HIS DISCIPLES - THE RESTORATION OF PETER (JOHN 21). The Gospel appears to come to a perfectly satisfactory conclusion in John 20:30, which comes immediately after the c...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    PART VII. (B.) _THE EPILOGUE_ CHAPTER 21 THE RISEN CHRIST AT THE LAKE OF GALILEE 1. The unsuccessful toil and the miraculous draught of fishes (John 21:1). 2. The morning meal on the shore—the thi...

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