John 21:9-12

As soon—as they were come to land,— When the disciples came ashore, they found a fire burning, which Jesus had miraculously prepared, and fish laid thereon, and bread. But neither being sufficient for the company, or perhaps to shew them the reality of the miracle, by making them attend to the number and size of the fishes they had caught, and to the net's not being broken, Jesus ordered them to bring some of their own. It will not be judged, I hope, too minute to observe, after some writers of the first credit, that it appears from the best natural historians, that 153 (John 21:11.) is the exact number of the different species of fishes; and it is inferred from this passage, that persons of all nations and conditions should enter into the Christian church.