Thematic Bible
John 21:1 (show verse)
After this, Jesus revealed Himself again to His disciples by the Sea of Tiberias. He revealed Himself in this way:
John 21:2 (show verse)
Simon Peter, Thomas (called “Twin”), Nathanael from Cana of Galilee, Zebedee’s sons, and two others of His disciples were together.
John 21:3 (show verse)
“I’m going fishing,” Simon Peter said to them.
“We’re coming with you,” they told him. They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.
“We’re coming with you,” they told him. They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.
John 21:4 (show verse)
When daybreak came, Jesus stood on the shore. However, the disciples did not know it was Jesus.
John 21:5 (show verse)
“No,” they answered.
John 21:6 (show verse)
John 21:7 (show verse)
Therefore the disciple, the one Jesus loved, said to Peter, “It is the Lord!”
When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he tied his outer garment around him (for he was stripped) and plunged into the sea.
When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he tied his outer garment around him
John 21:8 (show verse)
But since they were not far from land (about 100 yards away), the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish.
John 21:9 (show verse)
When they got out on land, they saw a charcoal fire there, with fish lying on it, and bread.
John 21:10 (show verse)
John 21:11 (show verse)
So Simon Peter got up and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish—153 of them. Even though there were so many, the net was not torn.
John 21:12 (show verse)
John 21:13 (show verse)
Jesus came, took the bread, and gave it to them. He did the same with the fish.
John 21:14 (show verse)
This was now the third time Jesus appeared to the disciples after He was raised from the dead.
John 21:15 (show verse)
When they had eaten breakfast, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than these?”
“Yes, Lord,” he said to Him, “You know that I love You.”
“Feed My lambs,” He told him.
“Yes, Lord,” he said to Him, “You know that I love You.”
John 21:16 (show verse)
A second time He asked him, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me?”
“Yes, Lord,” he said to Him, “You know that I love You.”
“Shepherd My sheep,” He told him.
“Yes, Lord,” he said to Him, “You know that I love You.”
John 21:17 (show verse)
He asked him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me?”
Peter was grieved that He asked him the third time, “Do you love Me?” He said, “Lord, You know everything! You know that I love You.”
“Feed My sheep,” Jesus said.
Peter was grieved
John 21:18 (show verse)
John 21:19 (show verse)
He said this to signify by what kind of death he would glorify God. After saying this, He told him, “Follow Me!”
John 21:20 (show verse)
So Peter turned around and saw the disciple Jesus loved following them. That disciple was the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper and asked, “Lord, who is the one that’s going to betray You?”
John 21:21 (show verse)
When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, “Lord—what about him?”
John 21:22 (show verse)
John 21:23 (show verse)
So this report spread to the brothers that this disciple would not die. Yet Jesus did not tell him that he would not die, but, “If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you?”
John 21:24 (show verse)
This is the disciple who testifies to these things and who wrote them down. We know that his testimony is true.
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John 21:25 (show verse)
And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which, if they were written one by one, I suppose not even the world itself could contain the books that would be written.
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