Later, Jesus appeared again to the disciples beside the Sea of Galilee.
This is how it happened. Several of the disciples were there—
Simon Peter, Thomas (nicknamed the Twin),
Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples.
3 Simon Peter said, “I’m going fishing.”
“We’ll come, too,” they all said.
So they went out in the boat, but they caught nothing all night.
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“The fishing expedition plainly reveals the uncertainly of the disciples,
an uncertainty which contrasts sharply
with their assured sense of purpose from the day of Pentecost on.”
Leon Morris
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4 At dawn Jesus was standing on the beach,
but the disciples couldn’t see who he was.
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Like Mary Magdalene and the two on the road to Emmaus had,
the disciples did not recognize Him.
But He knew them and met there where they were.
Just as He knows us and meets us where we are. [PR]
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5 He called out, “Fellows, have you caught any fish?”
“No,” they replied.
6 Then he said, “Throw out your net on the right-hand side of the boat,
and you’ll get some!” So they did, and they couldn’t haul in the net
because there were so many fish in it.
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Did they, especially Peter, remember that a similar thing happened before?
See Luke 5:1-11 NLT.
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7 Then the disciple Jesus loved said to Peter, “It’s the Lord!”
When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord,
he put on his tunic (for he had stripped for work),
jumped into the water, and headed to shore.
8 The others stayed with the boat and pulled the loaded net to the shore,
for they were only about a hundred yards from shore.
9 When they got there, they found breakfast waiting for them—
fish cooking over a charcoal fire, and some bread.
10 “Bring some of the fish you’ve just caught,” Jesus said.
11 So Simon Peter went aboard and dragged the net to the shore.
There were 153 large fish, and yet the net hadn’t torn.
12 “Now come and have some breakfast!” Jesus said.
None of the disciples dared to ask him, “Who are you?” They knew it was the Lord.
13 Then Jesus served them the bread and the fish.
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Did this remind them of the time Jesus served 5000+ people with fish and bread?
See Mark 6:41 NLT
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14 This was the third time Jesus had appeared to his disciples
since he had been raised from the dead.
John 21:1-14 NLT