João 21

Jesus Appears to Seven Disciples

1 Jesus later appeared to his disciples along the shore of Lake Tiberias. 2 Simon Peter, Thomas the Twin, Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, and the brothers James and John,*21.2 the brothers James and John: Greek "the two sons of Zebedee." were there, together with two other disciples. 3 *Lk 5.5.Simon Peter said, "I’m going fishing!"

The others said, "We will go with you." They went out in their boat. But they didn’t catch a thing that night.

4 Early the next morning Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not realize who he was. 5 Jesus shouted, "Friends, have you caught anything?"

"No!" they answered.

6 *Lk 5.6.So he told them, "Let your net down on the right side of your boat, and you will catch some fish."

They did, and the net was so full of fish that they could not drag it up into the boat.

7 Jesus' favorite disciple told Peter, "It’s the Lord!" When Simon heard it was the Lord, he put on the clothes he had taken off while he was working. Then he jumped into the water. 8 The boat was only about 100 meters from shore. So the other disciples stayed in the boat and dragged in the net full of fish.

9 When the disciples got out of the boat, they saw some bread and a charcoal fire with fish on it. 10 Jesus told his disciples, "Bring some of the fish you just caught." 11 Simon Peter got back into the boat and dragged the net to shore. In it were 153 large fish, but still the net did not rip.