John 21:7

So the disciple who was dear to Jesus said to Peter, It is the Lord! Hearing that it was the Lord, Peter put his coat round him (because he was not clothed) and went into the sea.

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In The King James Version

Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his fisher’s coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea.

In Context

6And he said to them, Let down the net on the right side of the boat and you will get some. So they put it in the water and now they were not able to get it up again because of the great number of fish.

8And the other disciples came in the little boat (they were not far from land, only about two hundred cubits off) pulling the net full of fish.

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Cross References

Psalms 118:23This is the Lord's doing; it is a wonder in our eyes.

Matthew 14:28And Peter, answering, said to him, Lord, if it is you, give me the order to come to you on the water.

Luke 2:11For on this day, in the town of David, a Saviour has come to birth, who is Christ the Lord.

John 13:23There was at table one of his disciples, the one dear to Jesus, resting his head on Jesus' breast.

John 20:2Then she went running to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple who was loved by Jesus, and said to them, They have taken away the Lord out of the place of the dead and we have no knowledge where they have put him.

John 20:28And Thomas said in answer, My Lord and my God!

Matthew Henry on John 21:2-15

Christ with His Disciples. 1 After these things Jesus showed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise showed he himself. 2 There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples. 3 Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing. 4 But when the morning was now come,… Read the whole commentary →

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