John 21:5

He called out to them, “Friends, have you got any fish?” They said, “No. Nothing.”

Plain English Version

In The King James Version

Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat? They answered him, No.

In Context

4Early in the morning, just before the sun came up, they saw a man standing on the land. It was Jesus, but they didn’t know that it was him.

6Jesus said, “Throw your net over the other side of the boat, the right-hand side. You will get fish there.” So they did what he said. They threw their net over the right-hand side of the boat, and it caught lots of fish. They tried to pull the net back into the boat, but they couldn’t do it, because all the fish in it made it too heavy.

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Cross References

Mark 8:7Somebody had some little fish there, and they gave them to Jesus, and he said, “Thank you God for these fish.” Then Jesus also gave the fish to his followers, to give out to the people.

Philippians 4:11I’m not saying this because I need anything. I have learned to be happy, no matter what happens to me.

1 John 2:18My Christian friends, listen to this. We know that these are the last days of this world, and soon Jesus will come back. Remember we told you that Jesus Christ’s enemy is going to come in the last days of this world. Well, lots of Jesus’s enemies are already here. So we know for sure that these are the last days of this world.

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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