John 21:5

He called to them. "Children," He said, "have you any food there?" "No," they answered.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

4When, however, day was now dawning, Jesus stood on the beach, though the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.

6"Throw the net in on the right hand side," He said, "and you will find fish." So they threw the net in, and now they could scarcely drag it along for the quantity of fish.

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Cross References

Mark 8:7They had also a few small fish. He blessed them, and He told His disciples to distribute these also.

Philippians 4:11I do not refer to this through fear of privation, for (for my part) I have learned, whatever be my outward experiences, to be content.

Hebrews 13:5Your lives should be untainted by love for money. Be content with what you have; for God Himself has said, "I will never, never let go your hand: I will never never forsake you."

1 John 2:18Dear children, the last hour has come; and as you once heard that there was to be an anti-Christ, so even now many anti-Christs have appeared. By this we may know that the last hour has come.

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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