John 21:7

Therefore that disciple, whom Jesus loved, said to Peter, It is the Lord. Simon Peter, when he had heard that it is the Lord, girt him (self) with a coat, for he was naked, 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

6He said to them, Put ye [or Send ye] the net into the right half of the rowing (or Throw the net onto the right side of the boat), and ye shall find (something). And they putted [or sent] the net; and then they might not draw it (in) for (the) multitude of fishes.

8But the other disciples came by boat, for they were not far from the land, but as (of) a two hundred cubits [or but as it were two hundred cubits], drawing the net of fishes.

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Cross References

Psalms 118:23This thing is made of the Lord; and it is wonderful before our eyes. (This thing was done by the Lord; and it is wonderful to behold.)

Matthew 14:28And Peter answered, and said, Lord, if thou art (thee), (or if it is thee), command me to come to thee on the waters.

Luke 2:11For a Saviour is born today to you, that is Christ the Lord (or who is the Messiah the Lord), in the city of David.

John 13:23And so one of his disciples was resting in the bosom of Jesus, whom Jesus loved. (And one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was sitting close beside Jesus.)

John 20:2Therefore she ran, and came to Simon Peter, and to another disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith to them, They have taken (away) the Lord from the grave, (or and said to them, They have taken the Lord away from the tomb), and we know not, where they have laid him.

John 20:28Thomas answered, and said to him, 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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