A.D. 30. Age 33. Sea of Galilee.
John 21, 1-25.
JESUS shewed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; * and on this wise: there were together Simon Peter and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples.
Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say, We go with thee. They entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing.
But when the morning was come, Jesus stood on the shore: but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus. Then saith he unto them,
They answered, No. And he said,
They cast; and as soon as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread. Jesus saith,
Peter drew the net to land full of great fishes, and for all there were so many; yet was not the net broken.
Jesus saith unto them,
Jesus then taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish likewise.
¶So when they had dined, Jesus saith,
He saith, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith,
He saith the second time,
He saith, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith,
He saith the third time,
Peter was grieved because he said the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him,
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shall be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.
This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And he saith unto Peter,
Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple following, whom Jesus loved. * Seeing him, Peter saith, Lord, and what shall this man do? Jesus answered,
This is the disciple * which testifieth of these things: and wrote these things. And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written.
141:* Sea of Tiberias: Another name of the sea of Galilee (John 6, 1). Still another name was lake of Gennesaret (Luke 5, 1).
142:* John (John 21, 20-24).