The Risen Jesus Appears to the Disciples in Galilee (21:1-14)

• Narrator's Introduction: Jesus "revealed himself" again to his disciples at the Sea of Tiberias; disciples listed:
  Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus, Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others (vv. 1-2)

  • Simon Peter: "I am going fishing." (v. 3a); They: "We also will come with you." (v. 3b); 
    Narrator: They went out but caught nothing that night (v. 3c)

    • Narrator: At dawn, Jesus was standing on the shore, but the disciples did not recognize him. (v. 4)

    • Jesus: "Children, have you caught anything to eat?" (v. 5a); They: "No." (v. 5b); Jesus: "Cast the net over the right side of the boat and you will find something." (v. 6a); Narrator: They cast, but couldn't pull the net in, due to the number of fish (v. 6b)

      • Disciple whom Jesus loved, to Peter: "It is the Lord." (v. 7a)

    • Narrator: Simon Peter hears, puts on his clothes, and jumps into the sea; other disciples bring boat to the shore, dragging the net with fish. On shore, they see a charcoal fire with fish and bread. (vv. 7b-9)

  • Jesus: "Bring some of the fish you just caught." (v. 10); Narrator: Simon Peter goes, drags net ashore, full of 153 large fish (v. 11); Jesus: "Come, have breakfast." (v.12a)

• Narrator's Conclusion: None of the disciples ask, 'Who are you?' because they knew it was the Lord.  
  Jesus took bread and gave it to them; likewise the fish. This was the third time Jesus was revealed to the disciples after he had been raised from the dead (vv. 12b-14)

Jesus and Simon Peter (21:15-19)

• Narrator: When they had finished breakfast...(v. 15a)
• Jesus: "Simon, son of John, do you love me [agapas] more than these?" (v. 15a)

  • Simon Peter: "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you [filo]." (v. 15b)

    • Jesus: "Feed my lambs." (v. 15c)
• Jesus: "Simon, son of John, do you love me [agapas]?" (v. 16a)
  • Peter: "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you [filo]." (v. 16b)
    • Jesus: "Tend my sheep." (v. 16c)
• Jesus: "Simon, son of John, do you love me [fileis]?" (v. 17a)
  • Peter, distressed that Jesus asked him a third time: "Lord, you know everything, you know that I love you [filo]." (v. 17bc)
    • Jesus: "Feed my sheep." (v. 17d)
• Jesus: "Amen, Amen, [when you were younger... vs. when you grow old...] (v.18)
• Narrator: This foretells Peter's death (v. 19a)
• Jesus: "Follow me" (v. 19b)

Peter and the Beloved Disciple (21:20-23)

• Narrator: Peter turns and sees the Beloved Disciple following; flashback to his role at the Last Supper (v. 20)
  • Peter: "Lord, what about him?" (v. 21)
  • Jesus: "What if I want him to remain until I come?  What concern is it of yours?  You follow me." (v. 22)
• Narrator: Rumor that the Beloved Disciple would not die - reported and corrected (v. 23)

The Second Conclusion to the Gospel (21:24-25)

• Narrator: "This is the disciple who is testifying to these things and has written them, and we know that his testimony is true.
  But there are also many other things that Jesus did;
  if every one of them were written down, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written." (vv. 24-25)

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