John 21:12 BSB — MannaFest

John 21:12

“Come, have breakfast,” Jesus said to them. None of the disciples dared to ask Him, “Who are You?” They knew it was the Lord.

BSB

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ASV

Jesus saith unto them, Come and break your fast. And none of the disciples durst inquire of him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord.

KJV

Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord.

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Commentary

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On this verse

Gregory the Dialogist

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (604)

(Hom. xxiv.) By holding this last feast with seven disciples, he declares that they only who are full of the sevenfold grace of the Holy Spirit, shall be with Him in the eternal feast. Time also is reckoned by periods of seven days, and perfection is often designated by the number seven. They therefore feast upon the presence of the Truth in that last banquet, who now strive for perfection.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century4 voices

Adam Clarke

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Come and dine - Δευτε αριϚησατε. Though this is the literal translation of the word, yet it must be observed that it was not dinner time, being as yet early in the morning, Joh 21:4; but Kypke has largely shown that the original word is used by Homer, Xenophon, and Plutarch, to signify breakfast, or any early meal, as well as what we term dinner. It might perhaps appear singular, otherwise it would be as agreeable to the use of the Greek word, to have translated it, come and breakfast.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: John (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1869)

The appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ after His resurrection, described in these verses, is a deeply interesting portion of the Gospel history. The circumstances attending it have always been regarded as highly allegorical and figurative, in every age of the Church. It may, however, be justly doubted whether commentators and interpreters have not gone too far in this direction. It is quite possible to spiritualize and filter away the narratives of the Gospels, until we completely lose sight of the plain meaning of words.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 633: “Two Loving Invitations” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1865)

THE one text is in the beginning and the other at the end of John's Gospel. There is a mystery here. Here is typified a growth which it were well for us to understand. "Come and see," is for babes in Grace—"Come and dine," is for strong men in Christ Jesus. We must notice the order. "Come and see," is the beginning of spiritual life as it is the beginning of this Gospel. "Come and dine," is a high after-privilege of the spiritual life and a blessed result of it.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2072: “Breakfast With Jesus” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1889)

THE Lord Jesus is thoughtful of bodily wants. In His earlier days He fed multitudes of people, on two grand occasions, with bread and fish. And now that He has died and risen from the dead and is in the body of His Glory, He still thinks of the hungering bodies of men and calls to the fishermen, "Children, have you any meat?" Finding that they have nothing, He makes a breakfast for them. "Come and break your fast" falls very condescendingly from His lips and it proves to us how He cares for the temporal needs of the poor.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Λέγει	Legei	Says	G3004 →
αὐτοῖς	autois	to them	G846 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰησοῦς·	Iēsous	Jesus;	G2424 →
δεῦτε	deute	Come	G1205 →
ἀριστήσατε.	aristēsate	do have breakfast.	G709 →
οὐδεὶς	oudeis	None	G3762 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
ἐτόλμα	etolma	was daring	G5111 →
τῶν	tōn	of the	G3588 →
μαθητῶν	mathētōn	disciples	G3101 →
ἐξετάσαι	exetasai	to ask	G1833 →
αὐτόν·	auton	Him;	G846 →
σὺ	su	You yourself	G4771 →
τίς	tis	who	G5101 →
εἶ;	ei	are?	G1510 →
εἰδότες	eidotes	knowing
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
κύριός	kurios	Lord	G2962 →
ἐστιν.¶	estin	it is.	G1510 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 21:15
When they had finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love Me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus replied, “Feed My lambs.”
leads to
- Isaiah 40:11
  He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.
- 1 John 4:19
  We love because He first loved us.
- Romans 15:1
  We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves.
- 2 Corinthians 5:14–15
  For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.
- 1 Peter 1:8
  Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,
Through
Mark 9:32
But they did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.
leads to
- Luke 18:34
  But the disciples did not understand any of these things. The meaning was hidden from them, and they did not comprehend what He was saying.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Luke 2:50
  But they did not understand the statement He was making to them.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- John 12:16
  At first His disciples did not understand these things, but after Jesus was glorified they remembered what had been done to Him, and they realized that these very things had also been written about…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.