John 21:3 BSB — MannaFest

John 21:3

Simon Peter told them, “I am going fishing.” “We will go with you,” they said. So they went out and got into the boat, but caught nothing that night.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also come with thee. They went forth, and entered into the boat; and that night they took nothing.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

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Voices6

On this verse

Gregory the Dialogist

Forty Gospel Homilies, Homily 24 (604)

It can be asked why Peter, who was a fisherman before his conversion, returned to fishing after his conversion; and since the Truth says: "No one putting his hand to the plow and looking back is fit for the kingdom of God," why did he return to what he had left behind? But if the virtue of discernment is examined, it is quickly seen that indeed the occupation which existed without sin before conversion was not a fault to take up again even after conversion.

The record, by era

The Reformation1 voice

John Calvin

1509–1564

Commentaries (1554)

Meanwhile, they do what they were accustomed to do, and what belonged to men in private life. It is true that Paul, in the midst of his employment as a preacher, gained the support of his life by his own hands, but it was for a different reason; for his time was so arranged, that the labors of his hands did not withdraw him from teaching.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Some think they did amiss in returning to their boats and nets, which they had left; but then Christ would not have countenanced them in it with a visit. It was rather commendable in them; for they did it, (1.) To redeem time, and not be idle. They were not yet appointed to preach the resurrection of Christ.

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Albert Barnes

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

That night they caught nothing - This was so ordered in the providence of God that the miracle which was performed might appear more remarkable.

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.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

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Original language & word study

26 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
λέγει	legei	Says	G3004 →
αὐτοῖς	autois	to them	G846 →
Σίμων	Simōn	Simon	G4613 →
Πέτρος·	Petros	Peter;	G4074 →
ὑπάγω	hupagō	I am going	G5217 →
ἁλιεύειν.	halieuein	to fish.	G232 →
λέγουσιν	legousin	They say	G3004 →
αὐτῷ·	autō	to him;	G846 →
ἐρχόμεθα	erchometha	Come	G2064 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
ἡμεῖς	hēmeis	we ourselves	G3165 →
σὺν	sun	with	G4862 →
σοί.	soi	you.	G4771 →
ἐξῆλθον	exēlthon	They went forth	G1831 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐνέβησαν	enebēsan	they climbed	G1684 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
πλοῖον	ploion	boat	G4143 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐν	en	during	G1722 →
ἐκείνῃ	ekeinē	that [very]	G1565 →
τῇ	tēa	<the>	G3588 →
νυκτὶ	nukti	night	G3571 →
ἐπίασαν	epiasan	they caught	G4084 →
οὐδέν.	ouden	no [thing].	G3762 →

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
Luke 5:5
“Master,” Simon replied, “we have worked hard all night without catching anything. But because You say so, I will let down the nets.”
leads to
- John 2:5
  His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.”
- John 15:14
  You are My friends if you do what I command you.
- Luke 6:46–48
  Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ but not do what I say?
- 2 Kings 5:10–14
  Then Elisha sent him a messenger, who said, “Go and wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored, and you will be clean.”
- Ezekiel 37:4–7
  And He said to me, “Prophesy concerning these bones and tell them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD!
Through
1 Thessalonians 2:9
Surely you recall, brothers, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to anyone while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
leads to
- 2 Thessalonians 3:7–9
  For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not undisciplined among you,
- 2 Corinthians 11:9
  And when I was with you and in need, I was not a burden to anyone; for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my needs. I have refrained from being a burden to…
- Acts 18:3
  and he stayed and worked with them because they were tentmakers by trade, just as he was.