John 21:8 BSB — MannaFest

John 21:8

The other disciples came ashore in the boat. They dragged in the net full of fish, for they were not far from land, only about a hundred yards.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

But the other disciples came in the little boat (for they were not far from the land, but about two hundred cubits off), dragging the net full of fishes.

KJV

And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they were not far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes.

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Commentary

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On this verse

Bonaventure

Commentary on John, Chapter 21 (1257)

According to the spiritual understanding: fishermen fishing by night caught nothing; when morning came, Jesus appeared, and they filled the nets, and being two hundred cubits distant from land, they drew in the nets. — The fishermen are preachers; Jeremiah 16: Behold, I will send …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Some excel, as Peter and John; are very eminent in gifts and graces, and are thereby distinguished from their brethren; others are but ordinary disciples, that mind their duty, and are faithful to him, but do nothing to make themselves remarkable; and yet both the one and the other, the eminent and the obscure, shall sit down together with Christ in glory; nay, and perhaps the last shall be first.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

He whom Jesus loved was the first that said, It is the Lord; for those whom Christ loves he will in a special manner manifest himself to: his secret is with his favourites. John had adhered more closely to his Master in his sufferings than any of them: and therefore he has a clearer eye and a more discerning judgment than any of them, in recompence for his constancy.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Dragging the net - It is probable that this was that species of fishing in which the net was stretched from the shore out into the sea; the persons who were in the boat, and who shot the net, fetched a compass, and bringing in a hawser, which was attached to the other end of the net, those who were on shore helped them to drag it in.

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.

Modern Voices1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 3481: “Visits From the Lord” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1915)

UNTIL our Lord should pour out the Spirit upon His Apostles, they had to wait. It was expedient for them that He should go away and ascend into His Glory. Then when He had received gifts for men and had distributed those gifts, they would be able to go forth in the power of the Spirit, preaching the Gospel. Until then they must wait, and they must not be idle. Therefore they returned to their ordinary trades and once again the little boat plowed the familiar waves of the sea of Tiberias.

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Original language & word study

24 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
οἱ	hoi	<the>	G3588 →
δὲ	de	And	G1161 →
ἄλλοι	alloi	the other	G243 →
μαθηταὶ	mathētai	disciples	G3101 →
τῷ	tō	in the	G3588 →
πλοιαρίῳ	ploiariō	boat	G4142 →
ἦλθον·	ēlthon	came;	G2064 →
οὐ	ou	not	G3756 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
ἦσαν	ēsan	were they	G1510 →
μακρὰν	makran	far	G3112 →
ἀπὸ	apo	from	G575 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
γῆς	gēs	land	G1093 →
ἀλλ᾽	all᾽	but	G235 →
ὡς	hōs	about	G5613 →
ἀπὸ	apo	away	G575 →
πηχῶν	pēchōn	cubits	G4083 →
διακοσίων	diakosiōn	two hundred	G1250 →
σύροντες	surontes	dragging	G4951 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
δίκτυον	diktuon	net	G1350 →
τῶν	tōn	with the	G3588 →
ἰχθύων.¶	ichthuōn	fish.	G2486 →

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 walk5

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
Deuteronomy 3:11
(For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)
leads to
- Genesis 14:5
  In the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him went out and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
- 2 Samuel 12:26
  Meanwhile, Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal fortress.
- Jeremiah 49:2
  Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will sound the battle cry against Rabbah of the Ammonites. It will become a heap of ruins, and its villages will be burned.…
- Amos 2:9
  Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, though his height was like that of the cedars, and he was as strong as the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit above and…
- Deuteronomy 2:11
  Like the Anakites, they were also regarded as Rephaim, though the Moabites called them Emites.