John 21:9 BSB — MannaFest

John 21:9

When they landed, they saw a charcoal fire there with fish on it, and some bread.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

So when they got out upon the land, they see a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.

KJV

As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

AGAINST JOHN OF JERUSALEM 34 (420)

Our Lord ate to prove the resurrection, not to give his palate the pleasure of tasting of honey. He asked for a fish broiled on the coals that he might confirm the doubting apostles who did not dare approach him because they thought they saw not a body but a spirit.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

As soon then as they were come to land,.... As soon as they were come out of the ship, and safe on shore, not only Peter, but all the rest of the disciples: they saw a fire of coals there: on the shore, to their great surprise: and fish laid there; which could not be any that they had taken, for, as yet, the net was not drawn up, and the fish took out: and bread; not upon the coals baking, but hard by, being ready prepared to eat with the fish, when sufficiently broiled.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

They saw a fire ... - We have no knowledge whence this was produced - whether it was, as Grotius supposes, by a miracle, or whether it was a place occupied by other fishermen, where they also might cook the fish which they had caught. As no miracle is mentioned, however, there is no reason for supposing that any existed in the case.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ὡς	Hōs	When	G5613 →
οὖν	oun	therefore	G3767 →
ἀπέβησαν	apebēsan	they got out	G576 →
εἰς	eis	onto	G1519 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
γῆν,	gēn	land,	G1093 →
βλέπουσιν	blepousin	they see	G991 →
ἀνθρακιὰν	anthrakian	a fire of coals	G439 →
κειμένην	keimenēn	lying	G2749 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ὀψάριον	opsarion	fish	G3795 →
ἐπικείμενον	epikeimenon	lying on [it]	G1945 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἄρτον.	arton	bread.	G740 →

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 walk7

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 18:18
Because it was cold, the servants and officers were standing around a charcoal fire they had made to keep warm. And Peter was also standing with them, warming himself.
leads to
- Mark 14:54
  Peter followed Him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest. And he sat with the officers and warmed himself by the fire.
- Luke 22:55–56
  When those present had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat down among them.
- John 18:25
  Simon Peter was still standing and warming himself. So they asked him, “Aren’t you also one of His disciples?” He denied it and said, “I am not.”
- Mark 14:67
  and saw him warming himself there. She looked at Peter and said, “You also were with Jesus the Nazarene.”
- Psalms 26:4–10
  I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.
Through
John 21:13
Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and He did the same with the fish.
leads to
- Acts 10:41
  not by all the people, but by the witnesses God had chosen beforehand, by us who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead.
- Luke 24:42–43
  So they gave Him a piece of broiled fish,