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For Pope John 21, see <a href="/wiki/Pope_John_XXI" title="Pope John XXI">Pope John XXI</a>.</div> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Chapter of the New Testament</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above">John 21</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div style="float: left;">← <a href="/wiki/John_20" title="John 20">chapter 20</a></div><div style="float: right;"><a href="/wiki/Acts_1" title="Acts 1">Acts 1</a> →</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Papyrus122.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Papyrus122.jpg/200px-Papyrus122.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Papyrus122.jpg/300px-Papyrus122.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Papyrus122.jpg/400px-Papyrus122.jpg 2x" data-file-width="537" data-file-height="787" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><div style="width: 250px; text-align: center; line-height: 1em">John 21:11–14, 22–24 in <a href="/wiki/Papyrus_122" title="Papyrus 122">Papyrus 122</a> (4th/5th century)</div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Book</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_John" title="Gospel of John">Gospel of John</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Category</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gospel" title="Gospel">Gospel</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Christian Bible part</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Order in the Christian part</th><td class="infobox-data">4</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>John 21</b> is the twenty-first and final <a href="/wiki/Chapters_and_verses_of_the_Bible" title="Chapters and verses of the Bible">chapter</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_John" title="Gospel of John">Gospel of John</a> in the <a href="/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Christian_Bible" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian Bible">Christian Bible</a>. It contains an account of a <a href="/wiki/Resurrection_of_Jesus#Biblical_accounts" title="Resurrection of Jesus">post-crucifixion appearance</a> in <a href="/wiki/Galilee" title="Galilee">Galilee</a>, which the text describes as the third time <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a> had appeared to his disciples. In the course of this chapter, there is a miraculous <a href="/wiki/Catch_of_153_fish" class="mw-redirect" title="Catch of 153 fish">catch of 153 fish</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Restoration_of_Peter" title="Restoration of Peter">confirmation of Peter's love for Jesus</a>, a foretelling of <a href="/wiki/Saint_Peter" title="Saint Peter">Peter</a>'s death, and a comment about the <a href="/wiki/Disciple_whom_Jesus_loved" title="Disciple whom Jesus loved">beloved disciple</a>'s future. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Text">Text</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_21&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Text"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The original text was written in <a href="/wiki/Koine_Greek" title="Koine Greek">Koine Greek</a>. <a href="/wiki/Chapters_and_verses_of_the_Bible" title="Chapters and verses of the Bible">This chapter is divided into</a> 25 verses. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Textual_witnesses">Textual witnesses</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_21&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Textual witnesses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are:<sup id="cite_ref-johannine_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-johannine-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_66" title="Papyrus 66">Papyrus 66</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> AD 200; extant verses 1–9, 12, 17)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_109" title="Papyrus 109">Papyrus 109</a> (3rd century; extant verses 18–20, 23–25)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Vaticanus" title="Codex Vaticanus">Codex Vaticanus</a> (325–350)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Sinaiticus" title="Codex Sinaiticus">Codex Sinaiticus</a> (330–360; complete)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_122" title="Papyrus 122">Papyrus 122</a> (4th/5th century; extant verses 11–14, 22–24)<sup id="cite_ref-INTF_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-INTF-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Bezae" title="Codex Bezae">Codex Bezae</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 400)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Alexandrinus" title="Codex Alexandrinus">Codex Alexandrinus</a> (400–440)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Ephraemi_Rescriptus" title="Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus">Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 450; complete)<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_59" title="Papyrus 59">Papyrus 59</a> (7th century; extant verses 7, 12–13, 15, 17–20, 23)<sup id="cite_ref-Aland_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aland-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_addition?"><span id="Later_addition.3F"></span>Later addition?</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_21&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Later addition?"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Scholarly_discussions">Scholarly discussions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_21&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Scholarly discussions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to <a href="/wiki/Helmut_Koester" title="Helmut Koester">Helmut Koester</a> (2000), similar to the <i><a href="/wiki/Jesus_and_the_woman_taken_in_adultery" title="Jesus and the woman taken in adultery">Pericope Adulterae</a></i>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+21:1–25&version=nkjv">John 21:1–25</a>, though present in all extant manuscripts, is also widely recognized as a later addition. A redactor is thought by some to have later added some text to the original author's work.<sup id="cite_ref-Koester_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Koester-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Arguments in favour of this hypothesis include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_20:30" title="John 20:30">John 20:30</a>–<a href="/wiki/John_20:31" title="John 20:31">31</a> could be 'the original ending of the gospel, which is repeated in an exaggerated version in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+21:25&version=nkjv">John 21:25</a>.'<sup id="cite_ref-Koester_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Koester-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 20:30–31 summarizes the many signs which Jesus performed for his followers, not all of which could be recorded in the Gospel.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Restoration_of_Peter" title="Restoration of Peter">Restoration of Peter</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+21:3–19&version=nkjv">John 21:3–19</a>) emphasises the ecclesiastical leadership of <a href="/wiki/Saint_Peter" title="Saint Peter">Peter</a>, which may indicate that this addition was intended to take a side in 'a later discussion on competing claims of apostolic authorities', especially in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+21:15–17&version=nkjv">John 21:15–17</a>, in which Jesus instructs Peter to 'Tend my sheep!', meaning to lead the flock (=<a href="/wiki/Laity" title="Laity">lay people</a>) as a <a href="/wiki/Pastor#History" title="Pastor">pastor</a> (literally 'shepherd').<sup id="cite_ref-Koester_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Koester-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The part about the <a href="/wiki/Disciple_whom_Jesus_loved" title="Disciple whom Jesus loved">disciple whom Jesus loved</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+21:20–24&version=nkjv">John 21:20–24</a>) 'underlines the authority of the special tradition of this gospel as the report of an eyewitness.'<sup id="cite_ref-Koester_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Koester-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In particular, <a href="#Verse_24">21:24</a> shows a close resemblance to the earlier comment about the reliability of the eyewitness in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+19:35&version=nkjv">John 19:35</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Koester_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Koester-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This assertion to the credibility of the gospel, with the claim that it is based on an eyewitness account, seems to be at odds with the climax of the original gospel, where, after <a href="/wiki/Doubting_Thomas" title="Doubting Thomas">Doubting Thomas</a> comes to believe in Jesus's resurrection, those who believe <i>without having seen</i> are blessed above those who need evidence in order to believe (<a href="/wiki/John_20:24" title="John 20:24">John 20:24</a>–<a href="/wiki/John_20:29" title="John 20:29">29</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-Koester_8-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Koester-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Scholars opposing a later addition by another author have argued the following: </p> <ul><li>No existing manuscript of the Gospel of John omits chapter 21.<sup id="cite_ref-Koester_8-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Koester-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooke_Foss_Westcott" title="Brooke Foss Westcott">Westcott</a> proposed a theory that the author simply decided to add an additional incident at some time after writing the book, but before final publication. In this view, the redactor and the original author are the same person.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Guthrie_(theologian)" title="Donald Guthrie (theologian)">Donald Guthrie</a> commented: 'It is unlikely that another author wrote this section since there are several points of contact in it with the style and language of previous chapters.'<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_N._Anderson" title="Paul N. Anderson">Paul N. Anderson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ben_Witherington_III" title="Ben Witherington III">Ben Witherington III</a> argue that the appendix was added after the <a href="/wiki/Disciple_whom_Jesus_loved" title="Disciple whom Jesus loved">disciple whom Jesus loved</a> had died, at which point the gospel reached its final form.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Manuscript_evidence">Manuscript evidence</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_21&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Manuscript evidence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece (27th ed.) as well as major translations of the <a href="/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a> (e.g. <a href="/wiki/KJV" class="mw-redirect" title="KJV">KJV</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_American_Standard_Bible" title="New American Standard Bible">NASB</a>, <a href="/wiki/NIV" class="mw-redirect" title="NIV">NIV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Revised_Standard_Version" title="Revised Standard Version">RSV</a>, <a href="/wiki/NRSV" class="mw-redirect" title="NRSV">NRSV</a>) retain this chapter in their editions as original. </p><p>In an essay contributed on behalf of scholars unconvinced of any decisive sense of "originality" to John 21 (published in 2007), <a href="/wiki/Jesuit" class="mw-redirect" title="Jesuit">Jesuit</a> author Felix Just wrote: "We (unfortunately!) do not possess any ancient manuscript of John that actually ends at <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/John#20:31" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/John">20:31</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In other words, ancient manuscripts that contain the end of John 20 also contain text from John 21. So if John 21 is an addition, it was so early (which is not in doubt: part of John 21 appears in <a href="/wiki/Papyrus_66" title="Papyrus 66">P66</a>) and so widespread, that no evidence of the prior form has survived. </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/Novum_Testamentum_Graece" title="Novum Testamentum Graece">Novum Testamentum Graece</a></i> (NA28) and the <a href="/wiki/United_Bible_Societies" title="United Bible Societies">United Bible Societies</a> (UBS5) provide the critical text for John 21.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2006, following the discovery of a 4th-century <a href="/wiki/Sahidic" class="mw-redirect" title="Sahidic">Sahidic</a> papyrus manuscript (Bodleian MS. Copt.e.150(P)) some scholars speculated that such text may end at 20:31,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but this is not conclusive due to its fragmentary state.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Contents">Contents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_21&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Contents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Spoleto074.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Spoleto074.jpg/240px-Spoleto074.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="181" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Spoleto074.jpg/360px-Spoleto074.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Spoleto074.jpg/480px-Spoleto074.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1952" /></a><figcaption><i>Miraculous catch of 153 fish</i> fresco in the <a href="/wiki/Spoleto_Cathedral" title="Spoleto Cathedral">Spoleto Cathedral</a>, Italy.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Breakfast_by_the_Sea_of_Tiberias_(verses_1–14)"><span id="Breakfast_by_the_Sea_of_Tiberias_.28verses_1.E2.80.9314.29"></span><span class="anchor" id="Verses_1–14"></span>Breakfast by the Sea of Tiberias (verses 1–14)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_21&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Breakfast by the Sea of Tiberias (verses 1–14)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Miraculous_catch_of_fish#153_fish" title="Miraculous catch of fish">Miraculous catch of fish § 153 fish</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Verses_1–2"><span id="Verses_1.E2.80.932"></span>Verses 1–2</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_21&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Verses 1–2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>After these things, Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias. He revealed himself this way.</i><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <dl><dd><i>Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael of <a href="/wiki/Cana" title="Cana">Cana</a> in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of His disciples were together.</i><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <p>Of these seven <a href="/wiki/Disciple_(Christianity)" title="Disciple (Christianity)">disciples</a>, the last two remain unnamed. <a href="/wiki/Ernst_Wilhelm_Hengstenberg" title="Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg">Ernst Hengstenberg</a> suggests they may have been <a href="/wiki/Andrew_the_Apostle" title="Andrew the Apostle">Andrew</a> and <a href="/wiki/Philip_the_Apostle" title="Philip the Apostle">Philip</a>, whereas <a href="/wiki/Heinrich_Meyer" class="mw-redirect" title="Heinrich Meyer">Heinrich Meyer</a> suggests they were non-apostolic disciples from the wider group of those who followed Jesus.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Verse_4">Verse 4</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_21&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Verse 4"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>But when the morning had now come, Jesus stood on the shore; yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.</i><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <p>The setting was in the "early morning",<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or at <a href="/wiki/Dawn" title="Dawn">dawn</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-plummer_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-plummer-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Alfred Plummer notes that a better translation is "Jesus came and stood on the beach.<sup id="cite_ref-plummer_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-plummer-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Verse_11">Verse 11</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_21&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Verse 11"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:153_Triangular.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/153_Triangular.gif/250px-153_Triangular.gif" decoding="async" width="240" height="257" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/153_Triangular.gif/500px-153_Triangular.gif 1.5x" data-file-width="1576" data-file-height="1688" /></a><figcaption>The number 153 is the sum of the first five positive <a href="/wiki/Factorial" title="Factorial">factorials</a> (shown in different colors).</figcaption></figure> <dl><dd><i>So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, 153 of them. And although there were so many, the net was not torn.</i><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <p>Two points about the catch of fish are emphasized here:<sup id="cite_ref-11b_net_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11b_net-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ol><li>there were <a href="/wiki/153_(number)" title="153 (number)">153</a> large fish in the net.</li> <li>even with so many, the net was not torn.</li></ol> <p>Both are the kind of thing that would remain in the mind of a person who had witnessed them firsthand.<sup id="cite_ref-11b_net_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11b_net-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The number 153 is the 17th <a href="/wiki/Triangular_number" title="Triangular number">triangular number</a>, as well as the sum of the first five positive <a href="/wiki/Factorial" title="Factorial">factorials</a>, and is associated with the geometric shape known as the <i><a href="/wiki/Vesica_Piscis" class="mw-redirect" title="Vesica Piscis">Vesica Piscis</a></i> (literally, "bladder of a fish") or <i><a href="/wiki/Mandorla" title="Mandorla">Mandorla</a></i>, which <a href="/wiki/Archimedes" title="Archimedes">Archimedes</a>, in his <i><a href="/wiki/Measurement_of_a_Circle" title="Measurement of a Circle">Measurement of a Circle</a></i>, referred to in the ratio 153/265 as constituting the "measure of the fish", being an imperfect representation of 1/<span class="nowrap">√<span style="border-top:1px solid; padding:0 0.1em;">3</span></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Augustine_of_Hippo" title="Augustine of Hippo">Augustine of Hippo</a> argued the significance of 153 being the sum of the first 17 <a href="/wiki/Integer" title="Integer">integers</a> is that 17 represents the combination of <a href="/wiki/Divine_grace" title="Divine grace">divine grace</a> (the <a href="/wiki/Seven_gifts_of_the_Holy_Spirit" title="Seven gifts of the Holy Spirit">seven gifts of the Holy Spirit</a>) and law (the <a href="/wiki/Ten_Commandments" title="Ten Commandments">Ten Commandments</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Verse_14">Verse 14</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_21&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Verse 14"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after he was raised from the dead.</i><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <p>Irish Archbishop <a href="/wiki/John_McEvilly" title="John McEvilly">John McEvilly</a> suggests the count is based on Jesus' appearances to his disciples "collectively".<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jesus_restores_Peter_(verses_15–19)"><span id="Jesus_restores_Peter_.28verses_15.E2.80.9319.29"></span><span class="anchor" id="Verses_15–19"></span>Jesus restores Peter (verses 15–19)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_21&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Jesus restores Peter (verses 15–19)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Restoration_of_Peter" title="Restoration of Peter">Restoration of Peter</a></div> <p>Jesus restores Peter to fellowship after Peter had previously <a href="/wiki/Denial_of_Peter" title="Denial of Peter">denied him</a>, and tells Peter to feed Jesus' sheep. This restoration of Peter occurs in verses 21:15–19. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Disciple_whom_Jesus_loved_(verses_20–23)"><span id="The_Disciple_whom_Jesus_loved_.28verses_20.E2.80.9323.29"></span><span class="anchor" id="Verses_20–23"></span>The Disciple whom Jesus loved (verses 20–23)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_21&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: The Disciple whom Jesus loved (verses 20–23)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Gospel,_St._John_xxi_19.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/The_Gospel%2C_St._John_xxi_19.png/220px-The_Gospel%2C_St._John_xxi_19.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="318" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/The_Gospel%2C_St._John_xxi_19.png/330px-The_Gospel%2C_St._John_xxi_19.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/The_Gospel%2C_St._John_xxi_19.png/440px-The_Gospel%2C_St._John_xxi_19.png 2x" data-file-width="898" data-file-height="1296" /></a><figcaption>John 21:19–25 from the <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Common_Prayer_(1845_illuminated_version)" title="Book of Common Prayer (1845 illuminated version)">1845 illustrated <i>Book of Common Prayer</i></a></figcaption></figure> <p>The description of the "<a href="/wiki/Beloved_disciple" class="mw-redirect" title="Beloved disciple">beloved disciple</a>'s" (normally assumed to be <a href="/wiki/John_the_Apostle" title="John the Apostle">John the Apostle</a>) fate is presented as an <a href="/wiki/Aside" title="Aside">aside</a> to <a href="/wiki/Saint_Peter" title="Saint Peter">Peter</a>. Jesus says that it is not Peter's concern, even if Jesus should wish that that disciple remain alive until the end of time. The following verse clarifies that Jesus did not say "This disciple will not die", but that it was not for Peter to know. </p><p>The last appearance of the '<a href="/wiki/Disciple_whom_Jesus_loved" title="Disciple whom Jesus loved">Disciple whom Jesus loved</a>' in this Gospel, together with his first appearance in <a href="/wiki/John_1" title="John 1">chapter 1</a> form a literary "<i>inclusio</i> of eyewitness testimony" to privilege this witness (in the <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_John" title="Gospel of John">Gospel of John</a> <a href="#Verse_24">21:24</a>) over Peter's, not to denigrate Peter's authority, but rather to claim a distinct qualification as an 'ideal witness' to Christ, because he survives Peter and bears his witness after Peter.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBauckham2017128–129_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBauckham2017128–129-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Richard_Bauckham" title="Richard Bauckham">Bauckham</a> notes the occurrence of at least two specific words in the narratives of both the first and the last appearance of this disciple: "to follow" (<a href="/wiki/Koine_Greek" title="Koine Greek">Greek</a>: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1180947483">.mw-parser-output .polytonic{font-family:"SBL BibLit","SBL Greek","New Athena Unicode","EB Garamond","EB Garamond 12","Foulis Greek","Garamond Libre","Noto Sans","Noto Serif","Cardo","Gentium Plus","Gentium Book Plus","Garamond","Palatino Linotype","DejaVu Sans","DejaVu Serif","FreeSerif","FreeSans","Arial Unicode MS","Lucida Sans Unicode","Lucida Grande","Code2000",sans-serif}</style><span class="polytonic">ἀκολουθέω</span> '<span class="plainlinks"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=G190">akoloutheó</a></span>') and "to remain/stay" (Greek: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1180947483" /><span class="polytonic">μένω</span> '<span class="plainlinks"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=G3306">menó</a></span>').<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBauckham2017128_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBauckham2017128-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/John_1" title="John 1">the first chapter</a> verse <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+1:38&version=nkjv">1:38</a> it is stated that "Jesus turned, and seeing them following <span style="color:purple;">('akolouthountas')</span>, said to them, "What do you seek?"", then in verse <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+1:39&version=nkjv">1:39</a> they "remained <span style="color:purple;">('emeinan')</span> with Him that day".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBauckham2017128_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBauckham2017128-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In John 21, the last appearance of the 'Disciple whom Jesus loved' is indicated using similar words: in verse <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+21:20&version=nkjv">21:20</a> it is written that "Peter, turning around, saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following <span style="color:purple;">('akolouthounta')</span>", then in verse <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+21:22&version=nkjv">21:22</a> "Jesus said to him [Peter], "If I will that he remain <span style="color:purple;">('menein')</span> till I come, what is that to you?"<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBauckham2017128_31-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBauckham2017128-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The appearances are also close to Peter's, as the first one, along with <a href="/wiki/Andrew_the_Apostle" title="Andrew the Apostle">Andrew</a>, happened just before Peter's, who was then given the name 'Cephas' (alluding to Peter's role after Jesus' departure), and the last one, just after Jesus' dialogue with Peter, acknowledging the significance of Peter's testimony within "the Petrine's <i>inclusio</i>", which is also found in the <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Mark" title="Gospel of Mark">Gospel of Mark</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Luke" title="Gospel of Luke">Luke</a> (see <a href="/wiki/Luke_8#The_Women_who_sustained_Jesus" title="Luke 8">Luke 8 under "The Women who sustained Jesus"</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBauckham2017129_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBauckham2017129-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Conclusion_(verses_24–25)"><span id="Conclusion_.28verses_24.E2.80.9325.29"></span>Conclusion (verses 24–25)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_21&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Conclusion (verses 24–25)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The chapter and the whole book are closed by two verses referring to the author of the gospel in the third person ("We know that his testimony is true"): </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Verse_24">Verse 24</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_21&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Verse 24"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>This is the disciple who is bearing witness about these things, and who has written these things, and we know that his testimony is true.</i><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Verse_25">Verse 25</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_21&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Verse 25"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which if they were written one by one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that would be written. <a href="/wiki/Amen" title="Amen">Amen</a>.</i><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <p>Although ever since the 2nd century some people have taken verse 24 to mean that the author of the Gospel of John himself was the eyewitness (namely the disciple whom Jesus loved), other scholars point out that this verse indicates that the author is someone other than this disciple, because he is speaking about himself in the first person plural ('we know') and the disciple in the third person ('the disciple... who has written all these things'). Therefore, the author merely claims to have used an earlier written report, allegedly from this disciple, as a source for writing the Fourth Gospel.<sup id="cite_ref-EhrmanTHJ5_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EhrmanTHJ5-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Location: 4:37">: 4:37 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_21&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/153_(number)" title="153 (number)">153 (number)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overview_of_resurrection_appearances_in_the_Gospels_and_Paul" title="Overview of resurrection appearances in the Gospels and Paul">Overview of resurrection appearances in the Gospels and Paul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pericope_Adulterae" class="mw-redirect" title="Pericope Adulterae">Pericope Adulterae</a></li> <li>Related <a href="/wiki/Bible" title="Bible">Bible</a> parts: <a href="/wiki/Mark_16" title="Mark 16">Mark 16</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luke_24" title="Luke 24">Luke 24</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_1" title="John 1">John 1</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_21&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-johannine-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-johannine_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://catholic-resources.org/John/Papyri.html">Papyri and Manuscripts related to the Gospel and Epistles of John</a> in <i>The Johannine Literature Web</i> at Catholic-Resources.org.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Victor Martin, <i>Papyrus Bodmer II: Evangile de Jean chap. 1–14</i> (Cologny-Geneva: Bibliotheca Bodmeriana, 1956), 15–18.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Comfort, P. 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(1879), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ecatholic2000.com/macevilly2/untitled-110.shtml">An Exposition Of The Gospels by The Most Rev. John Macevilly D.D.</a>: John 21, accessed 26 January 2024</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBauckham2017128–129-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBauckham2017128–129_29-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBauckham2017">Bauckham 2017</a>, pp. 128–129.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Bauckham" title="Richard Bauckham">Bauckham, R.</a> "The Beloved Disciple as Ideal Author," <i>JNST</i> 49 (1993) 21-44; reprinted in S. E. Porter and C. A. Evans, eds., <i>The Johannine Writings</i> (Biblical Seminar 32; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic, 1995) 46-68; <i>apud</i> Bauckham 2017, p. 128</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBauckham2017128-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBauckham2017128_31-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBauckham2017128_31-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBauckham2017128_31-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBauckham2017">Bauckham 2017</a>, p. 128.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBauckham2017129-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBauckham2017129_32-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBauckham2017">Bauckham 2017</a>, pp. 129.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.esv.org/John+21:24">John 21:24</a>: ESV</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+21:25&version=nkjv">John 21:25</a>: NKJV</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-EhrmanTHJ5-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-EhrmanTHJ5_35-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFBart_D._Ehrman2002" class="citation web cs1">Bart D. Ehrman (2002). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/the-historical-jesus">"5: The Birth of the Gospels"</a>. <i>The New Testament</i>. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 January</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+New+Testament&rft.atitle=5%3A+The+Birth+of+the+Gospels&rft.date=2002&rft.au=Bart+D.+Ehrman&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegreatcoursesplus.com%2Fthe-historical-jesus&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+21" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_21&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFBauckham2017" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Bauckham" title="Richard Bauckham">Bauckham, Richard</a> (2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=J2lAvgAACAAJ"><i>Jesus and the Eyewitnesses</i></a> (2nd ed.). 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href="/wiki/Bible" title="Bible">Bible</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Gospel_of_John_chapters" title="Category:Gospel of John chapters">Chapters</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_1" title="John 1">John 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Signs" title="Book of Signs">Book of Signs</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_2" title="John 2">2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_3" title="John 3">3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_4" title="John 4">4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_5" title="John 5">5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_6" title="John 6">6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_7" title="John 7">7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_8" title="John 8">8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_9" title="John 9">9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_10" title="John 10">10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_11" title="John 11">11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_12" title="John 12">12</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Glory" class="mw-redirect" title="Book of Glory">Book of Glory</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_13" title="John 13">13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_14" title="John 14">14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_15" title="John 15">15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_16" title="John 16">16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_17" title="John 17">17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_18" title="John 18">18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_19" title="John 19">19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_20" title="John 20">20</a></li></ul></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Epilogue: 21</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Gospel_of_John_verses" title="Category:Gospel of John verses">Verses</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_1:1" title="John 1:1">John 1:1</a>–<a href="/wiki/John_1:20" title="John 1:20">20</a>; <a href="/wiki/John_1:23" title="John 1:23">23</a>; <a href="/wiki/John_1:25" title="John 1:25">25</a>–<a href="/wiki/John_1:33" title="John 1:33">33</a>; <a href="/wiki/John_1:35" title="John 1:35">35</a>–<a href="/wiki/John_1:42" title="John 1:42">42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_3:16" title="John 3:16">3:16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Via_et_veritas_et_vita" title="Via et veritas et vita">14:6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_18:38" title="John 18:38">18:38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:John_20" title="Category:John 20">20:1–31</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Events<br />(chronological)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wedding_at_Cana" title="Wedding at Cana">Wedding at Cana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bread_of_Life_Discourse" title="Bread of Life Discourse">Bread of Life Discourse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feeding_the_multitude" title="Feeding the multitude">Feeding the 5000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Healing_the_man_blind_from_birth" title="Healing the man blind from birth">Healing a blind man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Healing_the_paralytic_at_Bethesda" title="Healing the paralytic at Bethesda">Healing a paralytic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Healing_the_royal_official%27s_son" title="Healing the royal official's son">Healing a sick son</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesus_and_the_woman_taken_in_adultery" title="Jesus and the woman taken in adultery">Jesus and the woman taken in adultery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesus_walking_on_water" title="Jesus walking on water">Walking on water</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raising_of_Lazarus" class="mw-redirect" title="Raising of Lazarus">Raising of Lazarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anointing_of_Jesus" title="Anointing of Jesus">Anointing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maundy_(foot_washing)" title="Maundy (foot washing)">Foot washing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Passion_of_Jesus" title="Passion of Jesus">Passion of Jesus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Last_Supper" title="Last Supper">Last Supper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farewell_Discourse" title="Farewell Discourse">Farewell Discourse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crucifixion_of_Jesus" title="Crucifixion of Jesus">Crucifixion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burial_of_Jesus" title="Burial of Jesus">Burial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Empty_tomb" title="Empty tomb">Empty tomb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Resurrection_of_Jesus" title="Resurrection of Jesus">Resurrection of Jesus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Restoration_of_Peter" title="Restoration of Peter">Restoration of Peter</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Phrases</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/In_the_beginning_(phrase)" title="In the beginning (phrase)">In the beginning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Logos_(Christianity)" title="Logos (Christianity)">Logos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disciple_whom_Jesus_loved" title="Disciple whom Jesus loved">Disciple whom Jesus loved</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doubting_Thomas" title="Doubting Thomas">Doubting Thomas</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ecce_homo" title="Ecce homo">Ecce homo</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanukkah" title="Hanukkah">Feast of Dedication</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Commandment" title="New Commandment">"Love one another"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesus_wept" title="Jesus wept">Jesus wept</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Noli_me_tangere" title="Noli me tangere">Noli me tangere</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Quod_scripsi,_scripsi" title="Quod scripsi, scripsi">Quod scripsi, scripsi</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/That_they_all_may_be_one" title="That they all may be one">That they all may be one</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Via_et_veritas_et_vita" title="Via et veritas et vita">Via et veritas et vita</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_truth_will_set_you_free" title="The truth will set you free">The truth will set you free</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_the_Apostle" title="Andrew the Apostle">Andrew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annas" title="Annas">Annas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caiaphas" title="Caiaphas">Caiaphas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herod_Antipas" title="Herod Antipas">Herod Antipas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus Christ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_the_Baptist" title="John the Baptist">John the Baptist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_of_Arimathea" title="Joseph of Arimathea">Joseph of Arimathea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judas_Iscariot" title="Judas Iscariot">Judas Iscariot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary,_mother_of_Jesus" title="Mary, mother of Jesus">Mother of Jesus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lazarus_of_Bethany" title="Lazarus of Bethany">Lazarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malchus" title="Malchus">Malchus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martha" title="Martha">Martha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Magdalene" title="Mary Magdalene">Mary Magdalene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_of_Bethany" title="Mary of Bethany">Mary, sister of Martha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathanael_(follower_of_Jesus)" title="Nathanael (follower of Jesus)">Nathanael</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicodemus" title="Nicodemus">Nicodemus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_the_Apostle" title="Philip the Apostle">Philip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontius_Pilate" title="Pontius Pilate">Pontius Pilate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Peter" title="Saint Peter">Simon Peter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_the_Apostle" title="Thomas the Apostle">Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zebedee" title="Zebedee">Zebedee</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Groups</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Angel" title="Angel">Angels</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Pharisees" title="Pharisees">Pharisees</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sadducees" title="Sadducees">Sadducees</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Samaritans" title="Samaritans">Samaritans</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sanhedrin" title="Sanhedrin">Sanhedrin</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Places</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C3%86non" class="mw-redirect" title="Ænon">Ænon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethabara" class="mw-redirect" title="Bethabara">Bethabara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethany" title="Bethany">Bethany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethsaida" title="Bethsaida">Bethsaida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cana" title="Cana">Cana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capernaum" title="Capernaum">Capernaum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galilee" title="Galilee">Galilee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacob%27s_Well" title="Jacob's Well">Jacob's Well</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jordan_River" title="Jordan River">Jordan River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judea" title="Judea">Judea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kidron_Valley" title="Kidron Valley">Kidron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samaria" title="Samaria">Samaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Galilee" title="Sea of Galilee">Sea of Galilee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solomon%27s_Porch" title="Solomon's Porch">Solomon's Porch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shechem" title="Shechem">Sychar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">"<a href="/wiki/Ego_eimi" title="Ego eimi">I AM</a>" sayings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/I_am_(biblical_term)" title="I am (biblical term)">I am (biblical term)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bread_of_Life_Discourse" title="Bread of Life Discourse">Bread of Life</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Light_of_the_World" title="Light of the World">Light of the World</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_10" title="John 10">Gate for the Sheep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Good_Shepherd" title="Good Shepherd">Good Shepherd</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/John_11" title="John 11">Resurrectio et Vita</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Via_et_veritas_et_vita" title="Via et veritas et vita">Via et veritas et vita</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/True_Vine" title="True Vine">True Vine</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Authorship_of_the_Johannine_works" title="Authorship of the Johannine works">Authorship</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Johannine_community" title="Johannine community">Johannine community</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_the_Apostle" title="John the Apostle">John the Apostle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_the_Evangelist" title="John the Evangelist">John the Evangelist</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johannine_literature" title="Johannine literature">Johannine literature</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Spirit_in_Johannine_literature" title="Holy Spirit in Johannine literature">Holy Spirit</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Textual_variants_in_the_Gospel_of_John" title="Textual variants in the Gospel of John">Textual variants</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apocryphon_of_John" title="Apocryphon of John">Apocryphon of John</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Apocalypse_of_John" title="Second Apocalypse of John">Second Apocalypse of John</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Gospel_According_to_John_(Pillar_New_Testament_Commentary)" title="The Gospel According to John (Pillar New Testament Commentary)">Pillar New Testament Commentary</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Adaptations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/St_John_Passion" title="St John Passion">St John Passion</a></i> (J. S. Bach, 1724) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/St_John_Passion_structure" title="St John Passion structure">Structure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_John_Passion_discography" title="St John Passion discography">Discography</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Passio_(P%C3%A4rt)" title="Passio (Pärt)">Passio</a></i> (Pärt, 1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Johannes-Passion_(Gubaidulina)" title="Johannes-Passion (Gubaidulina)">Johannes-Passion</a></i> (Gubaidulina, 2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Gospel_of_John_(2003_film)" title="The Gospel of John (2003 film)">The Gospel of John</a></i> (2003 film)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Gospel_of_John_(2014_film)" title="The Gospel of John (2014 film)">The Gospel of John</a></i> (2014 film)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Manuscripts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_2" title="Papyrus 2">Papyrus 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_5" class="mw-redirect" title="Papyrus 5">5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_6" title="Papyrus 6">6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_22" title="Papyrus 22">22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_28" title="Papyrus 28">28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_36" title="Papyrus 36">36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_39" title="Papyrus 39">39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_44" title="Papyrus 44">44</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_45" title="Papyrus 45">45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rylands_Library_Papyrus_P52" title="Rylands Library Papyrus P52">52</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_55" title="Papyrus 55">55</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_59" title="Papyrus 59">59</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_60" title="Papyrus 60">60</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_63" title="Papyrus 63">63</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_66" title="Papyrus 66">66</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_75" title="Papyrus 75">75</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_76" title="Papyrus 76">76</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_80" title="Papyrus 80">80</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_84" title="Papyrus 84">84</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_90" title="Papyrus 90">90</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_93" title="Papyrus 93">93</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_95" title="Papyrus 95">95</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_106" title="Papyrus 106">106</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_107" title="Papyrus 107">107</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_108" title="Papyrus 108">108</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_109" title="Papyrus 109">109</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_119" title="Papyrus 119">119</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_120" title="Papyrus 120">120</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_121" title="Papyrus 121">121</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_122" title="Papyrus 122">122</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_128" title="Papyrus 128">128</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ohrid_Glagolitic_fragments" title="Ohrid Glagolitic fragments">Ohrid Glagolitic fragments</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sources</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/el:%CE%9A%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%AC_%CE%99%CF%89%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%BD%CE%B7%CE%BD" class="extiw" title="wikisource:el:Κατά Ιωάννην">Greek Text</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/la:Biblia_Sacra_Vulgata_(Stuttgartensia)/Ioannes" class="extiw" title="wikisource:la:Biblia Sacra Vulgata (Stuttgartensia)/Ioannes">Latin Vulgate</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(Wycliffe)/John" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Bible (Wycliffe)/John">Wycliffe Version</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/John" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Bible (King James)/John">King James Version</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(American_Standard)/John" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Bible (American Standard)/John">American Standard Version</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(World_English)/John" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Bible (World English)/John">World English Version</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?useformat=desktop&type=1x1&usesul3=0" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; 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