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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>John 21 Amplified Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/john/21.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/john/21-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">AMP</a> > John 21</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../john/20.htm" title="John 20">◄</a> John 21 <a href="../acts/1.htm" title="Acts 1">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Amplified Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nas/esv/john/21.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><p class="hdg">Jesus Appears at the Sea of Galilee</p><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/21-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>After this Jesus revealed Himself again to the disciples at the Sea of Tiberias (Galilee). And He did it in this way: <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/21-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Simon Peter, and Thomas who is called Didymus (the twin), and Nathanael from Cana of Galilee, as well as [John and James] the sons of Zebedee, and two others of His disciples were together. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/21-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.” They said, “And we are coming with you.” So they went out and got into the boat; and <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[a]</a></span>that night they caught nothing. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/21-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>As morning was breaking, Jesus [came and] stood on the beach; however, the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/21-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>So Jesus said to them, “Children, do you have any fish [to eat along with your bread]?” They answered, “No.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/21-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And He said to them, “Cast the net on the right-hand side of the boat (starboard) and you will find some.” So they cast [the net], and then they were not able to haul it in because of the great catch of fish. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/21-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Then that disciple (John) whom Jesus loved (esteemed) said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer tunic (for he was stripped <i>for work)</i> and threw himself into the sea [and swam ashore]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/21-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But the other disciples came in the small boat, for they were not far from shore, only about a hundred yards away, dragging the net full of fish. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/21-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>So when they got out on the beach, they saw a charcoal fire set up and fish on it <i>cooking,</i> and bread. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/21-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish which you have just caught.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/21-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net to land, full of large fish, a hundred and fifty-three [of them]; and although there were so many, the net was not torn. <p class="hdg">Jesus Provides</p><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/21-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Jesus said to them, “Come <i>and</i> have breakfast.” None of the disciples dared to ask Him, “Who are You?” They knew [without any doubt] that it was the Lord. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/21-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and likewise the fish. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/21-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>This was now the third time that Jesus appeared to the disciples, after He had risen from the dead. <p class="hdg">The Love Motivation</p><p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/21-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>So when they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, <i>son</i> of John, do you love Me more than these [others do--with total commitment and devotion]?” He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>love You [with a deep, personal affection, as for a close friend].” Jesus said to him, “Feed My lambs.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/21-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Again He said to him a second time, “Simon, <i>son</i> of John, do you love Me [with total commitment and devotion]?” He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You [with a deep, personal affection, as for a close friend].” Jesus said to him, “Shepherd My sheep.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/21-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>He said to him the third time, “Simon, <i>son</i> of John, do you love Me [with a deep, personal affection for Me, as for a close friend]?” Peter was grieved that He asked him the third time, “Do you [really] <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>love Me [with a deep, personal affection, as for a close friend]?” And he said to Him, “Lord, You know everything; You know that I love You [with a deep, personal affection, as for a close friend].” Jesus said to him, “Feed My sheep. <p class="hdg">Our Times Are in His Hand</p><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/21-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>I assure you <i>and</i> most solemnly say to you, when you were younger you dressed yourself and walked wherever you wished; but when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands <i>and</i> arms, and someone else will dress you, and carry you where you do not wish to go.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/21-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Now He said this to indicate the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. And after saying this, He said to him, “Follow Me [walk the same path of life that I have walked]!” <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/21-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Peter turned and saw the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[e]</a></span>disciple whom Jesus loved following them; the one who also had leaned back on His chest at the supper and had said, “Lord, who is it that is going to betray You?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/21-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>So when Peter saw him, he asked Jesus, “Lord, and what about this <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[f]</a></span>man [what is in his future]?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/21-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Jesus said to him, “If I want him to stay alive until I come [again], what <i>is that</i> to you? You follow Me!” <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/21-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>So this word went out among the brothers that this disciple (John) was not going to die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he was not going to die, but <i>only</i>, “If I want him to stay alive until I come [again], what <i>is that</i> to you?” <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/21-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>This is the <i>same</i> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[g]</a></span>disciple who is testifying to these things and has recorded them; and we know [without any doubt] that his testimony is true. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/21-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And there are also many other things which Jesus did, which if they were recorded <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[h]</a></span>one by one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> Fishing at night was commonplace and normally productive.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">15</span> As indicated by the amplifications, Peter uses a different Greek word for love (<i>phileo)</i> than Jesus does (<i>agapao)</i> in His first two questions to Peter (see note v 17).<br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">17</span> This time Jesus uses the same word for love that Peter previously used twice (<i>phileo)</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">19</span> Peter ministered some thirty years after the resurrection of Jesus. He was martyred in Rome by Emperor Nero in about A.D. 67. The Roman historian, Eusebius said that Peter was crucified upside down at his own request.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[e]</span> <span class="fnverse">20</span> John the Apostle. The mothers of Jesus and John, Mary and Salome, were related as sisters.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[f]</span> <span class="fnverse">21</span> It is believed that John was the only apostle to die of natural causes. He lived to the age of ninety-four and died in about A.D. 100.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[g]</span> <span class="fnverse">24</span> John the Apostle, author of this Gospel.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[h]</span> <span class="fnverse">25</span> Or <i>in detail</i>.<br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Amplified Bible Copyright © 2015<br>by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved <a href="http://www.lockman.org">www.lockman.org</a><br><br><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br>                                                                                                                                <span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../john/20.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="John 20"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="John 20" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../acts/1.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Acts 1"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Acts 1" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>