John 21:1-3

Jesus’ Appearance to the Disciples in Galilee

21:1 After this ¹  Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias. ²  Now this is how he did so. ³  21:2 Simon Peter, Thomas ⁴  (called Didymus), ⁵  Nathanael ⁶  (who was from Cana ⁷  in Galilee), the sons ⁸  of Zebedee, ⁹  and two other disciples ¹⁰  of his were together. 21:3 Simon Peter told them, “I am going fishing.” “We will go with you,” they replied. ¹¹  They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.

[21:1]  ¹ tn The time reference indicated by μετὰ ταῦτα (meta tauta) is indefinite, in comparison with the specific “after eight days” (μεθ᾿ ἡμέρας ὀκτώ, meq’ Jhmera" oktw) between the two postresurrection appearances of Jesus in 20:26.

[21:1]  ² sn The Sea of Tiberias is another name for the Sea of Galilee (see 6:1).

[21:1]  ³ tn Grk “how he revealed himself.”

[21:2]  ⁴ tn Grk “and Thomas.” The conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has not been translated here in keeping with the tendency of contemporary English style to use a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements of a series.

[21:2]  ⁵ sn Didymus means “the twin” in Greek.

[21:2]  ⁶ tn Grk “and Nathanael.” The conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has not been translated here in keeping with the tendency of contemporary English style to use a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements of a series.

[21:2]  ⁷ map For location see Map1 C3; Map2 D2; Map3 C5.

[21:2]  ⁸ tn Grk “and the sons.” The conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has not been translated here in keeping with the tendency of contemporary English style to use a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements of a series.

[21:2]  ⁹ sn The sons of Zebedee were James and John.

[21:2]  ¹⁰ sn The two other disciples who are not named may have been Andrew and Philip, who are mentioned together in John 6:7-8 and 12:22.

[21:3]  ¹¹ tn Grk “they said to him.”