John 6:21

6:21 Then they wanted to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat came to the land where they had been heading.

John 6:23

6:23 But some boats from Tiberias ¹  came to shore ²  near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks. ³ 

John 6:17

6:17 got into a boat, and started to cross the lake ⁴  to Capernaum. ⁵  (It had already become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.) ⁶ 

John 6:19

6:19 Then, when they had rowed about three or four miles, ⁷  they caught sight of Jesus walking on the lake, ⁸  approaching the boat, and they were frightened.

John 21:3

21:3 Simon Peter told them, “I am going fishing.” “We will go with you,” they replied. ⁹  They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.

John 21:6

21:6 He told them, “Throw your net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” ¹⁰  So they threw the net, ¹¹  and were not able to pull it in because of the large number of fish.

John 6:22

6:22 The next day the crowd that remained on the other side of the lake ¹²  realized that only one small boat ¹³  had been there, and that Jesus had not boarded ¹⁴  it with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone.

[6:23]  ¹ map For location see Map1 E2; Map2 C2; Map3 C3; Map4 D1; Map5 G4.

[6:23]  ² tn Or “boats from Tiberias landed”; Grk “came.”

[6:23]  ³ tc D 091 a e sy^s,c lack the phrase “after the Lord had given thanks” (εὐχαριστήσαντος τοῦ κυρίου, eucaristhsanto" tou kuriou), while almost all the rest of the witnesses ({Ì⁷⁵ א A B L W Θ Ψ 0141 [˹] ˹³ 33 Ï as well as several versions and fathers}) have the words (though {l672 l950 sy^p pbo} read ᾿Ιησοῦ [Ihsou, “Jesus”] instead of κυρίου). Although the shorter reading has minimal support, it is significant that this Gospel speaks of Jesus as Lord in the evangelist’s narrative descriptions only in 11:2; 20:18, 20; 21:12; and possibly 4:1 (but see tc note on “Jesus” there). There is thus but one undisputed preresurrection text in which the narrator calls Jesus “Lord.” This fact can be utilized on behalf of either reading: The participial phrase could be seen as a scribal addition harking back to 6:11 but which does not fit Johannine style, or it could be viewed as truly authentic and in line with what John indisputably does elsewhere even if rarely. On balance, in light of the overwhelming support for these words it is probably best to retain them in the text.

[6:17]  ¹ tn Or “sea.” See the note on “lake” in the previous verse.

[6:17]  ² map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 C3; Map3 B2.

[6:17]  ³ sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.

[6:19]  ¹ tn Grk “about twenty-five or thirty stades” (a stade as a unit of linear measure is about 607 feet or 187 meters).

[6:19]  ² tn Or “sea.” See the note on “lake” in v. 16. John uses the phrase ἐπί (epi, “on”) followed by the genitive (as in Mark, instead of Matthew’s ἐπί followed by the accusative) to describe Jesus walking “on the lake.”

[21:3]  ¹ tn Grk “they said to him.”

[21:6]  ¹ tn The word “some” is not in the Greek text but is implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

[21:6]  ² tn The words “the net” are not in the Greek text but are implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

[6:22]  ¹ tn Or “sea.” See the note on “lake” in v. 16.

[6:22]  ² tc Most witnesses have after “one” the phrase “which his disciples had entered” (ἐκεῖνο εἰς ὃ ἐνέβησαν οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ, ekeino ei" }o enebhsan Joi maqhtai autou) although there are several permutations of this clause ([א* D] Θ [˹³ 33] Ï [sa]). The witnesses that lack this expression are, however, significant and diffused (Ì⁷⁵ א² A B L N W Ψ 1 565 579 1241 al lat). The clarifying nature of the longer reading, the multiple variants from it, and the weighty testimony for the shorter reading all argue against the authenticity of the longer text in any of its variations.

[6:22]  ³ tn Grk “entered.”