John - 21:10



10 Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish which you have just caught."

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Explanation and meaning of John 21:10.

Differing Translations

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Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish which ye have now taken.
Jesus saith to them: Bring hither of the fishes which you have now caught.
Jesus says to them, Bring of the fishes which ye have now taken.
Jesus saith to them, 'Bring ye from the fishes that ye caught now;'
Jesus told them to fetch some of the fish which they had just caught.
Jesus said to them, Get some of the fish which you have now taken.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Bring some of the fishes which you have now caught. Though the net was filled in a moment, without any great labor on their part yet the taking of them is not ascribed by Christ to the disciples, thus, we call the bread which we daily eat, OUR bread, and yet, by asking that it may be given to us, we acknowledge that it proceeds from the blessing of God, (Matthew 6:11.)

Jesus saith unto them,.... The disciples:
bring of the fish which ye have now caught: for they might have caught some before, though so few and small, as scarcely to be reckoned any; nor were they bid to bring all they had taken, only some of them, to add to these Christ had prepared for them on land; they being both indeed of a miraculous production, and the effects of his divine power. Christ's view in ordering to bring some of them, and put to those that lay upon the coals, was partly that they might have enough to make a meal of for them all; and also, that they might have a more perfect knowledge of the miracle wrought, by seeing the number and largeness of the fishes, and by bringing the net full of them to shore unbroken; and may be an emblem of the bringing of souls to Christ by the ministry of the word, thereby adding to those that are already gathered.

Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish ye have now caught--Observe the double supply thus provided--His and theirs. The meaning of this will perhaps appear presently.

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