Commentaries:Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
<< John 21:3 John 21:5 >>
John 21:4
Jesus stood—(Compare John 20:19, John 20:26).
but the disciples knew not it was Jesus—Perhaps there had been some considerable interval since the last manifestation, and having agreed to betake themselves to their secular employment, they would be unprepared to expect Him.
John 21:3-6
Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing—(See on Luke 5:11).
that night . . . caught nothing—as at the first miraculous draught (see on Luke 5:5); no doubt so ordered that the miracle might strike them the more by contrast. The same principle is seen in operation throughout much of Christ's ministry, and is indeed a great law of God's spiritual procedure with His people.
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