Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
When day was now breaking (prwav hdh ginomenhv). Genitive absolute and note present middle participle (dawn coming on and still dark). In Matthew 27:1 the aorist participle (genomenhv) means that dawn had come. For "beach" (aigialon) see Matthew 13:2.
Was (estin). Present indicative retained in indirect assertion.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing John 21:4:
John 8:2
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