John 21:5

John 21:5

3 Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.” They said to him, “We are going with you also.” They went out and¹ immediately got into the boat, and that night they caught nothing.

4 But when the morning had now come, Jesus stood on the shore; yet the disciples ^adid not know that it was Jesus.

5 Then ^aJesus said to them, “Children, have you any food?” They answered Him, “No.”

6 And He said to them, ^a“Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” So they cast, and now they were not able to draw it in because of the multitude of fish.

7 Therefore ^athat disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment (for he had removed it), and plunged into the sea.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Children - , a term of familiarity and affectionate kindness: it is the vocative case plural of , which is the diminutive of , and literally signifies little children, or beloved children. How the margin has made sirs out of it I cannot conceive.

Any meat - from , besides, and , I eat; any thing that is eaten with bread, or such like solid substances, to make the deglutition the more easy: here it evidently means any kind of fish; and our Lord seems to have appeared at first in the character of a person who wished to purchase a part of what they had caught: see the note on John 6:9.

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