John 21:8

John 21:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they were not far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes.
• New International Version (NIV)The other disciples followed in the boat, towing the net full of fish, for they were not far from shore, about a hundred yards.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish, for they were not far from the land, but about a hundred yards off.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But the other disciples came in the little boat (for they were not far from land, but about two hundred cubits), dragging the net with fish.

Context of John 21:8

6And He said to them, “Cast the net on the right-hand side of the boat (starboard) and you will find some.” So they cast [the net], and then they were not able to haul it in because of the great catch of fish. 7Then that disciple (John) whom Jesus loved (esteemed) said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer tunic (for he was stripped for work) and threw himself into the sea [and swam ashore]. But the other disciples came in the small boat, for they were not far from shore, only about a hundred yards away, dragging the net full of fish. 9So when they got out on the beach, they saw a charcoal fire set up and fish on it cooking, and bread. 10Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish which you have just caught.”

John 21:8 word by word

οἱ δὲ ἄλλοι μαθηταὶ τῷ πλοιαρίῳ ἦλθον· οὐ γὰρ ἦσαν μακρὰν ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς ἀλλ᾽ ὡς ἀπὸ πηχῶν διακοσίων σύροντες τὸ δίκτυον τῶν ἰχθύων.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andδέde · thenG1161
• the otherἄλλοςallos · anotherG243
• disciplesμαθητήςmathētēs · discipleG3101
• came inἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• a little shipπλοιάριονploiarion · small boatG4142
• forγάρgar · forG1063
• they wereεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• notοὐou · noG3756
• farμακράνmakran · farG3112
• fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
• landγῆgē · earth: countryG1093
• butἀλλάalla · butG235
• as it wereὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• two hundredδιακόσιοιdiakosioi · two hundredG1250
• cubitsπῆχυςpēchus · cubit/hourG4083
• draggingσύρωsurō · to dragG4951
• the netδίκτυονdiktuon · netG1350
• with fishesἰχθύςichthus · fishG2486

Cross-references for John 21:8

• Deuteronomy 3:11(For only Og king of Bashan was left of the remnant of the [giants known as the] Rephaim. Behold, his bed frame was a bed frame of iron; is it not in Rabbah of the Ammonites? It was nine cubits (12 ft.) long and four cubits (6 ft.) wide, using the cubit of a man [the forearm to the end of the middle finger].)

Commentaries on John 21:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Dragging the net - It is probable that this was that species of fishing in which the net was stretched from the shore out into the sea; the persons who were in the boat, and who shot the net, fetched a compass, and bringing in a hawser, which was attached to the other end of the net, those who were on shore helped them to drag it in. As the net was sunk with weights to the bottom, and the top floated on the water by corks, or pieces of light wood, all the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Two hundred cubits - About 350 feet, or a little more than 20 rods.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-25This final chapter includes a story about the resurrected Jesus in Galilee. It describes the conversation between Peter and Jesus about Peter’s love for him (21:1–14; 21:15–23). The chapter concludes by summarizing the authority and importance of John’s eyewitness account (21:24–25).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-117-11. that disciple whom Jesus loved, said, It is the Lord--again having the advantage of his brother in quickness of recognition (see on Joh 20:8), to be followed by an alacrity in Peter all his own. he was naked--his vest only on, worn next the body. cast himself into the sea--the shallow part, not more than a hundred yards from the water's edge (Joh 21:8), not meaning therefore to swim, but to get sooner to Jesus than in the full boat which they could…Read the comment

Topics related to John 21:8

• Galilee
• Net
• Peter

In the dictionaries

• Dare
• Drag
• Fishing, the art of
• Galilee, Sea of
• Peter
• Andrew
• Baptism (the Baptist Interpretation)
• Body, Spiritual
• Fishing
• James

Commentaries on John 21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings