John 21:9

John 21:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.
• English Standard Version (ESV)When they got out on land, they saw a charcoal fire in place, with fish laid out on it, and bread.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then, as soon as they had come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid on it, and bread.
• New Living Translation (NLT)When they got there, they found breakfast waiting for them—fish cooking over a charcoal fire, and some bread.

Context of John 21:9

7Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” As soon as Simon Peter heard him say, “It is the Lord,” he wrapped his outer garment around him (for he had taken it off) and jumped into the water. 8The other disciples followed in the boat, towing the net full of fish, for they were not far from shore, about a hundred yards. When they landed, they saw a fire of burning coals there with fish on it, and some bread. 10Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish you have just caught.” 11So Simon Peter climbed back into the boat and dragged the net ashore. It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many the net was not torn.

John 21:9 word by word

Ὡς οὖν ἀπέβησαν εἰς τὴν γῆν, βλέπουσιν ἀνθρακιὰν κειμένην καὶ ὀψάριον ἐπικείμενον καὶ ἄρτον.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• As soonὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• thenοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• as they were comeἀποβαίνωapobainō · to get outG576
• toεἰςeis · towardG1519
• landὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• landγῆgē · earth: countryG1093
• they sawβλέπωblepō · to seeG991
• a fire of coalsἀνθρακιάanthrakia · charcoal fireG439
• thereκεῖμαιkeimai · to lay/be appointedG2749
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• fishὀψάριονopsarion · fishG3795
• laid thereonἐπίκειμαιepikeimai · to lay onG1945
• breadἄρτοςartos · breadG740

Cross-references for John 21:9

• 1 Kings 19:5Then he lay down under the bush and fell asleep. All at once an angel touched him and said, “Get up and eat.”
• Matthew 4:11Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.
• Mark 8:3If I send them home hungry, they will collapse on the way, because some of them have come a long distance.”
• Luke 12:29And do not set your heart on what you will eat or drink; do not worry about it.

Commentaries on John 21:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9They saw a fire, etc. - This appears to have been a new miracle. It could not have been a fire which the disciples had there, for it is remarked as something new; besides, they had caught no fish, John 21:5, and here was a small fish upon the coals, and a loaf of bread provided to eat with it. The whole appears to have been miraculously prepared by Christ.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9They saw a fire … - We have no knowledge whence this was produced - whether it was, as Grotius supposes, by a miracle, or whether it was a place occupied by other fishermen, where they also might cook the fish which they had caught. As no miracle is mentioned, however, there is no reason for supposing that any existed in the case.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9Cooked fish and bread were the main foods in the diet of those living in Galilee. Jesus offered the men breakfast. The charcoal fire reminds us of when Peter denied Jesus (18:18).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 21:9

• Bread
• Fish
• Galilee
• Net
• Peter

In the dictionaries

• Dare
• Fishing, the art of
• Food
• Galilee, Sea of
• Peter
• Body, Spiritual
• Coal
• Come
• Fire
• Fishing

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