John 21:12

John 21:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)Jesus said to them, “Come and have breakfast.” None of the disciples dared ask him, “Who are you?” They knew it was the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Jesus said to them, "Come and have breakfast." Now none of the disciples dared ask him, "Who are you?" They knew it was the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Jesus said to them, “Come and eat breakfast.” Yet none of the disciples dared ask Him, “Who are You?”—knowing that it was the Lord.

Context of John 21:12

10Jesus saith to them, Bring of the fish which ye have now caught. 11Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and although there were so many, yet the net was not broken. Jesus saith to them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples dared ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord. 13Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish likewise. 14This is now the third time that Jesus showed himself to his disciples, after he had risen from the dead.

John 21:12 word by word

Λέγει αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς· δεῦτε ἀριστήσατε. οὐδεὶς δὲ ἐτόλμα τῶν μαθητῶν ἐξετάσαι αὐτόν· σὺ τίς εἶ; εἰδότες ὅτι ὁ κύριός ἐστιν.¶Read the interlinear

• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• saithλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• Comeδεῦτεdeute · comeG1205
• dineἀριστάωaristaō · to eat early mealG709
• Andδέde · thenG1161
• noneοὐδείςoudeis · noneG3762
• disciplesμαθητήςmathētēs · discipleG3101
• daredτολμάωtolmaō · be boldG5111
• askἐξετάζωexetazō · to find outG1833
• Whoτίςtis · which?G5101
• artεἶei · you areG1488
• thouσύsu · youG4771
• knowingεἴδωeidō · to perceive: understandG1492
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• wasἐστίesti · he isG2076
• Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962

Cross-references for John 21:12

• Acts 10:41Not to all the people, but to witnesses chosen before by God, even to us, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.
• John 4:27And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her?
• John 16:19Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said to them, Do ye enquire among yourselves of that which I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me?
• Genesis 32:29And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, why is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
• Mark 9:32But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.
• Luke 9:45But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him concerning that saying.

Commentaries on John 21:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Come and dine - Ϛ . Though this is the literal translation of the word, yet it must be observed that it was not dinner time, being as yet early in the morning, John 21:4; but Kypke has largely shown that the original word is used by Homer, Xenophon, and Plutarch, to signify breakfast, or any early meal, as well as what we term dinner. It might perhaps appear singular, otherwise it would be as agreeable to the use of the Greek word, to have translated it…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Come and dine - The word in the original means the meal which is taken in the morning, or breakfast.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-13None of the disciples dared to ask Him, “Who are You?”: Jesus looked different after God raised him from the dead. After his resurrection, Jesus was truly the same person. Yet his body was transformed and not limited in the same way. When he gave them bread and fish, their doubts disappeared (compare 6:11; Luke 24:30).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 12-1412-14. none ... durst ask him, Who art thou, knowing it was the Lord--implying that they would have liked Him just to say, "It is I"; but having such convincing evidence they were afraid of being "upbraided for their unbelief and hardness of heart" if they ventured to put the question.Read the comment

Topics related to John 21:12

• Apostles
• Fish
• Peter

In the dictionaries

• Jesus
• Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus
• Dare
• Fishing, the art of
• Galilee, Sea of
• Peter
• Resurrection of Christ
• Banquet
• Body, Spiritual
• Christ, the Exaltation of

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