John 21:1-8 ▼

1 Later on, Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples at the Sea of Tiberias. This is what happened:

2 Simon Peter, Thomas (called the Twin), Nathaniel from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two of his other disciples were together.

3 Simon Peter told them, |I'm going fishing.| They all told him, |We'll go with you, too.| So they went out and got into the boat but didn't catch a thing that night.

4 Just as dawn was breaking, Jesus stood on the shore. The disciples didn't realize it was Jesus.

5 Jesus asked them, |Children, you don't have any fish, do you?| They answered him, |No.|

6 He told them, |Throw the net on the right hand side of the boat, and you'll catch some.| So they threw it out and were unable to haul it in because it was so full of fish.

7 That disciple whom Jesus kept loving told Peter, |It's the Lord!| When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put his clothes back on, because he was practically naked, and jumped into the sea.

8 But the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish. They were only about 200 cubits away from the shore.