It contains an account of a postcrucifixion appearance in galilee, which the text describes as the third time jesus had appeared to his disciples. After jesus had revealed himself to his disciples and eaten breakfast with them, he said to simon peter, simon, son of john. It has all the familiar swag, but its not quite the real thing. Simon peter answered him, yes, lord, you know that i love you. John doesnt always use variants to avoid repetition. After breakfast jesus asked simon peter, simon son of john, do you love me. But jesus needed to ask this question because peter had denied him three times. They have returned to their previous vocation and head back to shore with empty nets after some time fishing. The first reading and the gospel are connected by references to the sufferings and martyrdom that both paul and peter will endure for.
When i have made a fool of myself, i hate to be reminded of it. John, chapter 21 united states conference of catholic bishops. Most believe that although he had often been in danger, imprisoned, and banished to the isle of patmos, he was. In johns account, john recognizes it is the risen christ, peter swims ashore, and is recommissioned, this time using the analogy feed my sheep, rather the earlier analogy to be fishers of men. After jesus had revealed himself to his disciples and eaten breakfast with them, he said to simon peter, simon, son of john, do you love me more than these. Our first meal is by the seaside, or, really by the lakeside. Only john mentions its polyglot character and pilates role in keeping the title unchanged jn 19. Check out these helpful resources biblical commentary childrens sermons hymn lists. It suggests a lower quality of love than the first word.
The gospel of john begins with a lovely little poem about jesus. John 21, new international version niv the bible app. Devotions about gospel of john today daily devotional. Perhaps the phrase was originally a gloss to identify, among the five, the two others of his disciples. Installation of office bearers introduction peter was hurt because jesus asked him the third time, do you love me. By relating this postresurrection incident of the miraculous catch, perhaps john is indicating that now the disciples have come full circle. When they had finished breakfast, jesus said to simon peter, simon son of john, do you love me more than these. For example at the end of john chapter 14, john uses agape 15 times in 15 verses with no use of phileo. Euangelion kata ioannen is the fourth of the canonical gospels. Three times jesus tells peter to take care of his sheep. So when they had dined the persic version adds, jesus turned his face to simon peter. Jesus with his triple questioning is reminding peter of his triple betrayal the most painful memory imaginable but he does it with delicacy. Hymns for john 21 from, an authoritative index of hymns and hymnals. The book went through two to three stages, or editions, before reaching its current form, at the latest, around ad 80100.
Browse devotions about gospel of john, from the today daily devotional library. Plummer on you know peter will not venture anymore to compare himself with others he drops the more than these. But the act is another instance of the symbolism which runs through the whole of this gospel 23. John s gospel summarises what was probably a long mornings conversation between jesus and peter.
Even if a later addition, the chapter was added before publication of the gospel, for it appears in all manuscripts. John 19 21 new international version niv jesus sentenced to be crucified. John 1921 new international version niv jesus sentenced to be crucified. Thus the command is also to be understood, as elsewhere in the gospels, figuratively, the precise shade of meaning being determined by the context. Commentators generally agree that chapter 21 is an epilogue, although. Note that the writer himself calls him simon peter, but represents the lord as calling him simon son of john. When i have made a fool of myself, i hate to be reminded. John 21 is the twentyfirst and final chapter of the gospel of john in the new testament of the christian bible. When they had finished eating, jesus said to simon peter, simon son of john, do you love me more than these. Th is week, im bringing you a couples stories about meals, one around a charcoal fire and one in a middle school cafeteria, that teach us something important about what it means to follow jesus. Chapter 20 tells the story of the resurrection and jesus appearances to mary and the disciples. This occurred when jesus was having breakfast with his disciples soon after his resurrection.
If peter found forgiveness, and even a place of honor as a disciple, after denying christ. John 21 commentary william barclays daily study bible. The present tense is the only one in the immediate contextthe writer uses imperfects for the rest of the description. In the course of this chapter, there is a miraculous catch of 153 fish, the confirmation of peters love for jesus, a foretelling of. Let us look at the verse again, this time using the greek for the words meaning love. The purpose of john 21, in studies in the history and text of the new. Since the question, answer and commission is repeated three times with slightly different vocabulary, it is worth wondering whether john meant anything by varying. This entry was posted in gospel of john, gospel reflection, liturgy resources, prayer resources, scripture and tagged april 10th 2016, christ, cooking, donal neary sj, easter, faith, feed my sheep, fishermen, following jesus, gospel reflection, holy spirit, john 21. We therefore practice it every day, so that we may develop a deep and genuine love for it, and so that we may grow in the surpassing knowledge of christ. Its interesting to note that this closing scene is cast in the same spot where the first scenes of the gospel took place on the shore of the sea of galilee. John 1921 niv jesus sentenced to be crucified then. Church tradition has it that the apostle john was the writer of. Simon peter, and thomas, who is called didymus, and nathanael, who came from cana in galilee, and the sons of zebedee, and two other disciples, were together.
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