Then Jesus came and took the bread, gave it to them, and the fish likewise.
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Then Jesus came and took the bread, gave it to them, and the fish likewise.
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Iesus then came and toke breed and gave them and fysshe lykwyse.
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Iesus then came and tooke bread, and gaue them, and fish likewise.
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Passages linked to John 21:13 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- John 21:9 So when they got out on the land, they saw a fire of coals there, with fish and bread laid on it.
- Acts 10:41 not to all the people, but to witnesses who were chosen before by God, to us, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.
- Luke 24:42-43 They gave him a piece of a broiled fish and some honeycomb. He took them, and ate in front of them.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 13 Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth…
13 Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish likewise.
Ver. 13. Taketh bread and giveth them] As his manner was before his death, and with his usual form of grace before eating, by the which those two that had his company to Emmaus knew him, Luk 24:35. Those that receive not the creatures with thanksgiving are worse than heathens, 1Ti 4:4. The Greek word for a dinner comes of another word that signifieth prayers, which theyusually premised to their repasts. {a} Hesiod gives this precept, Eat not of a dish that hath not first been offered in sacrifice. {b} An elegant and pious precept, saith Melancthon, drawn no doubt from the holy patriarchs. The people would not taste of their good cheer till Samuel had blessed it, 1Sa 9:13. And Moses bade them eat and drink before the Lord. Mine oxen and fatlings are prepared, saith that king, Mat 22:4. It is in the original, are sacrificed, τεθυμενα. So was Nebuchadnezzar’s good cheer, which therefore Daniel would not taste of.
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{a} αριστον, απο των αρων a precibus quas praemittebant.
{b} Μηδ απο χυτροποδων ανεπιρρεκτων ανελοντα εσθειν.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Those who question whether our Saviour himself did eat,…
Those who question whether our Saviour himself did eat, seem not to consider what is written Act 10:41, where it is expressly said, he did eat and drink with them after he rose from the dead; which he doubtless did, to show that he was truly risen from the dead, and his seeming body was not a phantasm, and mere apparition of a body, but the same true body which was crucified, though now more glorious, and not clothed with those infirmities which it had before his death; from whence it only followeth, that he did not eat to satisfy his hunger, but only to confirm the truth of his resurrection. He did before this eat with some of them, Luk 24:30.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Jesus then cometh and taketh bread,.... After they had…
Jesus then cometh and taketh bread,.... After they had taken the fish out of the net, and all was prepared for the meal, and the disciples were set down to eat, Christ came and took his place as the master of the feast, and head of the family; and taking up the bread, as was his usual method, he asked a blessing over it, and gave thanks for it. Beza's ancient copy, and one of Stephens's read, "and having given thanks he gave", &c. which is agreeably to his usual practice at meals.
And giveth them, and fish likewise; he distributed both bread and fish to his disciples. So, in a spiritual sense, he provides plentifully for his people; gives them to eat of the hidden manna, and tree of life, and leads to fountains of living waters; encourages them to eat and drink freely, what is of his own preparing, and at his own expense provided for them.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 13. And giveth them] Eating likewise with them,…
Verse 13. And giveth them] Eating likewise with them, as Luke expressly says: Lu 24:43.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread ... - It…
Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread ... - It is not said that Jesus himself ate with them, but he gave them food. The design of this interview seems to have been to convince them that he had truly risen from the dead. Hence, he performed a miracle before they suspected that it was he, that there might be no room to say that they had ascribed to him the power of the miracle through friendship and collusion with him. The miracle was such as to satisfy them of its truth, and was, in accordance with all his works, not for mere display, but for utility. He remained with them, was with them at their meal, conversed with them, and thus convinced them that he was the same Friend who had died.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Jesus . . . taketh bread--the bread.
Jesus . . . taketh bread--the bread.
and giveth them, and the fish likewise--(See on Luk 24:30).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 13. Giveth them—It is not said that our Lord…
13. Giveth them—It is not said that our Lord ate, as he did in the narrative Luke 14:43. On that occasion he ate in order to convince them of his bodily reality. But here he gives the meal to show that he is the Divine bestower, they the humble but blessed receivers. In all their future wants and deprivations, both of body and of soul, these disciples might call to mind this meal, and feel assured that on the shores of the promised land they had a sure and ever faithful Provider.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 13. Jesus then cometh] Omit ‘then.’ They are afraid…
13. Jesus then cometh] Omit ‘then.’ They are afraid to approach, so He comes to them. ‘Bread’ and ‘fish’ are in the singular, as in Joh_21:9, but with the definite article, which points back to Joh_21:9; ‘the bread’ and ‘the fish’ which had been mentioned before. Of course this is not the fish that had just been caught, and nothing is told us as to how it was provided. The food is a gift from the Lord to His disciples.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (13) Jesus then cometh—i.e., from the place where they…
(13) Jesus then cometh—i.e., from the place where they had seen Him to the “fire of coals.”
And taketh bread, and giveth them.—Better, . . . the bread—i.e., the bread of Joh_21:9. Again (comp. Joh_20:22) we are reminded of the words used at the Last Supper. (Comp. Note on Luk_24:30.)
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And fish likewise.—Better, and the fish likewise—i.e., the fishes of Joh_21:9-10.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Jesus cometh, and taketh the bread, and giveth them,…
Jesus cometh, and taketh the bread, and giveth them, and the fish likewise. It would seem that the specific bread and fish already referred to (ver. 9) was the material of at least the first part of this sacramental meal No benediction or prayer is mentioned. If this may not be presupposed, his presence made the feast, and was the blessing. Meyer says, however, that arton and oqarion , as in earlier verses, are simply generic. On either supposition, it is clear from ver. 15 that more fish were prepared and used by the seven disciples than the solitary loaf and oqarion which were first seen upon the fire. The Lord gave them symbolically the entire gift of his love by that which he came forward at this moment to supply.
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