But the other disciples came in the little boat (for they were not far from the land, but about two hundred cubits away), dragging the net full of fish.
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But the other disciples came in the little boat (for they were not far from the land, but about two hundred cubits away), dragging the net full of fish.
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The other disciples came by ship: for they were not farre from londe but as it were two hondred cubites and they drewe the net with fysshes.
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But the other disciples came by shippe (for they were not farre from land, but about two hundreth cubites) and they drewe the net with fishes.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 8 And the other disciples came in a little…
8 And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they were not far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes.
Ver. 8. And the other disciples came, &c.] They came all to Christ, but Peter sooner; he cast away all care of his fish, having the Lord to go to. It is best to be first and forwardest in a good matter; not only to make a shift to get to heaven, but to have an abundant entrance thereinto, to come bravely into the haven, by adding one grace to another, as Peter hath it, 2Pe 1:2; 2Pe 1:11. It is a low and unworthy strain in some (saith one) to labour after no more grace than will keep life and soul together, that is, soul and hell asunder. But that man for heaven, and heaven for him, that sets up for his mark, "the resurrection of the dead," Php 3:11, that is, by a metonymy of the subject for the adjunct, that perfection of holiness that accompanieth the state of the resurrection. Paul was Insatiabilis Dei cultor, insatiable worrshipper of God, saith Chrysostom.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The other disciples came in a little fishing boat,…
The other disciples came in a little fishing boat, dragging the net with fishes; probably, because it was too heavy to be lifted up into the boat.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the other disciples came in a little ship,....…
And the other disciples came in a little ship,.... The same that they were fishing in, in which they came to Christ as soon as they could, not choosing to expose themselves, as Peter did; nor was it proper that they should leave the ship, and, as it was, might have hands few enough to bring ship and net, so full of fish, safe to shore; and the rather, they did not think fit to do as he did,
for they were not far from land, but, as it were, two hundred cubits; which was about an hundred yards:
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dragging the net with fishes: towing the net full of fishes all along in the water, till they came to land; an emblem of laborious Gospel ministers, who being once embarked in the work of the ministry, continue in it to the end, notwithstanding all toil, labour, and difficulties that attend them; and will at last bring the souls with them they have been made useful to, with great satisfaction and joy, to their dear Lord and master.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 8. Dragging the net] It is probable that…
Verse 8. Dragging the net] It is probable that this was that species of fishing in which the net was stretched from the shore out into the sea; the persons who were in the boat, and who shot the net, fetched a compass, and bringing in a hawser, which was attached to the other end of the net, those who were on shore helped them to drag it in. As the net was sunk with weights to the bottom, and the top floated on the water by corks, or pieces of light wood, all the fish that happened to come within the compass of the net were of course dragged to shore. The sovereign power of Christ had in this case miraculously collected the fish to that part where he ordered the disciples to cast the net.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Two hundred cubits - About 350 feet, or a…
Two hundred cubits - About 350 feet, or a little more than 20 rods.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain The evangelist praises Peter, and excuses the other apostles:…
The evangelist praises Peter, and excuses the other apostles: all come to Christ; the former leaving his boat, his companions, his nets and prey, arrives more expeditiously; the latter with the impediments of the boat and nets, &c. &c. arrive also, but not so readily; a just figure this of religious, who leave all to go directly to God, and of those who remain in the world, and have to navigate a treacherous element with imminent danger of shipwreck. (Maldonatus) --- The poet Sedulius writes thus on the nets: Pendula fluctivagam traxerunt retia prædam,
Per typicam noscenda viam; nam retia dignis
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Lucida sunt præcepta Dei, quibus omnis in illa
Dextra parte manens concluditur, ac simul ulnis
Fertur apostolicis Domini ad vestigia Christi.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain the other disciples came in a little ship--by ship.
the other disciples came in a little ship--by ship.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 8. Came in a little ship—The little ship or…
8. Came in a little ship—The little ship or lake-boat in which they were fishing. See note on Luk_5:2. Peter swam and they navigated to the shore.
Two hundred cubits—But a hundred and thirty-two yards.
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Dragging the net with fishes—The net was doubtless of that kind which, with the first end attached to the boat, extended in a large circuit into the sea, and coming round, is fastened by the other end to the shore. As the approaches the shore the circle of the net narrows, and the enclosed fish are gradually brought to the shore. The net is sunk at the lower edge by weights, and sustained at the upper edge by corks, so as to form a perpendicular net-work for the fish encompassed by it.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 8. in a little ship] Rather, in the boat,…
8. in a little ship] Rather, in the boat, whether ‘the ship’ of Joh_21:3 or a smaller boat attached to it, we cannot determine.
two hundred cubits] About 100 yards.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (8) And the other disciples came in a little…
(8) And the other disciples came in a little ship.—Better. . . . in the boat. The two words “ship” and “boat” (πλοῖον and πλοιάριον) are interchanged here, as in Joh_6:17 et seq.
For they were not far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits.—That is, about 100 English yards. The shortness of the distance explains how they were able to drag the net in tow. The Greek preposition used with “cubits” (literally, “two hundred cubits off”) is used of distance only by St. John (Joh_11:18 and Rev_14:20).
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Dragging the net with fishes.—Comp. Note on Joh_21:6. The Greek is more exactly,. . . . with the (literally, of the) fishes—i.e., those with which the net had been filled (Joh_21:6).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain But the other disciples came in the little boat.…
But the other disciples came in the little boat. Either what was first described as to ploion is now more minutely described as ploiarion , "the (same) little boat," or else they had transferred themselves from the more cumbrous fishing-smack to the smaller craft which was tethered to the larger one. The reason why the other disciples came in the boat is given in the parenthesis: (for they were not far from the land, but as it were two hundred cubits off); i.e. about three hundred feet, half a stadium, a hundred yards. Apo to denote distance from, is used in this Gospel (see note, Joh_11:18) and the Revelation. (Rev_14:20) The disciples came in the boat over this distance, dragging the net (full) of fishes. The net was not broken, though filled. They did not further attempt to lift it; they hauled it to the shore as it was. Strauss, who tries to show that we have a glorifying myth framed out of an amalgam of the narratives of the first miraculous draught and that of Peter walking on the water, is singularly unfortunate; for there is less of the supernatural in the story than in either of the two narratives to which he refers.
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