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John 21:14

Now this was the third time that Jesus let himself be seen by the disciples after he had come back from the dead.

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Appear, Appearance;   Hospitality;   Miracle;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Fishing, the Art of;   Peter;   Resurrection of Christ;   Holman Bible Dictionary - John, the Gospel of;   Presence of God;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - John, Gospel of;   Peter;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Beach;   Body (2);   Discourse;   Draught of Fishes;   Luke, Gospel According to;   Numbers (2);   Resurrection of Christ (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Miracles;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Smith Bible Dictionary - John, Gospel of;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Chronology of the New Testament;   James;   Manifest;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Christianity in Its Relation to Judaism;   New Testament;   Simon Cephas;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
This was now the third time Jesus appeared to the disciples after he was raised from the dead.
King James Version (1611)
This is nowe the third time that Iesus shewed himselfe to his disciples, after that hee was risen from the dead.
King James Version
This is now the third time that Jesus shewed himself to his disciples, after that he was risen from the dead.
English Standard Version
This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after he was raised from the dead.
New American Standard Bible
This was now the third time that Jesus revealed Himself to the disciples, after He was raised from the dead.
New Century Version
This was now the third time Jesus showed himself to his followers after he was raised from the dead.
Amplified Bible
This was now the third time that Jesus appeared to the disciples, after He had risen from the dead.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
This is now the third time that Jesus was manifested to the disciples, after He was raised from the dead.
Legacy Standard Bible
This is now the third time that Jesus was manifested to the disciples, after He was raised from the dead.
Berean Standard Bible
This was now the third time Jesus appeared to the disciples after He was raised from the dead.
Contemporary English Version
This was the third time that Jesus appeared to his disciples after he was raised from death.
Complete Jewish Bible
This was now the third time Yeshua had appeared to the talmidim after being raised from the dead.
Darby Translation
This is already the third time that Jesus had been manifested to the disciples, being risen from among [the] dead.
Easy-to-Read Version
This was now the third time Jesus appeared to his followers after he was raised from death.
Geneva Bible (1587)
This is now the third time that Iesus shewed himselfe to his disciples, after that he was risen againe from the dead.
George Lamsa Translation
This is the third time that Jesus appeared to his disciples, since he rose up from the dead.
Good News Translation
This, then, was the third time Jesus appeared to the disciples after he was raised from death.
Lexham English Bible
This was now the third time Jesus was revealed to the disciples after he had been raised from the dead.
Literal Translation
This now is three times that Jesus was revealed to His disciples, He being raised from the dead.
American Standard Version
This is now the third time that Jesus was manifested to the disciples, after that he was risen from the dead.
Hebrew Names Version
This is now the third time that Yeshua was revealed to his talmidim, after he had risen from the dead.
International Standard Version
This was now the third time that Jesus revealed himself to the disciples after he had been raised from the dead.John 20:19,26;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
This is the third time that Jeshu was seen by his disciples when he had risen from among the dead.
Murdock Translation
This is the third time that Jesus appeared to his disciples when he had arisen from the dead.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
This is nowe the thirde tyme that Iesus appeared to his disciples, after that he was risen agayne from death.
English Revised Version
This is now the third time that Jesus was manifested to the disciples, after that he was risen from the dead.
World English Bible
This is now the third time that Jesus was revealed to his disciples, after he had risen from the dead.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
This was the third time that Jesus shewed himself to his disciples, after he was risen from the dead.
Weymouth's New Testament
This was now the third occasion on which Jesus showed Himself to the disciples after He had risen from among the dead.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Now this thridde tyme Jhesus was schewid to hise disciplis, whanne he hadde risun ayen fro deth.
Update Bible Version
This is now the third time that Jesus was manifested to the disciples, after he was risen from the dead.
Webster's Bible Translation
This is now the third time that Jesus showed himself to his disciples, after he had risen from the dead.
New English Translation
This was now the third time Jesus was revealed to the disciples after he was raised from the dead.
New King James Version
This is now the third time Jesus showed Himself to His disciples after He was raised from the dead.
New Living Translation
This was the third time Jesus had appeared to his disciples since he had been raised from the dead.
New Life Bible
This was the third time Jesus had shown Himself to His followers after He had risen from the dead.
New Revised Standard
This was now the third time that Jesus appeared to the disciples after he was raised from the dead.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
This, already, is the third time Jesus was manifested unto the disciples, after he was raised from among the dead.
Douay-Rheims Bible
This is now the third time that Jesus was manifested to his disciples, after he was risen from the dead.
Revised Standard Version
This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after he was raised from the dead.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And this is now the thyrde tyme that Iesus appered to his disciples after that he was rysen agayne from deeth.
Young's Literal Translation
this [is] now a third time Jesus was manifested to his disciples, having been raised from the dead.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
This is now the thirde tyme that Iesus appeared vnto his disciples, after that he was rysen agayne from the deed.
Mace New Testament (1729)
this was the third time that Jesus appear'd to his disciples, after he was risen from the dead.
Simplified Cowboy Version
This was the third time that Jesus had appeared to his cowboys after coming back from the grave.

Contextual Overview

1 After these things Jesus let himself be seen again by the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and it came about in this way. 2 Simon Peter, Thomas named Didymus, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were all together. 3 Simon Peter said to them, I am going fishing. They said to him, And we will come with you. They went out and got into the boat; but that night they took no fish. 4 Now very early in the morning Jesus was there by the edge of the sea (though the disciples were not conscious that it was Jesus). 5 So Jesus said to them, Children, have you taken any fish? They made answer, No. 6 And he said to them, Let down the net on the right side of the boat and you will get some. So they put it in the water and now they were not able to get it up again because of the great number of fish. 7 So the disciple who was dear to Jesus said to Peter, It is the Lord! Hearing that it was the Lord, Peter put his coat round him (because he was not clothed) and went into the sea. 8 And the other disciples came in the little boat (they were not far from land, only about two hundred cubits off) pulling the net full of fish. 9 When they got to land, they saw a fire of coals there, with fish cooking on it, and bread. 10 Jesus said to them, Get some of the fish which you have now taken.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the third time: Or, as some read, the third day. On the day the Saviour rose he appeared five times; the second day was that day se'nnight; and this was the third day - or this was his third appearance to any considerable number of his disciples together. Though he had appeared to Mary, to the women, to the two disciples, to Cephas - yet he had but twice appeared to a company of them together. John 20:19, John 20:26

Reciprocal: 1 John 1:2 - and bear

Cross-References

Genesis 16:7
And an angel of the Lord came to her by a fountain of water in the waste land, by the fountain on the way to Shur.
Genesis 19:27
And Abraham got up early in the morning and went to the place where he had been talking with the Lord:
Genesis 21:6
And Sarah said, God has given me cause for laughing, and everyone who has news of it will be laughing with me.
Genesis 21:7
And she said, Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would have a child at her breast? for see, I have given him a son now when he is old.
Genesis 21:23
Now, then, give me your oath, in the name of God, that you will not be false to me or to my sons after me, but that as I have been good to you, so you will be to me and to this land where you have been living.
Genesis 21:25
But Abraham made a protest to Abimelech because of a water-hole which Abimelech's servants had taken by force.
Genesis 21:31
So he gave that place the name Beer-sheba, because there the two of them had given their oaths.
Genesis 21:33
And Abraham, after planting a holy tree in Beer-sheba, gave worship to the name of the Lord, the Eternal God.
Genesis 22:3
And Abraham got up early in the morning, and made ready his ass, and took with him two of his young men and Isaac, his son, and after the wood for the burned offering had been cut, he went on his way to the place of which God had given him word.
Genesis 22:19
Then Abraham went back to his young men and they went together to Beer-sheba, the place where Abraham was living.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

This is now the third time,.... Or day of Christ's appearance to his disciples: he appeared to them first on the same day he rose, and then a second time eight days after, or that day a week later, and now at the sea of Tiberias; for within this compass of time he had made more appearances than three, though to particular persons, and not to such a number of the disciples as at these three times:

that Jesus showed himself to his disciples after that he was risen from the dead: and thus, as by the mouth of two or three witnesses, everything is established; so by these three principal appearances of Christ to his disciples, his resurrection from the dead was confirmed.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The third time - See the “Harmony of the Accounts of the Resurrection of Jesus.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 21:14. This is now the third time — That is, this was the third time he appeared unto the apostles, when all or most of them were together. He appeared to ten of them, John 20:19; again to eleven of them, John 20:26; and at this time to seven of them, John 21:2. But, when the other evangelists are collated, we shall find that this was the seventh time in which he had manifested himself after he arose from the dead.

1st. He appeared to Mary of Magdala, Mark 16:9; John 20:15-16.

2ndly, To the holy women who came from the tomb. Matthew 28:9.

3dly, To the two disciples who went to Emmaus, Luke 24:13, c.

4thly, To St. Peter alone, Luke 24:34.

5thly, To the ten, in the absence of Thomas, John 20:19.

6thly, Eight days after to the eleven, Thomas being present John 20:26.

7thly, To the seven, mentioned in John 21:2; which was between the eighth and fortieth day after his resurrection. Besides these seven appearances, he showed himself,

8thly, To the disciples on a certain mountain in Galilee, Matthew 28:16.

If the appearance mentioned by St. Paul, 1 Corinthians 15:6, to upwards of 500 brethren at once - if this be not the same with his appearance on a mountain in Galilee, it must be considered the ninth. According to the same apostle, he was seen of James, 1 Corinthians 15:7, which may have been the tenth appearance. And, after this, to all the apostles, when, at Bethany, he ascended to heaven in their presence. See Mark 16:19-20; Luke 24:50-53; Acts 1:3-12; 1 Corinthians 15:7. This appears to have been the eleventh time in which he distinctly manifested himself after his resurrection. But there might have been many other manifestations, which the evangelists have not thought proper to enumerate, as not being connected with any thing of singular weight or importance.


 
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