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John 21:12

Jesus said to them, "Come and eat." None of the followers would ask him, "Who are you?" They knew he was the Lord.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Apostles;   Fish;   Peter;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Eating, Mode of;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Resurrection;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Hospitality;   Miracle;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Fishing, the Art of;   Peter;   Resurrection of Christ;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Fish;   Holman Bible Dictionary - John, the Gospel of;   Presence of God;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - John, Gospel of;   Meals;   Peter;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Body (2);   Discourse;   Draught of Fishes;   Honey;   Loneliness;   Luke, Gospel According to;   Meals;   Searching;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Dinner;   Miracles;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Smith Bible Dictionary - John, Gospel of;   Meals;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Thomas;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Banquet;   Christ, the Exaltation of;   Dinner;   James;   Meals;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Christianity in Its Relation to Judaism;   New Testament;   Simon Cephas;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for October 19;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Come and have breakfast,”
King James Version (1611)
Iesus saith vnto them, Come, and dine. And none of the disciples durst aske him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord.
King James Version
Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord.
English Standard Version
Jesus said to them, "Come and have breakfast." Now none of the disciples dared ask him, "Who are you?" They knew it was the Lord.
New American Standard Bible
Jesus said to them, "Come and have breakfast." None of the disciples ventured to inquire of Him, "Who are You?" knowing that it was the Lord.
New Century Version
Jesus said to them, "Come and eat." None of the followers dared ask him, "Who are you?" because they knew it was the Lord.
Amplified Bible
Jesus said to them, "Come and have breakfast." None of the disciples dared to ask Him, "Who are You?" They knew [without any doubt] that it was the Lord.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Jesus said to them, "Come and have breakfast." None of the disciples ventured to question Him, "Who are You?" knowing that it was the Lord.
Legacy Standard Bible
Jesus *said to them, "Come, have breakfast." None of the disciples dared to question Him, "Who are You?" knowing that it was the Lord.
Berean Standard Bible
"Come, have breakfast," Jesus said to them. None of the disciples dared to ask Him, "Who are You?" They knew it was the Lord.
Contemporary English Version
Jesus said, "Come and eat!" But none of the disciples dared ask who he was. They knew he was the Lord.
Complete Jewish Bible
Yeshua said to them, "Come and have breakfast." None of the talmidim dared to ask him, "Who are you?" They knew it was the Lord.
Darby Translation
Jesus says to them, Come [and] dine. But none of the disciples dared inquire of him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Iesus saide vnto them, Come, and dine. And none of the disciples durst aske him, Who art thou? seeing they knewe that he was the Lord.
George Lamsa Translation
Jesus said to them, Come, break your fast. But not one of the disciples dared to ask him who he was, for they knew he was our Lord.
Good News Translation
Jesus said to them, "Come and eat." None of the disciples dared ask him, "Who are you?" because they knew it was the Lord.
Lexham English Bible
Jesus said to them, "Come, eat breakfast!" But none of the disciples dared to ask him, "Who are you?" because they knew that it was the Lord.
Literal Translation
Jesus said to them, Come, break fast. And no one of the disciples dared to ask Him, Who are You? knowing that it is the Lord.
American Standard Version
Jesus saith unto them, Come and break your fast. And none of the disciples durst inquire of him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord.
Bible in Basic English
Jesus said to them, Come and take some food. And all the disciples were in fear of putting the question, Who are you? being conscious that it was the Lord.
Hebrew Names Version
Yeshua said to them, "Come and eat breakfast." None of the talmidim dared inquire of him, "Who are you?" knowing that it was the Lord.
International Standard Version
Then Jesus said to them, "Come, have breakfast." Now none of the disciples dared to ask him, "Who are you?", for they knew it was the Lord.Acts 10:41;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
And Jeshu said to them, Come, dine. But one of the disciples did not dare to ask him, Who is he? for they knew that it was our Lord.
Murdock Translation
And Jesus said to them: Come and dine. And no one of the disciples presumed to ask him, who he was; for they knew that it was our Lord.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Iesus sayth vnto them, come and dyne. And none of the disciples durst aske hym, who art thou? For they knewe that it was the Lorde.
English Revised Version
Jesus saith unto them, Come and break your fast. And none of the disciples durst inquire of him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord.
World English Bible
Jesus said to them, "Come and eat breakfast." None of the disciples dared inquire of him, "Who are you?" knowing that it was the Lord.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Jesus saith to them, Come ye and dine. And none of the disciples presumed to ask him, Who art thou? Knowing that it was the Lord.
Weymouth's New Testament
"Come this way and have breakfast," said Jesus. But not one of the disciples ventured to question Him as to who He was, for they felt sure that it was the Master.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Jhesus seith to hem, Come ye, ete ye. And no man of hem that saten at the mete, durste axe hym, Who art thou, witinge that it is the Lord.
Update Bible Version
Jesus says to them, Come [and] break your fast. But none of the disciples dared inquire of him, Who are you? knowing that it was the Lord.
Webster's Bible Translation
Jesus saith to them, Come [and] dine. And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord.
New English Translation
"Come, have breakfast," Jesus said. But none of the disciples dared to ask him, "Who are you?" because they knew it was the Lord.
New King James Version
Jesus said to them, "Come and eat breakfast." Yet none of the disciples dared ask Him, "Who are You?"--knowing that it was the Lord.
New Living Translation
"Now come and have some breakfast!" Jesus said. None of the disciples dared to ask him, "Who are you?" They knew it was the Lord.
New Life Bible
Jesus said to them, "Come and eat." Not one of the followers would ask, "Who are You?" They knew it was the Lord.
New Revised Standard
Jesus said to them, "Come and have breakfast." Now none of the disciples dared to ask him, "Who are you?" because they knew it was the Lord.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Jesus saith unto them - Come! break your fast. Not one, of the disciples was venturing to ask him, Who art, thou? knowing that it was, the Lord.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Jesus saith to them: Come and dine. And none of them who were at meat, durst ask him: Who art thou? Knowing that it was the Lord.
Revised Standard Version
Jesus said to them, "Come and have breakfast." Now none of the disciples dared ask him, "Who are you?" They knew it was the Lord.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Iesus sayde vnto them: come and dyne. And none of the disciples durste axe him: what arte thou? For they knewe that it was the lorde.
Young's Literal Translation
Jesus saith to them, `Come ye, dine;' and none of the disciples was venturing to inquire of him, `Who art thou?' knowing that it is the Lord;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Iesus sayde vnto them: Come, and dyne. But none of the disciples durst axe him: Who art thou? For they knewe, that it was the LORDE.
Mace New Testament (1729)
come, said Jesus, let us dine. but none of the disciples offer'd to ask him, who he was; for they saw well enough that it was the Lord.
THE MESSAGE
Jesus said, "Breakfast is ready." Not one of the disciples dared ask, "Who are you?" They knew it was the Master.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Jesus said to all the cowboys, "Come get y'all some grub." None of the cowboys asked who he was because they knew it was the Lord.

Contextual Overview

1 Later, Jesus appeared again to his followers by Lake Galilee. This is how it happened: 2 Some of the followers were together—Simon Peter, Thomas (called Didymus), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the two sons of Zebedee, and two other followers. 3 Simon Peter said, "I am going out to fish." The other followers said, "We will go with you." So all of them went out and got into the boat. They fished that night but caught nothing. 4 Early the next morning Jesus stood on the shore. But the followers did not know it was Jesus. 5 Then he said to them, "Friends, have you caught any fish?" They answered, "No." 6 He said, "Throw your net into the water on the right side of your boat. You will find some fish there." So they did this. They caught so many fish that they could not pull the net back into the boat. 7 The follower Jesus loved very much said to Peter, "That man is the Lord!" When Peter heard him say it was the Lord, he wrapped his coat around himself. (He had taken his clothes off to work.) Then he jumped into the water. 8 The other followers went to shore in the boat. They pulled the net full of fish. They were not very far from shore, only about 100 yards. 9 When they stepped out of the boat and onto the shore, they saw a fire of hot coals. There were fish on the fire and some bread there too. 10 Then Jesus said, "Bring some of the fish that you caught."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Come: Acts 10:41

dine: The word בסיףפבם [Strong's G712], like prandere was used for any meat taken before the coena or supper.

durst: John 4:27, John 16:19, Genesis 32:29, Genesis 32:30, Mark 9:32, Luke 9:45

Cross-References

Genesis 17:19
God said, "No, I said that your wife Sarah will have a son. You will name him Isaac. I will make my agreement with him that will continue forever with all his descendants.
Genesis 17:21
But I will make my agreement with Isaac, the son who Sarah will have. He will be born at this same time next year."
Genesis 21:7
No one thought that I, Sarah, would be able to have Abraham's child. But I have given Abraham a son, even though he is old."
Genesis 21:8
Isaac continued to grow, and soon he was old enough to begin eating solid food. So Abraham gave a big party.
1 Samuel 8:7
The Lord told Samuel, "Do what the people tell you. They have not rejected you. They have rejected me. They don't want me to be their king.
1 Samuel 8:9
So listen to the people and do what they say. But give them a warning. Tell the people what a king will do to them. Tell them how a king rules people."
Isaiah 46:10
"In the beginning, I told you what would happen in the end. A long time ago, I told you things that have not happened yet. When I plan something, it happens. I do whatever I want to do.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Jesus saith unto them, come and dine,.... One would think it should rather have been said, come and take a breakfast than a dinner, since it was so early in the morning: but Grotius has observed, out of Homer, that αριστον, is used for food taken in a morning; so that it may signify here, not what we properly call dining, but eating a morning's meal; and may be an emblem of that spiritual refreshment believers enjoy with Christ in his house and ordinances now, and of those everlasting pleasures they will partake with him in the resurrection morn: and it is to be observed, that he does not say go and dine, but come and dine; that is, along with himself: he does not send his disciples elsewhere for food, but invites them to come to him, to hear his word, which is food for faith, to wait in his house, where plenty of provision is made, and to attend on his ordinances, and in all to feed upon himself, and to feed with him; to all which they are heartily welcome.

And none of the disciples durst ask him, who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord: to ask such a question was altogether unnecessary, and would have been impertinent, and they might justly have been upbraided and rebuked for it: it would have looked like insolence, or unbelief, or both, and that greatly aggravated, when it was so clear a case that it was the Lord; who might be known by his voice and person, especially when they came near to him, and also by the miracles which he wrought: so at the last day, when every eye shall see him coming in the clouds of heaven, none will ask who he is; all will know him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Come and dine - The word in the original means the meal which is taken in the morning, or breakfast.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 21:12. Come and dine. — δευτε αριστησατε. Though this is the literal translation of the word, yet it must be observed that it was not dinner time, being as yet early in the morning, John 21:4; but Kypke has largely shown that the original word is used by Homer, Xenophon, and Plutarch, to signify breakfast, or any early meal, as well as what we term dinner. It might perhaps appear singular, otherwise it would be as agreeable to the use of the Greek word, to have translated it, come and breakfast.

Durst ask him — Ever since the confession of Thomas, a proper awe of the Deity of Christ had possessed their minds.


 
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