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Simplified Cowboy Version

John 21:10

Jesus said, "Bring some of the fish over here."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Fish;   Galilee;   Net;   Peter;   Thompson Chain Reference - Bible Stories for Children;   Children;   Home;   Pleasant Sunday Afternoons;   Religion;   Stories for Children;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Fish, Fisher;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Hospitality;   Miracle;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Fishing, the Art of;   Peter;   Resurrection of Christ;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Fish;   Net;   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 - Animals;   Discourse;   Draught of Fishes;   Fish, Fisher, Fishing;   Honey;   Luke, Gospel According to;   Trade and Commerce;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Miracles;   3 To Draw, Drag;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Smith Bible Dictionary - John, Gospel of;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Thomas;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Fishing;   James;   Thomas;   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®
“Bring some of the fish you’ve just caught,”
King James Version (1611)
Iesus saith vnto them, Bring of the fish, which ye haue now caught.
King James Version
Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish which ye have now caught.
English Standard Version
Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish that you have just caught."
New American Standard Bible
Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish which you have now caught."
New Century Version
Then Jesus said, "Bring some of the fish you just caught."
Amplified Bible
Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish which you have just caught."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish which you have now caught."
Legacy Standard Bible
Jesus *said to them, "Bring some of the fish which you have now caught."
Berean Standard Bible
Jesus told them, "Bring some of the fish you have just caught."
Contemporary English Version
Jesus told his disciples, "Bring some of the fish you just caught."
Complete Jewish Bible
Yeshua said to them, "Bring some of the fish you have just caught."
Darby Translation
Jesus says to them, Bring of the fishes which ye have now taken.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then Jesus said, "Bring some of the fish that you caught."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Iesus saide vnto them, Bring of the fishes, which ye haue nowe caught.
George Lamsa Translation
Jesus said to them, Bring some of the fish which you have now caught.
Good News Translation
Then Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish you have just caught."
Lexham English Bible
Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish that you have just now caught."
Literal Translation
Jesus said to them, Bring from the little fish which you caught now.
American Standard Version
Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish which ye have now taken.
Bible in Basic English
Jesus said to them, Get some of the fish which you have now taken.
Hebrew Names Version
Yeshua said to them, "Bring some of the fish which you have just caught."
International Standard Version
Jesus told them, "Bring me some of the fish you've just caught."
Etheridge Translation
And Jeshu said, Bring of the fish which you have now caught.
Murdock Translation
And Jesus said to them: Bring [fn] of the fishes, which ye have just caught.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Iesus saith vnto them: Bryng of the fisshe which ye haue nowe caught.
English Revised Version
Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish which ye have now taken.
World English Bible
Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish which you have just caught."
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Jesus saith to them, Bring of the fishes which ye have taken now.
Weymouth's New Testament
Jesus told them to fetch some of the fish which they had just caught.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Jhesus seith to hem, Bringe ye of the fyschis, whiche ye han takun now.
Update Bible Version
Jesus says to them, Bring of the fish which you have now taken.
Webster's Bible Translation
Jesus saith to them, Bring of the fish which ye have now caught.
New English Translation
Jesus said, "Bring some of the fish you have just now caught."
New King James Version
Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish which you have just caught."
New Living Translation
"Bring some of the fish you've just caught," Jesus said.
New Life Bible
Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish you have just caught."
New Revised Standard
Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish that you have just caught."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Jesus saith unto them - Bring of the fish which ye caught just now.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Jesus saith to them: Bring hither of the fishes which you have now caught.
Revised Standard Version
Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish that you have just caught."
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Iesus sayde vnto them: bringe of the fysshe which ye have now caught.
Young's Literal Translation
Jesus saith to them, `Bring ye from the fishes that ye caught now;'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Iesus sayde vnto the: Bringe hither of the fyshes, that ye haue taken now.
Mace New Testament (1729)
Jesus said to them, bring some of the fish you have now caught.
THE MESSAGE
Jesus said, "Bring some of the fish you've just caught." Simon Peter joined them and pulled the net to shore—153 big fish! And even with all those fish, the net didn't rip.

Contextual Overview

1Later on, Jesus appeared once again to his cowboys by the Sea of Galilee. 2It happened like this. Pete, Tom, Nate, James, and John, and two other cowboys were together. 3Pete said, "I'm going fishin'," and the others said they wanted to go too. So, they all jumped in a boat, but they didn't catch anything all night long. 4Early the next morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the cowboys couldn't tell who it was. 5Jesus hollered out to them, "Hey, amigos. Did y'all catch anything?""Nope," they answered. 6Jesus hollered back, "Cast your net on the right side of the boat and I bet you'll catch something." When they did, their nets started to break because of all the fish. 7Then the cowboy who Jesus loved said to Pete, "Hey, it's the Lord!" Pete barely registered the words before he threw his clothes on and jumped out of the boat and swam to shore. 8The others hauled the fish in and headed back to shore. 9When they got there, they found breakfast was waiting. Jesus had cooked them some biscuits and fish. 10Jesus said, "Bring some of the fish over here."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Matthew 15:34 - few Luke 24:41 - Have

Cross-References

Matthew 22:13
"The big rancher told some of his cowboys, 'Tie him up and drag him out of here and leave him for the coyotes and buzzards to eat!'
John 8:35
A slave can belong to no family,
Galatians 3:18
Think about this, can following a set of rules bless us? If it could, then we wouldn't need God's promise, just good rule-following ability. But God blessed Abraham because of his faith, not because he followed rules. We have the same promise made to us.
Galatians 4:7
You are no longer a child slave of sin, but one of God's own children—with an inheritance that will come as well.
1 Peter 1:4
Now we are just waiting to receive the full amount of blessings God has promised to his kids. These blessings are waiting on you in heaven where they can't be chewed on by mice or ruined by moths.
1 John 2:19
These folks didn't belong in our crew. That's why they left. If they had belonged with us, they would have stayed. This is just proof they didn't belong with us.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Jesus saith unto them,.... The disciples:

bring of the fish which ye have now caught: for they might have caught some before, though so few and small, as scarcely to be reckoned any; nor were they bid to bring all they had taken, only some of them, to add to these Christ had prepared for them on land; they being both indeed of a miraculous production, and the effects of his divine power. Christ's view in ordering to bring some of them, and put to those that lay upon the coals, was partly that they might have enough to make a meal of for them all; and also, that they might have a more perfect knowledge of the miracle wrought, by seeing the number and largeness of the fishes, and by bringing the net full of them to shore unbroken; and may be an emblem of the bringing of souls to Christ by the ministry of the word, thereby adding to those that are already gathered.


 
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