Jesus' apostles haul in 153 fish after a night catching nothing
[Watercolor by James Tissot 1836-1902]
John 21:1-8
Later on, Jesus showed himself again to the disciples. It was by the Sea of Tiberias, and it happened like this: Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee and two more of the disciples were together. Simon Peter said. 'I'm going fishing'. They replied, 'We'll come with you'. They went out and got into the boat but caught nothing that night.
It was light by now and there stood Jesus on the shore, thought the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus. Jesus called out, 'Have you caught anything friends?' And when they answered 'No', he said, 'Throw the net out to starboard and you'll find something'. So they dropped the net, and there were so many fish that they could not haul it in. The disciple Jesus loved (John) said to Peter, 'It is the Lord'. At these words 'It is the Lord', Simon Peter, who had practically nothing on, wrapped his cloak round him and jumped into the water. The other disciples came on in the boat, towing the net and the fish; they were only about a hundred yards from land.
Jesus cooks breakfast for his disciples
[Watercolor by James Tissot 1836-1902]
John 21:9-14
As soon as they came ashore they saw that there was some bread there, and a charcoal fire with fish cooking on it. Jesus said 'Bring some of the fish you have just caught'. Simon Peter went aboard and dragged the net to the shore, full of big fish, one hundred and fifty-three of them; and in spite of there being so many the net was not broken. Jesus said to them, 'Come and have breakfast', None of the disciples was bold enough to ask, 'Who are you?'; they knew quite well it was the Lord. Jesus then stepped forward, took the bread and gave it to them, and the same with the fish. This was the third time that Jesus showed himself to the disciples after rising from the dead.
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Notes:
1) Bible verses used in this post are from The Jerusalem Bible, Copyright 1966, Doubleday and Company, Inc. Garden city, New York.
2) The images above are of watercolor paintings by French artist James Tissot (1836-1902). These faithful photographic reproductions of original two-dimensional works of art. are in the Public Domain and were downloaded from the personal digital collection of Dr. Ralph F. Wilson, Director of Joyful Heart Renewal Ministries. Dr. Wilson granted Humble Blogger permission to use images from his collection in this Blog during Holy Week 2012
