Jesus showed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias; and he showed himself in this way. Gathered there together were Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin,[a] Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples. Simon
Peter said to them, ‘I am going fishing.’ They said to him, ‘We will go
with you.’ They went out and got into the boat, but that night they
caught nothing.
Just after daybreak, Jesus stood on the beach; but the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to them, ‘Children, you have no fish, have you?’ They answered him, ‘No.’ He
said to them, ‘Cast the net to the right side of the boat, and you will
find some.’ So they cast it, and now they were not able to haul it in
because there were so many fish. That
disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, ‘It is the Lord!’ When Simon
Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on some clothes, for he was
naked, and jumped into the lake. But
the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish,
for they were not far from the land, only about a hundred yards off.
When they had gone ashore, they saw a charcoal fire there, with fish on it, and bread. Jesus said to them, ‘Bring some of the fish that you have just caught.’ So
Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, a
hundred and fifty-three of them; and though there were so many, the net
was not torn.
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. Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and did the same with the fish. This was now the third time that Jesus appeared to the disciples after he was raised from the dead.
