Jn. 21:1 After these things Yeshua showed these Himself again to the disciples at the Sea of Tiberius, and in this way He showed Himself.
Jn. 21:2 Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus, Nathaniel of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of His disciples were together.
Jn. 21:3 Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.” They said to him, “We are going with you also.” They went out and immediately got into a boat, and that night caught nothing.
Jn. 21:4 But when the morning had now come, Yeshua stood on the shore, yet the disciples did not know that it was Yeshua.
Jn. 21:5 Then Yeshua said to them, “Children, have you any food?” They answered Him, “No!”
Jn. 21:6 And He said to them, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” So they cast, and now they were not able to draw it in because of the multitude of fish.
Jn. 21:7 Therefore that disciple whom Yeshua loved said to Peter, “Is it the Lord?” Now when Simon Peter heard that it was he Lord, he put on his outer garment (for he had removed it), and plunged into the sea.
Jn. 21:8 But the other disciples came in the little boat (for they were not far from land, but about two hundred cubits), dragging the net of fish.
Jn. 21:9 Then, as soon as they had come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid on it, and bread.
Jn. 21:10 Yeshua said to them, “Bring some of the fish which you have just caught.”
Jn. 21:11 Simon Peter went up and dragged the et to land, full of large fish, one hundred and fifty three, and although there were so many, the net was not broken.
Jn. 21:12 Yeshua said to them, “Come and eat breakfast.” Yet none pf the disciples dared to ask Him, “who are You?” – knowing that it was the Lord.”
Jn. 21:13 Yeshua then came and took bread and gave it to them, and likewise the fish.
Jn. 21:14 This is now the third time Yeshua showed Himself to His disciples after He was raised from the dead.
Jn. 21:15 So when they had eaten breakfast, Yeshua said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me more than these?” He said o them, “Yes Lord; You know that I love You.” He said to him, “Feed My lambs.”
The word for love use here is agape. The word “these” means the disciples. He reason his is significant is hat in the upper room, that is the kind of love that Peter claimed to have for Yeshua. For he said to Yeshua, “Though all the other disciples forsake You, I will die for you.” He said he had the greatest agape love for Yeshua, more than the other disciples.
Jn. 12:16 He said o him again a second time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me?” He said to Him, “Yes, Lord, You know that I love You; He said to Him, “Tend My sheep.”
Peter’s answer now is “Lord, You know that I phileo You.” Yeshua gives him another commission. The word “tend” means to exercise authority and supervision, in this case over believers.
Jn. 21:17 He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me?” Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, “Do you love Me?” And he said to Him, “Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You.” Yeshua said to him, “Feed My sheep.”.
The word Peter uses here again is Phileo. He is now given the commission to feed the sheep, meaning by the Word of God.
Jn. 21:18 “Most assuredly, I say to you, when you were younger, you girded yourself and walked where you wished; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish.”
Jn. 21:19 This He spoke signifying by what death he would glorify God. And when He had spoken this, He said to him, “Follow Me.”
In these verses Peter is told that he will die a martyr’s death Now here is where I personally have a problem. We are told in the Acts of Peter, and also church tradition which probably came from that pseudepigraphal writing, that Peter was crucified upside down in Rome. Because of some stories in that writing (Simon Magus flying around Rome, and Peter meeting Yeshua Yeshua on the road outside of Rome and being told that He is coming into town to be crucified again) leads me to believe me to believe personally that this is all a bunch of hocus pocus. Peter may have died in Rome, but I don’t believe that the “Acts of Peter” is a reliable source for his demise.
Jn. 21:20 Then Peter, turning around, saw the disciple whom Yeshua loved following who also had leaned on His breast at the supper, and said, “Lord, who is the one who betrays You?”
Jn. 21:21 Peter, seeing him, said to Yeshua, “But Lord, what about this man?”
Jn. 21:22 Yeshua said to him, “If I will that he remain till I come, what is it to you? You follow Me.”
Jn. 21:23 Then this saying went out among the brethren that this disciple would not die. Yet Yeshua did not say to him that he would not die, but, “If I will that he remain till I come, what is that to you?”
Jn 21:24 This is the disciple who testified of these things, and wrote these things; and we know that his testimony is true.
Jn. 21:25 And there are also many other things that Yeshua did, which if they were written one by one, I suppose even the world itself could not contain the books that would b written, Amen.
Yeshua actually lived only about thirty-three and a half years. If you read the Gospels and count out how many days are recorded, we only know of activities somewhere between seventy-five and eighty days of His life. There is a lot of time missing.
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