1 After these things Jesus she-wed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise shewed he himself.
2 There were together Simon Pe- ter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples.
3 Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say uuto him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship im- mediately ; and that night they caught nothing.
4 But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore : but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus.
5 Then Jesus saith unto them. Children, have ye any meat? they answered him, No.
6 And he said unto them. Cast the 1^ on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.
7 Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, iLis the Lord. Now when Simon Peter
heard that it was the Lord, he girt Ms fisher's coat unto Mm (for he was naked), and did cast himself into the sea.
8 And the other disciples came in a little ship (for they were not far from land, but as it were two hun- dred cubits) ; dragging the net with fishes.
9 As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.
10 Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish which ye have now caught.
11 Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three : and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken.
12 Jesus saith unto them, CpDoe ajid dine. And none of the disciples durst ask him. Who art thou ? know- ing that it was the Lord.
13 Jesus then cometh, andtaketh bread, and giveth them, and fish likewise.
14 This is now the third time that Jesus shewed himself to his dis- ciples, after that he was risen from the dead.
The appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ after His resurrection, described in these verses, is a deeply inter- esting portion of the Gospel history. The circum- stances attending it have always been regarded as liiglily allegorical and figurative, in every age of the Church. It may, however, be justly doubted whether commenta- tors and interpreters have not gone too far in this direc- tion. It is quite possible to spiritualize and filter away the narratives of the Gospels, until we completely lose eight of the plain meaning of words. In the present case we shall find it wise to confine ourselves to the