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ϱ. Ὡς οὖν ἀπέβησαν r 2 Sam. XVii. 13. Acts viii
a a Pek Seies 1Ο. λέγει αὐτοῖς 6 ᾿Ιησοῦς, ''᾿Ενέγκατε ἀπὸ Tavs xviii. 18.
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ν νετ. 6. Ww XIX. 24. οὐδεὶς δὲ ἐτόλμα εἰδότες ὅτι ὁ κύριός
13. ἔρχεται οὖν ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς, καὶ λαμβάνει τὸν ἄρτον καὶ xi. ο.
14. τοῦτο ἤδη "τρίτον y 2 Cor. xii. 14; Xiii. .
strain. The only significance our Lord recognises in the fish is that they were food for hungry men.—Ver. 12. λέγει ... ἀρστήσατε, Jesus takes the place of host and says, ‘Come, breakfast,’ make your morning meal. οὐδεὶς ... Κύριός ἐστιν, not one of the disciples ventured to interrogate Him; ἐξετάσαι is ‘‘to examine by questioning”. Each man felt convinced it was the Lord, and a new reverence prevented them from questioning Him.—Ver. 13. When they had gathered round the fire, ἔρχεται . . + ὁμοίως. “Jesus approaches and takes the bread and gives to them, and the fish’? (used here collectively) ‘in like manner.” Evidently there was something solemn and significant in His manner, indicating that they were to con- sider Him as the Person who supplied all their wants. If they were to be free from care as His Apostles, they must trust Him to make provision for them, as He had this morning done.—Ver. 14. A note is added, perhaps indicating no more than John’s orderliness of mind, explaining that this was the third mani- festation given by Jesus to His disciples after rising from the dead. For the form of expression, τοῦτο ἤδη τρίτον, see 2 σου μα,
Vv. 15-18. Fesus evokes from Peter a confession of love, and commissiuns him as shepherd of His sheep.—Ver. 15. “Ore οὖν ἠρίστησαν, ‘ when, then, they had broken their fast,’’ a note of time essential to the conversation following. Peter had manifested the most ardent affection, by abandoning on the instant the net of fish for which he had been toiling all night, and by springing into the sea to greet his Lord. But was not that a mere impulsive demonstration,