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Selected Verse: John 21:8 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Joh 21:8 |
Strong Concordance |
And [1161] the other [243] disciples [3101] came [2064] in a little ship [4142]; (for [1063] they were [2258] not [3756] far [3112] from [575] land [1093], but [235] as it were [5613] [575] two hundred [1250] cubits [4083],) dragging [4951] the net [1350] with fishes [2486]. |
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King James |
And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they were not far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| the other disciples came in a little ship--by ship. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Two hundred cubits - About 350 feet, or a little more than 20 rods. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
A little ship (τῷ πλοιαρίῳ)
The noun is diminutive. Rev., the little boat. It is hardly probable that this refers to a smaller boat accompanying the vessel. Compare the alternation of πλοῖον and πλοιάριον in Joh 6:17, Joh 6:19, Joh 6:21, Joh 6:22, Joh 6:24.
Two hundred cubits
A little over a hundred yards.
With fishes (τῶν ἰχθύων)
Or, the net of the fishes. So Wyc, Rev., full of fishes. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Dragging the net - It is probable that this was that species of fishing in which the net was stretched from the shore out into the sea; the persons who were in the boat, and who shot the net, fetched a compass, and bringing in a hawser, which was attached to the other end of the net, those who were on shore helped them to drag it in. As the net was sunk with weights to the bottom, and the top floated on the water by corks, or pieces of light wood, all the fish that happened to come within the compass of the net were of course dragged to shore. The sovereign power of Christ had in this case miraculously collected the fish to that part where he ordered the disciples to cast the net. |
24 When [3753] the people [3793] therefore [3767] saw [1492] that [3754] Jesus [2424] was [2076] not [3756] there [1563], neither [3761] his [846] disciples [3101], they [846] also [2532] took [1684] [1519] shipping [4143], and [2532] came [2064] to [1519] Capernaum [2584], seeking for [2212] Jesus [2424].
22 The day following [1887], when the people [3793] which [3588] stood [2476] on the other side [4008] of the sea [2281] saw [1492] that [3754] there was [2258] none [3756] other [243] boat [4142] there [1563], save [1508] that [1565] one [1520] whereinto [1519] [3739] his [846] disciples [3101] were entered [1684], and [2532] that [3754] Jesus [2424] went [4897] not [3756] with [4897] his [846] disciples [3101] into [1519] the boat [4142], but [235] that his [846] disciples [3101] were gone away [565] alone [3441];
21 Then [3767] they willingly [2309] received [2983] him [846] into [1519] the ship [4143]: and [2532] immediately [2112] the ship [4143] was [1096] at [1909] the land [1093] whither [1519] [3739] they went [5217].
19 So [3767] when they had rowed [1643] about [5613] five [4002] and twenty [1501] or [2228] thirty [5144] furlongs [4712], they see [2334] Jesus [2424] walking [4043] on [1909] the sea [2281], and [2532] drawing [1096] nigh [1451] unto the ship [4143]: and [2532] they were afraid [5399].
17 And [2532] entered [1684] into [1519] a ship [4143], and went [2064] over [4008] the sea [2281] toward [1519] Capernaum [2584]. And [2532] it was [1096] now [2235] dark [4653], and [2532] Jesus [2424] was [2064] not [3756] come [2064] to [4314] them [846].