“Why does Jesus, who has fish for the meal on the fire, tell the disciples to bring fish from those they have caught? . . . Only as the disciples bring fish that have just been caught does the meal prepared by Jesus achieve its full significance. Jesus makes the usual meal of bread and fish, which the disciples have so often shared with him, into a resurrection meal, not only by sitting down with them as the Risen One, but also by involving them in it as those who share in his resurrection power and as those who will continue his work on earth.” (Herman Ridderbos, The Gospel of John: A Theological Commentary, p. 662).

Tonight’s Bible study at Trinity Presbyterian Church, OPC, focuses on John 21.