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Jesus Appears by the Lake

After this, Jesus revealed himself to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias. He revealed to them in this way:

Simon Peter, Thomas who was called the Twin, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee and two other disciples were together;

Simon Peter said to them:

“I’m going fishing.”

They replied:

“We will come with you.”

And they went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.

Just after daybreak, Jesus was standing on the shore, but the disciples did not realize it was Jesus.

Jesus called out:

“Children, do you have any fish to share?”

They answered:

“Nothing.”

Then he said to them:

“Throw the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.”

When they had lowered the net, they couldn’t pull it in because of the large number of fish.

Then the disciple Jesus loved said to Peter:

“It’s the LORD!”

At these words, “It’s the LORD!” Simon Peter put on some clothes, for he was stripped for work, and jumped into the sea.

The other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish; they were not far from land, about a hundred meters.

When they climbed out on shore, they saw a charcoal fire with fish on it and some bread.

Jesus said to them:

“Bring some of the fish you just caught.”

So Simon Peter went over and pulled the net to shore. It was full of big fish—one hundred and fifty-three—but, despite this, the net was not torn.

Jesus said to them:

“Come, have breakfast.”

And not one of the disciples dared to ask him, “Who are you?” for they knew it was the LORD.

Jesus came over and took the bread and gave it to them, and he did the same with the fish.

This was the third time that Jesus revealed himself to his disciples after rising from the dead.