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John 21:13

Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish likewise.

KJV

ἔρχεται Ἰησοῦς καὶ λαμβάνει τὸν ἄρτον καὶ δίδωσιν αὐτοῖς, καὶ τὸ ὀψάριον ὁμοίως.

Greek NT

Et venit Jesus, et accipit panem, et dat eis, et piscem similiter.

Vulgate

Jesus cometh, and taketh the bread, and giveth them, and the fish likewise.

ASV

And Jesus cometh and taketh bread and giveth them: and fish in like manner.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δίδωμι
didomi
verb · 414×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λαμβάνω
lambano
verb · 259×
ἄρτος
artos
noun · 97×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
ὀψάριον
opsarion
noun · 5×
o
article · 19778×
ὁμοίως
omoios
adverb · 31×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: ἔρχεται | WH/Treg/NIV: ἔρχεται | RP: + οὖν
  • ἔρχεταιSBLGNT
  • ἔρχεταιWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + οὖνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
trivial
SBLGNT: ὁ | RP: ὁ
  • SBLGNT
  • Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§645By means of touch and the sharing of a meal, the risen Jesus establishes direct contact with his disciples. He invites them in this way to recognize that he is not a ghost and above all to verify that the risen body in which he appears to them is the same body that had been tortured and crucified, for it still bears the traces of his Passion.508 Yet at the same time this authen…

Cross-references

  • Acts 10:41 — Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.
  • John 21:9 — As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.
  • John 21:9 — As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.