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John 21:6

And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.

KJV

λέγει αὐτοῖς· βάλετε εἰς τὰ δεξιὰ μέρη τοῦ πλοίου τὸ δίκτυον, καὶ εὑρήσετε. ἔβαλον οὖν, καὶ οὐκέτι αὐτὸ ἑλκύσαι ἴσχυον ἀπὸ τοῦ πλήθους τῶν ἰχθύων.

Greek NT

Dicit eis : Mittite in dexteram navigii rete, et invenietis. Miserunt ergo : et jam non valebant illud trahere præ multitudine piscium.

Vulgate

And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.

ASV

He saith to them: Cast the net on the right side of the ship; and you shall find. They cast therefore: and now they were not able to draw it, for the multitude of fishes.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
βάλλω
ballo
verb · 125×
δίκτυον
diktuon
noun · 12×
δεξιός
dexios
adjective · 54×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
εὑρίσκω
eurisko
verb · 175×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μέρος
meros
noun · 42×
οὐκέτι
ouketi
adverb · 47×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
πλοῖον
ploion
noun · 66×
πλῆθος
plethos
noun · 32×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἑλκύω
elkuo
verb · 8×
ἰσχύω
ischuo
verb · 28×
ἰχθύς
ichthus
noun · 20×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ἴσχυον | WH/Treg/NIV: ἴσχυον | RP: ἴσχυσαν
  • ἴσχυονSBLGNT
  • ἴσχυονWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἴσχυσανRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Theophany

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Acts 2:41 — Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
  • Acts 4:4 — Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.
  • Hab 1:15 — They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.
  • John 2:5 — His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.
  • Luke 5:4 — Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.
  • Luke 5:4 — Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.
  • Luke 5:6 — And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.
  • Mal 3:10 — Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a