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John 21:13

John 21:13

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

Jesus cometh, £ and taketh the bread, and giveth them, and the fish likewise. It would seem that the specific bread and fish already referred to () was the material of at least the first part of this sacramental meal No benediction or prayer is mentioned.

If this may not be presupposed, his presence made the feast, and was the blessing. Meyer says, however, that ἄρτον and ὀψάριον, as in earlier verses, are simply generic. On either supposition, it is clear from that more fish were prepared and used by the seven disciples than the solitary loaf and ὀψάριον which were first seen upon the fire.

The Lord gave them symbolically the entire gift of his love by that which he came forward at this moment to supply.

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