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John Gill
Jesus saith unto them, come and dine,.... One would think it should rather have been said, come and take a breakfast than a dinner, since it was so early in the morning: but Grotius has observed, out of Homer, that αριστον, is used for food taken in a morning; so that it may signify here, not what we properly call dining, but eating a morning's meal; and may be an emblem of that spiritual...
Matthew Henry
The evangelist seemed to have concluded his history with the foregoing chapter; but (as St. Paul sometimes in his epistles), new matter occurring, he begins again. He had said that there were many other signs which Jesus did for the proof of his resurrection. And in this chapter he mentions one of these many, which was Christ's appearance to some of his disciples at the sea of Tiberias, in which...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. The Revised Version is more correct: “Come and break your fast,” — “Come and have your breakfast.”
Charles H. Spurgeon
And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord. Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish likewise. This is now the third time that Jesus showed himself to his disciples, after that he was risen from the dead. So when they had dined, — When they had broken their fast, — but not until then, for Christ does not talk to men when their hunger...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. Or, “Come and break your fast after your long night’s toil.” How they must have opened their eyes to see the fish ready cooked for them to eat! Joh_21:12. And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord. “It was the Lord,” — “the Lord” who had asked them if they had any food, “the Lord” who had filled the net which had...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Simon Peter went up and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken. And Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord. Inwardly conscious that it was Christ’s habit to speak as he had spoken. Nobody could have caught his manner, and...