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John Gill
Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing,.... Which was his business before his conversion; and now having nothing to do, and his Lord and master having, as yet, no service for him in the ministry of the word, until the Spirit was poured down in an extraordinary manner, which was given to be expected, in the mean while he was inclined to, and resolved upon taking up his former employment;...
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
Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. Men who are in a right state of heart cannot willingly be idle; so, if these apostles cannot preach for a time, they will go back to their old employment, and seek to catch fish. Joh_21:3. They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing. Brethren, without Christ’s...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. Their Master had told them to wait, but they could not wait. Surely when they were in Galilee by his command, they might have trusted him to supply their needs; but their faith was slack, so Peter said, “I go a fishing,” and the others were much of the same mind; waiting had become weary work, as it often does...
Charles H. Spurgeon
After these things Jesus shewed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise shewed he himself. There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee. and two other of his disciples. Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. They could not do better. Idleness is...
Charles H. Spurgeon
They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing. Even apostles may fish and catch nothing. Do not be discouraged, you who, when you are endeavoring to fish for souls, for many a day catch nothing.