So He called out to them, “Children, do you have any fish?” “No,” they answered.
We have here an account of Christ's appearance to his disciples at the sea of Tiberias. Now, 1. Let us compare this appearance with those that went before, In those Christ showed himself to his disciples when they were met in a solemn assembly (it should seem, for religious worship) upon a Lord's day, and when they were all together, perhaps expecting his appearing; but...
Commenting on John 21:1-14
Then Jesus saith unto them, children,.... And still they knew him not, though he used this endearing and familiar appellation, and which they had been wont to hear from him; and he had called them by a little before his departure from them, Joh 13:33 and which he uses here as expressive of his tender affection for them, their relation to him, and that he...
Verse 5. Children. A term of affection and friendship, . Any meat. This word (Greek) means anything eaten with bread. It was used by the Greeks especially to denote fish (Schleusner) (d) "Jesus saith unto them" (1) "Children" or, "Sirs"