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New King James Version

John 21:8

But the other disciples came in the little boat (for they were not far from land, but about two hundred cubits), dragging the net with fish.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Galilee;   Net;   Peter;   Thompson Chain Reference - Bible Stories for Children;   Children;   Home;   Pleasant Sunday Afternoons;   Religion;   Stories for Children;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Fishes;   Ships;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Fish, Fisher;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Fish;   Palestine;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Hospitality;   Miracle;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Fishing, the Art of;   Peter;   Resurrection of Christ;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Net;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Death, Second;   Dragnet;   Fish, Fishing;   John, the Gospel of;   Martha;   Presence of God;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - John, Gospel of;   Peter;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Animals;   Boat (2);   Discourse;   Draught of Fishes;   Fish, Fisher, Fishing;   Luke, Gospel According to;   Manuscripts;   Miracles;   Nets;   Pillow;   Sea of Galilee;   Ship ;   Weights and Measures;   King James Dictionary - Drag;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Miracles;   Weights and Measures;   3 To Draw, Drag;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Handicraft;   Smith Bible Dictionary - John, Gospel of;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Fish;   Thomas;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Andrew;   Baptism (the Baptist Interpretation);   Fishing;   James;   Ships and Boats;   Thomas;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Christianity in Its Relation to Judaism;   New Testament;   Simon Cephas;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for October 19;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Since they were not far from land (about a hundred yards away), the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish.
King James Version (1611)
And the other disciples came in a litle ship (for they were not farre from land, but as it were two hundred cubites) dragging the net with fishes.
King James Version
And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they were not far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes.
English Standard Version
The other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish, for they were not far from the land, but about a hundred yards off.
New American Standard Bible
But the other disciples came in the little boat, for they were not far from the land, but about two hundred cubits away, dragging the net full of fish.
New Century Version
The other followers went to shore in the boat, dragging the net full of fish. They were not very far from shore, only about a hundred yards.
Amplified Bible
But the other disciples came in the small boat, for they were not far from shore, only about a hundred yards away, dragging the net full of fish.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
But the other disciples came in the little boat, for they were not far from the land, but about one hundred yards away, dragging the net full of fish.
Legacy Standard Bible
But the other disciples came in the little boat, for they were not far from the land, but about two hundred cubits away, dragging the net full of fish.
Berean Standard Bible
The other disciples came ashore in the boat. They dragged in the net full of fish, for they were not far from land, only about a hundred yards.
Contemporary English Version
The boat was only about a hundred yards from shore. So the other disciples stayed in the boat and dragged in the net full of fish.
Complete Jewish Bible
but the other talmidim followed in the boat, dragging the net full of fish; for they weren't far from shore, only about a hundred yards.
Darby Translation
and the other disciples came in the small boat, for they were not far from the land, but somewhere about two hundred cubits, dragging the net of fishes.
Easy-to-Read Version
The other followers went to shore in the boat. They pulled the net full of fish. They were not very far from shore, only about 100 yards.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But the other disciples came by shippe (for they were not farre from land, but about two hundreth cubites) and they drewe the net with fishes.
George Lamsa Translation
But the other disciples came by boat; for they were not very far from land, but about a hundred yards, and they were dragging the net of fishes.
Good News Translation
The other disciples came to shore in the boat, pulling the net full of fish. They were not very far from land, about a hundred yards away.
Lexham English Bible
But the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net of fish, because they were not far from the land, but about two hundred cubits away.
Literal Translation
And the other disciples came in the little boat, for they were not far from the land, only about two hundred cubits, dragging the net of the fish.
American Standard Version
But the other disciples came in the little boat (for they were not far from the land, but about two hundred cubits off), dragging the net full of fishes.
Bible in Basic English
And the other disciples came in the little boat (they were not far from land, only about two hundred cubits off) pulling the net full of fish.
Hebrew Names Version
But the other talmidim came in the little boat (for they were not far from the land, but about two hundred cubits away), dragging the net full of fish.
International Standard Version
But the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish. They were only about a hundred yardstwo hundred cubits
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Etheridge Translation
But the other disciples came in the vessel, for they were not far from the land, but as two hundred ameen, and they drew that net of fishes.
Murdock Translation
But the other disciples came in the ship, (for they were not very far from the land, only about two hundred cubits,) and they dragged the net with the fishes.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The other disciples came by shippe, (for they were not farre from lande, but as it were two hundred cubites) And they drewe the net with fisshes.
English Revised Version
But the other disciples came in the little boat (for they were not far from the land, but about two hundred cubits off), dragging the net full of fishes.
World English Bible
But the other disciples came in the little boat (for they were not far from the land, but about two hundred cubits away), dragging the net full of fish.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And the other disciples came in the vessel (for they were not far from land, about two hundred cubits) drawing the net, full of fishes.
Weymouth's New Testament
But the rest of the disciples came in the small boat (for they were not far from land--only about a hundred yards off), dragging the net full of fish.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But the othere disciplis camen bi boot, for thei weren not fer fro the lond, but as a two hundrid cubitis, drawinge the nett of fischis.
Update Bible Version
But the other disciples came in the little boat (for they were not far from the land, but about two hundred cubits off), dragging the net [full] of fish.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the other disciples came in a little boat (for they were not far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits) dragging the net with fishes.
New English Translation
Meanwhile the other disciples came with the boat, dragging the net full of fish, for they were not far from land, only about a hundred yards.
New Living Translation
The others stayed with the boat and pulled the loaded net to the shore, for they were only about a hundred yards from shore.
New Life Bible
The other followers came in the boat. They were pulling the net with the fish. They were not far from land, only a little way out.
New Revised Standard
But the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish, for they were not far from the land, only about a hundred yards off.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
but, the other disciples, came, by the little boat, - for they were not farther from the land than about two hundred cubits off, - dragging the net of fishes.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But the other disciples came in the ship (for they were not far from the land, but as it were two hundred cubits) dragging the net with fishes.
Revised Standard Version
But the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish, for they were not far from the land, but about a hundred yards off.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
The other disciples came by ship: for they were not farre from londe but as it were two hondred cubites and they drewe the net with fysshes.
Young's Literal Translation
and the other disciples came by the little boat, for they were not far from the land, but as it were about two hundred cubits off, dragging the net of the fishes;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But other disciples came by shippe (for they were not farre fro londe, but as it were two hundreth cubytes) and they drewe the net with the fisshes.
Mace New Testament (1729)
as for the other disciples, they came in the bark dragging the net full of fish, for they were but about two hundred cubits distant from land.
Simplified Cowboy Version
The others hauled the fish in and headed back to shore.

Contextual Overview

1 After these things Jesus showed Himself again to the disciples at the Sea of Tiberias, and in this way He showed Himself: 2 Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of His disciples were together. 3 Simon Peter said to them, "I am going fishing." They said to him, "We are going with you also." They went out and immediately [fn] got into the boat, and that night they caught nothing. 4 But when the morning had now come, Jesus stood on the shore; yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. 5 Then Jesus said to them, "Children, have you any food?" They answered Him, "No." 6 And He said to them, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some." So they cast, and now they were not able to draw it in because of the multitude of fish. 7 Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment (for he had removed it), and plunged into the sea. 8 But the other disciples came in the little boat (for they were not far from land, but about two hundred cubits), dragging the net with fish. 9 Then, as soon as they had come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid on it, and bread. 10 Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish which you have just caught."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

cubits: Deuteronomy 3:11

Reciprocal: Mark 8:7 - fishes

Cross-References

Genesis 19:3
But he insisted strongly; so they turned in to him and entered his house. Then he made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.
Genesis 26:30
So he made them a feast, and they ate and drank.
Genesis 29:22
And Laban gathered together all the men of the place and made a feast.
Genesis 40:20
Now it came to pass on the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast for all his servants; and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.
Judges 14:10
So his father went down to the woman. And Samson gave a feast there, for young men used to do so.
Judges 14:12
Then Samson said to them, "Let me pose a riddle to you. If you can correctly solve and explain it to me within the seven days of the feast, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothing.
1 Samuel 1:22
But Hannah did not go up, for she said to her husband, "Not until the child is weaned; then I will take him, that he may appear before the LORD and remain there forever."
1 Samuel 25:36
Now Abigail went to Nabal, and there he was, holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk; therefore she told him nothing, little or much, until morning light.
2 Samuel 3:20
So Abner and twenty men with him came to David at Hebron. And David made a feast for Abner and the men who were with him.
1 Kings 3:15
Then Solomon awoke; and indeed it had been a dream. And he came to Jerusalem and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, offered up burnt offerings, offered peace offerings, and made a feast for all his servants.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the other disciples came in a little ship,.... The same that they were fishing in, in which they came to Christ as soon as they could, not choosing to expose themselves, as Peter did; nor was it proper that they should leave the ship, and, as it was, might have hands few enough to bring ship and net, so full of fish, safe to shore; and the rather, they did not think fit to do as he did,

for they were not far from land, but, as it were, two hundred cubits; which was about an hundred yards:

dragging the net with fishes: towing the net full of fishes all along in the water, till they came to land; an emblem of laborious Gospel ministers, who being once embarked in the work of the ministry, continue in it to the end, notwithstanding all toil, labour, and difficulties that attend them; and will at last bring the souls with them they have been made useful to, with great satisfaction and joy, to their dear Lord and master.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Two hundred cubits - About 350 feet, or a little more than 20 rods.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 21:8. Dragging the net — It is probable that this was that species of fishing in which the net was stretched from the shore out into the sea; the persons who were in the boat, and who shot the net, fetched a compass, and bringing in a hawser, which was attached to the other end of the net, those who were on shore helped them to drag it in. As the net was sunk with weights to the bottom, and the top floated on the water by corks, or pieces of light wood, all the fish that happened to come within the compass of the net were of course dragged to shore. The sovereign power of Christ had in this case miraculously collected the fish to that part where he ordered the disciples to cast the net.


 
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