John 21:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Jesus stood on the shore. — Comp. John 20:19; John 20:26. The words express the sudden appearance without any indication of His coming. He was then standing in the midst, or on the shore, but no one knew whence or how.

The disciples knew not that it was Jesus. — Comp. John 20:14.

John 21:4

4 But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore: but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus.