John 21:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

were come. went forth,

to. unto. Greek. eis. App-104.

saw. see. Greek. blepo. App-133.

fire of coals. Greek. anthrakia. Only here and John 18:18.

fish. Greek. opsarion, dim. of opson, cooked meat, eaten as. relish. in John 6:9; John 6:11, the only other passage where it occurs, it is in the plural as in John 21:10 below. Here it probably means. little fish,

bread. a loaf. One little fish and one loaf to feed eight persons.. beautiful variant of, and supplement to, the widow's handful of meal and cruse of oil (1 Kings 17). It was. type of the food He would supply them with, in the strength of which they would go "many days".

John 21:9

9 As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.