After these things Jesus shewed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise shewed he himself.
That this concluding chapter is an appendix by the Evangelist's own hand was never doubted by Christians until the days of Grotius. That Neander and Lucke should have expressed their opinion that it was written by another hand from materials left by John, and so is to be regarded as authentic history, but not as the apostle's composition, is to be regretted rather than wondered at, considering their tendencies. We are sorry that Wieseler also should have given in to this opinion. But the vast majority of the ablest and most impartial critics are satisfied that there is no ground to doubt its being from the same beloved pen as the rest of this Gospel. It is in almost all the MSS. and Version. As to the difference of style-of which Alford, while admitting it to be John's, makes fully too much-even Credner, the most searching investigator of the language of the New Testament, bears the following testimony, which, from him and in the present case, is certainly an impartial one: 'There is not a single external testimony against the 21st chapter; and regarded internally, this chapter displays almost all the peculiarities of John's style.' There is positively no other objection to it except that the Evangelist had already concluded his Gospel at the end of John 20:1-31. But neither in the Epistles of the New Testament nor in other good authors is it unusual to insert supplementary matter, and so have more than one conclusion.
Of the ten manifestations of the Risen Saviour recorded in Scripture, including that in 1 Corinthians 15:6, this in order is the seventh-or to His assembled disciples the third.
After those things Jesus showed (or 'manifested') himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias: and on this wise showed he himself. This way of speaking shows that after His resurrection He appeared to them but occasionally, unexpectedly, and in a way quite unearthly, though yet really and corporeally.