Day 21 of 21
John 21
The risen Jesus appears by the Sea of Galilee, provides a miraculous catch of fish, restores Peter with a threefold commission, and calls him to follow.
An epilogue in Galilee looks ahead to the church's mission and the destinies of Peter and the beloved disciple.
“The preceding words of the Evangelist seem to indicate the end of the book, but He goes on farther to give an account of our Lord’s appearance by the sea of Tiberias: After these things Jesus showed Himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias.”
“He says, Afterwards, because He did not go continually with His disciples as before; and, manifested Himself, because His body being incorruptible, it was a condescension to allow Himself to be seen. He mentions the place, to show that our Lord had taken away a good deal of their fear, and that they no longer kept within doors, though they had gone to Galilee to avoid the persecution of the Jews.”
Catena Aurea · St. Thomas Aquinas, tr. J. H. Newman · public domain
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