Juan 21:5

5 Entonces Jesús les dijo<***>: Hijos, ¿acaso tenéis algún pescado? Le respondieron: No.

Juan 21:5 Meaning and Commentary

John 21:5

Then Jesus saith unto them, children
And still they knew him not, though he used this endearing and familiar appellation, and which they had been wont to hear from him; and he had called them by a little before his departure from them, ( John 13:33 ) and which he uses here as expressive of his tender affection for them, their relation to him, and that he might be known by them:

have ye any meat?
that is, as the Syriac renders it, (oelml Mdm) , "anything to eat"; meaning fish that they had caught; and whether they had got a sufficient quantity to make a meal of for him and them.

They answered him no;
they had got nothing at all; or at least what they had was far from being enough to make a breakfast of; for so a meal early in a morning may be most properly called, though it is afterwards called dining. Christ's children, true believers, are sometimes without spiritual food; there is always indeed enough in Christ, and he has an heart to give it; but either through prevailing iniquity they feed on something else, or do not go to him for food, or go elsewhere; but he will not suffer them to starve; for as he has made provisions for them in the ministry of the word and ordinances; and he himself is the bread of life; if they do not ask him for food, he will ask them whether they have any; will kindly invite them to the provisions he himself makes; will bid them welcome, and bless them to them.

Juan 21:5 In-Context

3 Simón Pedro les dijo<***>: Me voy a pescar. Ellos le dijeron<***>: Nosotros también vamos contigo. Fueron y entraron en la barca, y aquella noche no pescaron nada.

4 Cuando ya amanecía, Jesús estaba en la playa; pero los discípulos no sabían que era Jesús.

5 Entonces Jesús les dijo<***>: Hijos, ¿acaso tenéis algún pescado? Le respondieron: No.

6 Y El les dijo: Echad la red al lado derecho de la barca y hallaréis pesca. Entonces la echaron, y no podían sacarla por la gran cantidad de peces.

7 Entonces aquel discípulo a quien Jesús amaba, dijo<***> a Pedro: ¡Es el Señor! Oyendo, pues, Simón Pedro que era el Señor, se ciñó la ropa (porque se la había quitado para poder trabajar), y se echó al mar.