Juan 21:5

5 Así que les dijo: Hijitos, ¿tenéis algo de comer? 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 Les dice Simón: A pescar voy. Le dicen: Vamos nosotros también contigo. Fueron, y subieron en un navío; y aquella noche no tomaron nada

4 Y venida la mañana, Jesús se puso a la ribera; mas los discípulos no entendieron que era Jesús

5 Así que les dijo: Hijitos, ¿tenéis algo de comer? Le respondieron: No

6 Y Jesús les dice: Echad la red a la mano derecha del navío, y hallaréis. Entonces la echaron, y no la podían en ninguna manera sacar, por la multitud de los peces

7 Dijo entonces aquel discípulo, al cual amaba Jesús, a Pedro: El Señor es. Entonces Simón Pedro, cuando oyó que era el Señor, se ciñó la ropa, porque estaba desnudo, y se echó al mar