Juan 21:5

5 Les preguntó:
—No —contestaron ellos.

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 dijo:
—Me voy a pescar.
—Nosotros también vamos —dijeron los demás.
Así que salieron en la barca, pero no pescaron nada en toda la noche.

4 Al amanecer, Jesús apareció en la playa, pero los discípulos no podían ver quién era.

5 Les preguntó:
—No —contestaron ellos.

6 Entonces él dijo:
Ellos lo hicieron y no podían sacar la red por la gran cantidad de peces que contenía.

7 Entonces el discípulo a quien Jesús amaba le dijo a Pedro: «¡Es el Señor!». Cuando Simón Pedro oyó que era el Señor, se puso la túnica (porque se la había quitado para trabajar), se tiró al agua y se dirigió hacia la orilla.