John 21:14

14 τοῦτο ἤδη τρίτον ἐφανερώθη ὁ Ἰησοῦς τοῖς μαθηταῖς ἐγερθεὶς ἐκ νεκρῶν.

John 21:14 Meaning and Commentary

John 21:14

This is now the third time
Or day of Christ's appearance to his disciples: he appeared to them first on the same day he rose, and then a second time eight days after, or that day a week later, and now at the sea of Tiberias; for within this compass of time he had made more appearances than three, though to particular persons, and not to such a number of the disciples as at these three times:

that Jesus showed himself to his disciples after that he was risen
from the dead:
and thus, as by the mouth of two or three witnesses, everything is established; so by these three principal appearances of Christ to his disciples, his resurrection from the dead was confirmed.

John 21:14 In-Context

12 λέγει αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς · Δεῦτε ἀριστήσατε. οὐδεὶς δὲ ἐτόλμα τῶν μαθητῶν ἐξετάσαι αὐτόν · Σὺ τίς εἶ; εἰδότες ὅτι ὁ κύριός ἐστιν.

13 ἔρχεται ὁ Ἰησοῦς καὶ λαμβάνει τὸν ἄρτον καὶ δίδωσιν αὐτοῖς, καὶ τὸ ὀψάριον ὁμοίως.

14 τοῦτο ἤδη τρίτον ἐφανερώθη ὁ Ἰησοῦς τοῖς μαθηταῖς ἐγερθεὶς ἐκ νεκρῶν.

15 Ὅτε οὖν ἠρίστησαν λέγει τῷ Σίμωνι Πέτρῳ ὁ Ἰησοῦς · Σίμων Ἰωάννου, ἀγαπᾷς με πλέον τούτων; λέγει αὐτῷ · Ναί, κύριε, σὺ οἶδας ὅτι φιλῶ σε. λέγει αὐτῷ · Βόσκε τὰ ἀρνία μου.

16 λέγει αὐτῷ πάλιν δεύτερον · Σίμων Ἰωάννου, ἀγαπᾷς με; λέγει αὐτῷ · Ναί, κύριε, σὺ οἶδας ὅτι φιλῶ σε. λέγει αὐτῷ · Ποίμαινε τὰ πρόβατά μου.