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forgetting their divine commission. The Lord had instructed them to tarry at Jerusalem, for they had been commissioned (Luke 24:49). The Lord had told them to wait in Jerusalem for the day when they would all be clothed with heavenly power from on high. But this picture in chap ter twenty-one reveals that the disciples had left that position, giving up that ground. By leaving Jerusalem and coming to Galilee, they gave up their position. They had decided to go to the sea to fish. Peter and the other disciples went fishing because of their living. They might have lacked a sufficient supply of food and were very con cerned about it. Peter might have said, "We only have food for one meal. I don't know where the next meal is coming from. I'm going fishing." Not only did the six disciples go fishing with Peter; the Lord Jesus went also.
THE MIRACLE OF PROFESSIONAL FISHERMEN
CATCHING NO FISH
In verse 3 we are told that the disciples "went forth and got into the boat, and that night they caught nothing." Peter and the sons of Zebedee (John and James) were professional fishers, the sea of Tiberias was large and full of fish, and