Section 14
The morning (v. 4) was not the right time for fishing, but when the disciples, at the word of the Lord, cast their net they caught an abundance of fishes. Surely this was a miracle. It must have been that the Lord bade the fish come into their net. By this miracle their eyes were opened, and the "disciple whom Jesus loved said then to Peter, It is the Lord!" (21:7). The first one to recognize that it was the Lord was John. When Peter real ized that it was the Lord, he jumped into the sea and came to the Lord. The other disciples came in the little boat, dragging the net full of fishes.
CALLING AND RECOVERING PETER
BY MIRACLES IN FISHING
In Luke 5:3-11, the Lord called Peter by a mir acle in fishing. Here He also recovered him to His call by a miracle in fishing. He is consistent in His purpose.
THE MIRACLE OF HAVING FISH
PREPARED ON THE LAND
When the disciples got out onto the land, "they saw a fire of coals laid there, and fish lying on it and bread" (v. 9). Peter and the disciples very clearly saw the fish on the coals of fire and the bread. There had been no need to catch any