John 21:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Jesus said to them, Come and take some food. And all the disciples were in fear of putting the question, Who are you? being conscious that it was the Lord.

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  • Acts 10:41 : 41 Not by all the people, but by witnesses marked out before by God, even by us, who took food and drink with him after he came back from the dead.
  • John 4:27 : 27 At that point the disciples came back, and they were surprised to see him talking to a woman; but not one of them said to him, What is your purpose? or, Why are you talking to her?
  • John 16:19 : 19 Jesus saw that they had a desire to put the question to him, so he said to them, Is this what you are questioning one with another, why I said, After a little time, you will see me no longer; and then again, after a little time, you will see me?
  • John 21:15 : 15 Then when they had taken food, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, is your love for me greater than the love of these others? He said to him, Yes, Lord; you are certain of my love for you. He said to him, Then give my lambs food.
  • Gen 32:29-30 : 29 Then Jacob said, What is your name? And he said, What is my name to you? Then he gave him a blessing. 30 And Jacob gave that place the name of Peniel, saying, I have seen God face to face, and still I am living.
  • Mark 9:32 : 32 But the saying was not clear to them, and they were in fear of questioning him about it.
  • Luke 9:45 : 45 But this saying was not clear to them and its sense was kept secret from them so that they were not able to see it: and they had fear of questioning him about it.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 86%

    13 Then Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and the fish in the same way.

    14 Now this was the third time that Jesus let himself be seen by the disciples after he had come back from the dead.

    15 Then when they had taken food, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, is your love for me greater than the love of these others? He said to him, Yes, Lord; you are certain of my love for you. He said to him, Then give my lambs food.

  • John 21:1-11
    11 verses
    81%

    1 After these things Jesus let himself be seen again by the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and it came about in this way.

    2 Simon Peter, Thomas named Didymus, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were all together.

    3 Simon Peter said to them, I am going fishing. They said to him, And we will come with you. They went out and got into the boat; but that night they took no fish.

    4 Now very early in the morning Jesus was there by the edge of the sea (though the disciples were not conscious that it was Jesus).

    5 So Jesus said to them, Children, have you taken any fish? They made answer, No.

    6 And he said to them, Let down the net on the right side of the boat and you will get some. So they put it in the water and now they were not able to get it up again because of the great number of fish.

    7 So the disciple who was dear to Jesus said to Peter, It is the Lord! Hearing that it was the Lord, Peter put his coat round him (because he was not clothed) and went into the sea.

    8 And the other disciples came in the little boat (they were not far from land, only about two hundred cubits off) pulling the net full of fish.

    9 When they got to land, they saw a fire of coals there, with fish cooking on it, and bread.

    10 Jesus said to them, Get some of the fish which you have now taken.

    11 So Peter went to the boat and came back pulling the net to land, full of great fish, a hundred and fifty-three; and though there was such a number the net was not broken.

  • John 4:31-33
    3 verses
    75%

    31 While this was taking place, the disciples were saying to Jesus, Master, take some food.

    32 But he said to them, I have food of which you have no knowledge.

    33 So the disciples said one to another, Did anyone give him food?

  • 74%

    41 And because, for joy and wonder, they were still in doubt, he said to them, Have you any food here?

    42 And they gave him a bit of cooked fish.

    43 And before their eyes he took a meal.

  • 30 And when he was seated with them at table, he took the bread, and said words of blessing and, making division of it, he gave it to them.

  • 39 He said to them, Come and see. They went with him then and saw where he was living; and they were with him all that day: it was then about the tenth hour of the day.

  • 71%

    35 And they gave an account of the things which had taken place on the way, and how, when he gave them bread, they had knowledge of him.

    36 And while they were saying these things, he himself was among them, and said to them, Peace be with you!

  • 20 Then Peter, turning round, saw the disciple who was dear to Jesus coming after them--the disciple who was resting on his breast at the last meal, and said, Lord, who is it who will be false to you?

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    23 There was at table one of his disciples, the one dear to Jesus, resting his head on Jesus' breast.

    24 Making a sign to him, Simon Peter said, Who is it he is talking about?

    25 He, then, resting his head on Jesus' breast, said to him, Lord, who is it?

  • 13 But he said, Give them food yourselves. And they said, We have only five cakes of bread and two fishes, if we do not go and get food for all these people.

  • John 6:22-23
    2 verses
    71%

    22 The day after, the people who were on the other side of the sea saw that only one small boat had been there, that Jesus had not gone in that boat with the disciples, but that the disciples had gone away by themselves.

    23 Some other boats, however, came from Tiberias near to the place where they had taken the bread after the Lord had given praise.

  • 14 And when the time had come, he took his seat, and the Apostles with him.

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    17 And when it was evening he came with the twelve.

    18 And while they were seated taking food, Jesus said, Truly I say to you, One of you will be false to me, one who is taking food with me.

  • 22 And while they were taking food, he took bread, and after blessing it, he gave the broken bread to them, and said, Take it: this is my body.

  • John 6:11-12
    2 verses
    70%

    11 Then Jesus took the cakes and having given praise to God, he gave them to the people who were seated, and the fishes in the same way, as much as they had need of.

    12 And when they had had enough, Jesus said to his disciples, Take up the broken bits which are over, so that nothing may be wasted.

  • 16 But Jesus said to them, There is no need for them to go away; give them food yourselves.

  • 18 And he said, Give them to me.

  • 9 For he was full of wonder and so were all those who were with him, at the number of fish which they had taken;

  • 20 But he said to them, It is I, have no fear.

  • 50 For they all saw him, and were troubled. But straight away he said to them, Take heart, it is I, have no fear.

  • 37 Hearing what he said, the two disciples went after Jesus.

  • 20 And when he had said this, he let them see his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.

  • 20 And they all took of the food and had enough: and they took up twelve baskets full of broken bits which were not used.

  • 20 And he said to them, It is one of the twelve, one who is putting his bread with me into the same plate.

  • 25 And when they came across him on the other side of the sea they said, Rabbi, when did you come here?

  • 38 And he said to them, How much bread have you? go and see. And when they had seen, they said, Five cakes of bread and two fishes.

  • 43 And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken bits and of the fishes.

  • 20 Now when evening was come, he was seated at table with the twelve disciples;