John 21:2

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

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  • John 1:45-2:1 : 45 Philip came across Nathanael and said to him, We have made a discovery! It is he of whom Moses, in the law, and the prophets were writing, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. 46 Nazareth! said Nathanael, Is it possible for any good to come out of Nazareth? Philip said to him, Come and see. 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him and said of him, See, here is a true son of Israel in whom there is nothing false. 48 Nathanael said to him, Where did you get knowledge of me? In answer Jesus said, Before Philip was talking with you, while you were still under the fig-tree, I saw you. 49 Nathanael said to him, Rabbi, you are the Son of God, you are King of Israel! 50 In answer Jesus said to him, You have faith because I said to you, I saw you under the fig-tree. You will see greater things than these. 51 And he said to him, Truly I say to you all, You will see heaven opening and God's angels going up and coming down on the Son of man. 1 On the third day two people were going to be married at Cana in Galilee. The mother of Jesus was there:
  • John 4:46 : 46 So he came to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And there was a certain man of high position whose son was ill at Capernaum.
  • John 11:16 : 16 Then Thomas, who was named Didymus, said to the other disciples, Let us go so that we may be with him in death.
  • John 20:28 : 28 And Thomas said in answer, My Lord and my God!
  • John 2:11 : 11 This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee and let his glory be seen openly; and his disciples put their faith in him.
  • Josh 19:28 : 28 And Ebron and Rehob and Hammon and Kanah, to great Zidon;
  • Matt 4:21-22 : 21 And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother, in the boat with their father, stitching up their nets; and he said, Come. 22 And they went straight from the boat and their father and came after him.
  • Luke 5:10 : 10 And so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were working with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Have no fear; from this time forward you will be a fisher of men.

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  • Mark 3:18-19
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    82%

    18And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot;

    19And Judas Iscariot, who was false to him.

  • John 21:1
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    1After these things Jesus let himself be seen again by the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and it came about in this way.

  • Acts 1:13
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    13And when they came in, they went up into the room where they were living; Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James, the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas, the son of James.

  • John 21:3-4
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    3Simon 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.

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

  • Matt 10:2-4
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    2Now the names of the twelve are these: The first, Simon, who is named Peter, and Andrew, his brother; James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother;

    3Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew, the tax-farmer; James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;

    4Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who was false to him.

  • Matt 4:21
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    21And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother, in the boat with their father, stitching up their nets; and he said, Come.

  • John 21:6-8
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    6And 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.

    7So 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.

    8And 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.

  • John 20:24-26
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    24Now Thomas, one of the twelve, named Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.

    25So the other disciples said to him, We have seen the Lord. But he said to them, If I do not see in his hands the print of the nails and put my finger into the print of the nails, and if I do not put my hand into his side, I will never have belief.

    26And after eight days, his disciples were again in the house and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were shut, Jesus came, and taking his place in the middle of them, he said, May peace be with you!

  • Luke 6:14-15
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    14Simon, to whom he gave the name of Peter, and Andrew, his brother, and James and John and Philip and Bartholomew

    15And Matthew and Thomas and James, the son of Alphaeus, and Simon, who was named the Zealot,

  • Mark 1:19
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    19And going on a little farther, he saw James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who were in their boat stitching up their nets.

  • John 6:22
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    22The 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.

  • Matt 4:18
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    18And when he was walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, whose other name was Peter, and Andrew, his brother, who were putting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

  • John 21:10-14
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    10Jesus said to them, Get some of the fish which you have now taken.

    11So 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.

    12Jesus 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.

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

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

  • John 11:16
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    16Then Thomas, who was named Didymus, said to the other disciples, Let us go so that we may be with him in death.

  • Mark 1:16
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    16And going by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon, and Andrew, the brother of Simon, putting a net into the sea: for they were fishermen.

  • John 12:22
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    22Philip went and gave word of it to Andrew; and Andrew went with Philip to Jesus.

  • John 2:12
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    12After this he went down to Capernaum, with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples, and they were there not more than two or three days.

  • John 1:39-40
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    39He 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.

    40Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two men who, hearing what John said, went after Jesus.

  • John 2:2
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    2And Jesus with his disciples came as guests.

  • John 6:16
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    16When evening came the disciples went down to the sea;

  • John 18:15
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    15And Simon Peter went after Jesus with another disciple. Now that disciple was a friend of the high priest and he went in with Jesus into the house of the high priest;

  • John 1:35
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    35The day after, John was there again with two of his disciples;

  • Luke 5:2
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    2And he saw two boats by the edge of the water, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets.

  • John 20:3
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    3So Peter and the other disciple went out to the place of the dead.

  • John 6:8
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    8One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, said to Jesus,

  • John 1:43
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    43The day after this, Jesus had a desire to go into Galilee. He came across Philip and said to him, Come and be my disciple.

  • Matt 28:16
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    16But the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had given them orders to go.

  • John 1:37
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    37Hearing what he said, the two disciples went after Jesus.

  • Luke 5:9
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    9For he was full of wonder and so were all those who were with him, at the number of fish which they had taken;

  • John 21:20
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    20Then 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?

  • Mark 1:36
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    36And Simon and those who were with him came after him.

  • John 13:22
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    22Then the eyes of the disciples were turned on one another, in doubt as to whom he had in mind.

  • John 20:30
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    30A number of other signs Jesus did before his disciples which are not recorded in this book:

  • John 3:22
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    22After these things Jesus and his disciples went into the land of Judaea, and there he was with them for some time, giving baptism.

  • Acts 1:21
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    21For this reason, of the men who have been with us all the time, while the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

  • John 4:2
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    2(Though, in fact, it was his disciples who gave baptism, not Jesus himself),