By the Sea of Galilee: “Feed my sheep” and the Great Commission
John 21:1–25; Matthew 28:16–20; 1 Corinthians 15:6
Back in Galilee, Jesus appeared to seven disciples by the lake, gave them a great catch of fish, and three times asked Peter, “Do you love me?” On a mountain he sent the eleven to make disciples of all nations.
Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit
Matthew 28:19 (World English Bible)
The net held 153 large fish without tearing (John 21:11). Beside a charcoal fire, where Peter had once denied him three times, Jesus restored him three times: “Feed my sheep” (John 21:17), and foretold the death by which Peter would glorify God. On the mountain he promised, “I am with you always, even to the end of the age” (Matthew 28:20).
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Dating notes
Between Thomas's confession on 12 April and the ascension on 14 May; Scripture gives no dates. Some identify the mountain appearance with Paul's appearance to more than five hundred at once (1 Corinthians 15:6). The month shown is estimated from the order of events in Ussher's harmony, so that events of the same year appear in sequence.