So when they got out on the land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid on it, and bread.
Parallel translations
- KJV As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.
- BSB When they landed, they saw a charcoal fire there with fish on it, and some bread.
- ESV When they got out on land, they saw a charcoal fire in place, with fish laid out on it, and bread.
- NKJV Then, as soon as they had come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid on it, and bread.
- NASB So when they got out on the land, they *saw a charcoal fire already made and fish placed on it, and bread.
- NLT When they got there, they found breakfast waiting for them—fish cooking over a charcoal fire, and some bread.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- John 21:10Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish which you have just caught.”
- 1 Kgs 19:5–6He lay down and slept under a juniper tree; and behold, an angel touched him, and said to him, “Arise and eat!”
- John 21:13Then Jesus came and took the bread, gave it to them, and the fish likewise.
- John 18:18Now the servants and the officers were standing there, having made a fire of coals, for it was cold. They were warming themselves. Peter was with them, standing and warming himself.
- Mark 8:3If I send them away fasting to their home, they will faint on the way, for some of them have come a long way.”
- Matt 4:11Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and served him.
- Luke 12:29–31Don’t seek what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious.
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