CATCHING OF THE 153 FISH

1. Why did Jesus perform miracles? 

a) If Jesus really were divine, he should have been able to perform miracles. Jesus did just that. He healed the sick, walked on water and even raised the dead. These miracles helped to support his claim that he was the true God come to earth to save mankind.

b) The miracles of Jesus are described in the New Testament and are listed more or less below.

2. Miracles of Jesus: Catching of the 153 fish (John 21:4-11)

a) The Bible describes more than one miracle of Jesus involving the catching of fish. This particular miracle, described in the Gospel of John, occurred after the resurrection of Jesus: 

John 21:4-11 New International Version (NIV) 

⁴ Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus. 

⁵ He called out to them, “Friends, haven’t you any fish?” 

“No,” they answered. 

⁶ He said, “Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.” When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish. 

⁷ Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” As soon as Simon Peter heard him say, “It is the Lord,” he wrapped his outer garment around him (for he had taken it off) and jumped into the water. ⁸ The other disciples followed in the boat, towing the net full of fish, for they were not far from shore, about a hundred yards. ⁹ When they landed, they saw a fire of burning coals there with fish on it, and some bread. 

¹⁰ Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish you have just caught.” ¹¹ So Simon Peter climbed back into the boat and dragged the net ashore. It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many the net was not torn.