Did Jesus really hold a fish fry on the beach with His disciples? Why does no one in the first century — not Paul, James, Peter, Jude, or Clement — mention anything about John 21 or its contents? How could Justin Martyr quote 18 of John’s first 20 chapters and never touch the 21st? Why does Irenaeus, who quotes every chapter of John repeatedly, know nothing of John 21? Why does Tertullian call John 20:31 the termination of the gospel? Why does one gospel need two endings? Where did the miraculous catch of fish come from, and why does Luke tell it at the recruitment while John 21 tells it after the resurrection? Why does John 21 introduce sons of Zebedee and fishermen disciples that appear nowhere else in John’s account? How far is Bethany beyond the Jordan from the Sea of Galilee? Why does John describe the recruitment as happening in Bethany beyond the Jordan whereas Mark puts it in Galilee? Did Peter lose the keys to the kingdom when he denied Jesus three times — and is that why James leads the council in Acts 15? What do three affirmations of love have to do with three denials? Where does the prediction of Peter’s martyrdom come from? Who started the rumor that the beloved disciple would never die, and why did it need an answer? And when was chapter 21 actually added to the Gospel of John?
- 00:00The Fish Fry Question
- 1:04No Early Witnesses
- 3:06Irenaeus Silence
- 4:36Tertullian Quotes The Ending
- 7:55Two Endings Compared
- 9:09Scholars Agree
- 10:26Three Reasons For Chapter 21
- 12:06No Sons Of Zebedee
- 13:18Disciples Of John The Baptist
- 14:59Bethany To Galilee
- 15:48Mark’s Fishermen Story
- 17:09The Miraculous Catch Source
- 20:01Peter Jumps In The Sea
- 20:59Same With The Fish
- 22:19Loaves Without Fish
- 22:55Bread On The Road
- 23:49Third Or Fourth Appearance
- 25:50Peter’s Three Denials
- 27:19Did Peter Lose The Keys
- 28:57Three Affirmations
- 30:48Peter’s Martyrdom Foretold
- 32:31Which Peter
- 34:13The Disciple Who Never Dies
- 36:47The Rumor From Mark
- 38:22Authorship Claim
- 39:52Three Purposes Recap
- 41:51Century Of Silence
- 43:21A Resounding No
“All this happened at Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.”
John 1:28, BSB“For they had not understood about the loaves, but their hearts had been hardened.”
Mark 6:52, BSB