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had become, having passed over into incorruptibility. 412 Jo , Having shown his body and supplied them with peace, he filled them with great, divine joy. 413 Jo , 22 And he calls the spiritual grace of the apostles “spirit,” saying, “Receive the Holy Spirit,” because it makes those who hear spiritual, as he himself had said before: "The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life." if, therefore, he calls the words that he himself spoke “spirit,” that is, spiritual, how would he not much more have called so great a gift “spirit” by the same name? 414 Jo , 22-23 As teachers of the inhabited world they receive this great provision of his divine authority: the ability to forgive sins and to condemn certain people, like Sapphira and Ananias, which authority he calls Holy Spirit, the spiritual gift; for he promised not to give the Spirit, but to send it. 415 Jo , 24-25 Because of the extraordinary nature of the matter, Thomas disbelieves and says these things. Therefore the Lord persuades him through another revelation. 416 Jo , 26-27 Because of Thomas's unbelief, it was necessary for the Lord to persuade him through another revelation, and he appeared in the same manner as at first and urges Thomas to touch him, but he reproaches him because he believed neither the disciples nor Christ’s prediction, which he spoke concerning his own resurrection. 417 Jo , 28 Being persuaded both by touch and sight, he confesses Jesus as God and Lord. 418 Jo , 29 Since he was, as it were, driven to believe from experience, the Savior blesses those who have believed from hearing. 419 Jo , 30-31 Although the Lord performed many signs, the disciples recorded few, as many as whose memory was sufficient for the benefit of those who would come to believe that he rose, proclaimed by the prophets as the Son of God. This is the one who became man and was named Jesus, in whose name all things are made alive. 4 Jo 21, 1-6 Not yet having been sent out to preach, they did not think it good to be idle. Therefore those around Peter turned to the work of fishing, and while they were toiling in vain and catching nothing, the Lord appeared to them at a good time and spoke to them, though they did not know who it was that commanded them nor how great his power was.

421 Jo 21, 6-14 For this miraculous catch of fish, having astonished them

signified the appearance of the Lord. But Peter, out of reverence, got dressed, and out of ardor, having swum, he alone came to the land; for the others in the boat were hauling in the net. Christ made this a symbol of the future catch of men, that it would happen through his invisible power through those to whom he said, "Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men." Then they find a fish on the charcoal fire, through which his ineffable power was again shown, whether he took a fish from the sea without a hook, or made it out of things that were not; and he commands that some of the caught fish also be cooked and that they eat, so that from the similarity of both they might know that he himself was the creator of both. And when the Lord said, "Come and have breakfast," no one dared to say anything to him; for they knew that it was he, even if they did not yet see him clearly, either because it was still dark, or because he himself made himself unknown to them. But having shared with them the bread and the fish, he immediately made himself known. The evangelist calls this the third appearance of Christ. 422 Jo 21, 7-8 This is also a mark of the exceeding reverence of the blessed Peter, because when the Lord appeared suddenly, he quickly put on his outer garment because of his nakedness, and letting himself down into the sea, he hastens to come more quickly to him standing on the shore. And the Savior did this not to provide the disciples with a living from fishing—for he wants them to be without possessions and poor—but he was providing them with a symbol of the future catch of men; for having said at the beginning of the gospel, "Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men," through the present

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ἦν γεγονὸς εἰς ἀφθαρσίαν μεταχωρῆσαν. 412 Jo , Ὑποδείξας τὸ σῶμα καὶ εἰρήνην αὐτοῖς χορηγήσας ἐπλήρωσεν αὐτοὺς χαρᾶς μεγάλης ἐνθέου. 413 Jo , 22 Πνεῦμα δὲ πνευματικὴν χάριν τῶν ἀποστόλων καλεῖ εἰπὼν λάβετε πνεῦμα ἅγιον διὰ τὸ πνευματικοὺς ἀπεργάζεσθαι τοὺς ἀκούοντας ὡς αὐτὸς προλαβὼν εἶπεν· τὰ ῥήματα, ἃ λελάληκα ὑμῖν, πνεῦμά ἐστι καὶ ζωή ἐστιν. εἰ οὖν τὰ ῥήματα, ἃ αὐτὸς ἐλάλησεν, πνεῦμα καλεῖ τοῦτ' ἔστι πνευματικά, πῶς οὐχὶ μᾶλλον τὸ τηλικοῦτον χάρισμα πνεῦμα ὁμωνύμως προσηγόρευσεν; 414 Jo , 22-23 Ὡς διδάσκαλοι τῆς οἰκουμένης τὸ μέγα τοῦτο λαμβάνουσιν ἐφόδιον τῆς θείας αὐτοῦ ἐξουσίας τὸ δύνασθαι ἀφεῖναι ἁμαρτίας καὶ κατακρίνειν τινὰς ὡς τὴν Σαπφείραν καὶ τὸν Ἀνανίαν, ἥνπερ ἐξουσίαν καλεῖ ἅγιον πνεῦμα, τὸ πνευματικὸν χάρισμα· οὐ γὰρ τὸ πνεῦμα διδόναι, ἀλλὰ πέμπειν ἐπηγγείλατο. 415 Jo , 24-25 ∆ιὰ τὴν τοῦ πράγματος ὑπερβολὴν ὁ Θωμᾶς ἀπιστεῖ καὶ λέγει ταῦτα. διὸ ὁ κύριος δι' ἄλλης αὐτὸν ἀποκαλύψεως πείθει. 416 Jo , 26-27 ∆ιὰ τὴν τοῦ Θωμᾶ ἀπιστίαν ἐδέησε τῷ κυρίῳ δι' ἄλλης αὐτὸν πεῖσαι ἀποκαλύψεως καὶ ἐπέστη τῷ τρόπῳ ᾧ καὶ τὴν ἀρχὴν καὶ προτρέπεται τὸν Θωμᾶν εἰς τὸ ψηλαφῆσαι αὐτόν, πλὴν ὀνειδίζει αὐτῷ, ὅτι οὔτε τοῖς μαθηταῖς ἐπίστευσεν οὔτε τῇ τοῦ Χριστοῦ προρρήσει, ἣν εἶπε περὶ τῆς ἑαυτοῦ ἀναστάσεως. 417 Jo , 28 Πεισθεὶς καὶ διὰ ἁφῆς καὶ ὄψεως ὁμολογεῖ θεὸν καὶ κύριον τὸν ἸηJoῦν. 418 Jo , 29 Ἐπειδὴ ὥσπερ ἐκ τῆς πείρας συνηλάθη εἰς τὸ πιστεῦσαι, μακαρίζει ὁ σωτὴρ τοὺς ἐξ ἀκοῆς πιστεύσαντας. 419 Jo , 30-31 Πολλὰ ποιήσαντος τοῦ κυρίου σημεῖα ὀλίγων ἐμνημόνευσαν οἱ μαθηταί, ὅσων ἦν ἡ μνήμη αὐτάρκης πρὸς ὠφέλειαν τῶν μελλόντων πιστεύειν, ὅτι ἀνέστη κηρυχθεὶς ἐκ τῶν προφητῶν υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ. οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ ἐνανθρωπήσας καὶ ἸηJoῦς ὀνομασθείς, οὗ ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι ζωοποιεῖται τὰ πάντα. 4 Jo 21, 1-6 Μήπω ἀποσταλέντες ἐπὶ τὸ κήρυγμα οὐ καλὸν ᾤοντο ἀργεῖν. διὸ ἐτράπησαν οἱ περὶ τὸν Πέτρον εἰς τὸ τῆς ἁλιείας ἔργον καὶ μάτην αὐτῶν καμνόντων καὶ μηδὲν πιαζόντων εὐκαίρως ὤφθη αὐτοῖς ὁ κύριος καὶ ἐλάλει αὐτοῖς μὴ γινώσκου σιν τίς ἦν ὁ προστάξας καὶ ὅση αὐτοῦ ἡ ἰσχύς.

421 Jo 21, 6-14 Αὕτη γὰρ ἡ παράδοξος τῶν ἰχθύων ἄγρα ἐκπλήξασα αὐτοὺς

ἐσήμαινε τὴν τοῦ κυρίου ἐπιφάνειαν. ὁ δὲ Πέτρος ὑπὸ εὐλαβείας ἐνεδύσατο, ὑπὸ δὲ θέρμης κολυμβήσας μόνος ἦλθεν εἰς τὴν γῆν· οἱ γὰρ ἄλλοι ἐν τῷ πλοίῳ ἀνεῖλκον τὴν σαγήνην. σύμβολον δὲ τοῦτο ἐποίησεν ὁ Χριστὸς τῆς μελλούσης τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἄγρας διὰ τῆς ἀοράτου αὐτοῦ ἐνεργείας ἔσεσθαι διὰ τῶν οἷς εἶπε δεῦτε ὀπίσω μου καὶ ποιήσω ὑμᾶς ἁλεεῖς ἀνθρώπων. εἶτα εὑρίσκουσιν ἐπὶ τῆς ἀνθρακιᾶς ἰχθύν, δι' οὗ ἡ ἄφατος αὐτοῦ πάλιν ἐδείκνυτο δύναμις, εἴτε οὖν ἄνευ ἀγκίστρου ἔλαβεν ἐκ τῆς θαλάσσης ἰχθύν, εἴτε ἐξ οὐκ ὄντων ἐποίησε· καὶ κελεύει καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἀγρευθέντων ὀπτηθῆναι καὶ φαγεῖν αὐτούς, ἵνα ἐκ τῆς ἀμφοτέρων ὁμοιότητος γνῶσιν, ὅτι ἀμφοτέρων αὐτὸς δημιουργὸς ἦν. λέγοντος δὲ τοῦ κυρίου ἀριστή σατε οὐδεὶς ἐτόλμα τι εἰπεῖν αὐτῷ· ᾔδεισαν γάρ, ὅτι αὐτὸς ἦν, εἰ καὶ ἐναργῶς αὐτὸν οὔπω ἑώρων ἢ διὰ τὸ ἔτι σκοτίαν εἶναι ἢ ὅτι αὐτὸς ἑαυτὸν ἄγνωστον αὐτοῖς ἐποίει. μεταδοὺς δὲ αὐτοῖς τοῦ ἄρτου καὶ τοῦ ὀψαρίου παρα χρῆμα ἑαυτὸν ἐπιγνωσθῆναι ἐποίησε. ταύτην δὲ τρίτην ἐπιφάνειαν τοῦ Χριστοῦ ὁ εὐαγγελιστὴς καλεῖ. 422 Jo 21, 7-8 Ὑπερβαλλούσης εὐλαβείας τοῦ μακαρίου Πέτρου καὶ τοῦτο γνώρισμα, διότι τοῦ κυρίου αἰφνιδίου ἐπιστάντος αὐτοῦ τὸν μὲν ἐπενδύτην διὰ τὴν γύμνωσιν ταχὺ διεζώσατο, εἰς θάλασσαν δὲ καθεὶς ἑαυτὸν θᾶττον ἐπείγει τὸ ἐλθεῖν πρὸς αὐτὸν ἑστῶτα ἐπὶ τοῦ αἰγιαλοῦ. τοῦτο δὲ ἐποίει ὁ σωτὴρ οὐ τὸν ἐκ τῆς ἁλίας πόρον τοῖς μαθηταῖς περιποιῶν ἀκτήμονας γὰρ αὐτοὺς καὶ πτωχοὺς εἶναι βούλεται ἀλλὰ σύμβολον αὐτοῖς παρεῖχε τῆς μελλούσης τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἄγρας· εἰπὼν γὰρ ἐν ἀρχαῖς τοῦ εὐαγγελίου· δεῦτε ὀπίσω μου καὶ ποιήσω ὑμᾶς ἁλεεῖς ἀνθρώπων διὰ τῆς παρούσης