. Hurlbut's Life of Christ for young and old . ain in mountain was Kurn Hattin, near the Sea of Galilee,where in the year before, he had preached his greatSermon on the Mount. The word that Jesus would show himself to allwho believed on him, on this mountain in Galilee, ledthe followers of Jesus from all parts of the land to goto Galilee and to this mountain. They waited nearthat place for some days wdthout seeing Jesus. One morning seven of the eleven disciples of Jesuswere on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. These sevenmen were Simon Peter, James and John, Thomas,Nathanael (who
. Hurlbut's Life of Christ for young and old . ain in mountain was Kurn Hattin, near the Sea of Galilee,where in the year before, he had preached his greatSermon on the Mount. The word that Jesus would show himself to allwho believed on him, on this mountain in Galilee, ledthe followers of Jesus from all parts of the land to goto Galilee and to this mountain. They waited nearthat place for some days wdthout seeing Jesus. One morning seven of the eleven disciples of Jesuswere on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. These sevenmen were Simon Peter, James and John, Thomas,Nathanael (who was also called Bartholomew, whichmeans son of Tolmai), and two other disciples, whosenames have not been given. While they were standing by the lake, Peter felta longing for his old work as a fisherman, and he saidto the others: I am going fishing. He thought that while they were waiting for Jesusto come, they might also do some work. The othersix men said: We will go fishing with you. They went out in the boat, and fished all night, but 487. At daybreak they saw a man standing on the shore, who called to them: Throw out your net on the right side of the boat and you wiJ] catch some fish. 188 tKfje Preafefasst hy tfje ^tu caught nothing. The next morning, just as the daywas breaking, they saw a man standing on the shore. Boys/ called out this man, have you caughtanything? No, they answered Throw out your net on the right side of the boat,said the stranger, and you will find some fish. They threw out the net as the man told them, andat once it was filled mth large fish, so full that theycould not at first haul it in. Then John, the disciplewhom Jesus loved, said to Peter: That is our Lord! When Simon Peter heard that this man on theshore was the Lord Jesus, he slipped on his coat—^forhe had taken it off while w^orking—and leaped into thewater to swim ashore. The other disciples came ashorein a smaller boat, dragging the net, full of fish; for theywere not more than a
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