john zebedee

Crowds besieged Jesus while at the Lake of Gennesaret, so He gets into a fishing boat to separate Himself from the crowds. Later a large catch of fish is made, due to a miracle of Jesus. At that point Jesus calls James and John Zebedee as well as Simon Peter to be with Him as disciples.

Seven of Jesus’ disciples are at the Sea of Tiberius (Galilee), Peter, Thomas, Nathaniel, the two sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples. These have fished all night and caught nothing. At day break Jesus appears on the shore and has prepared breakfast for them. After that, Jesus and Peter go for a walk and Jesus asks Peter three times if he loves Him more than the others. Peter responds yes, and the third time acts frustrated. Jesus repeats three times that Peter is to feed and tend His sheep. Following Peter and Jesus is another disciple, likely John the author of the Gospel, and it is cleared up that Jesus did not say that he, John, would not die but would be alive when Jesus returned. So John ties up loose ends.