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  • John 21:7
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 7 Then the disciple whom Jesus loved+ said to Peter: “It is the Lord!” Now Simon Peter, on hearing that it was the Lord, put on* his outer garment, for he was naked,* and plunged into the sea.

  • John 21:7
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 7 λέγει Is saying οὖν therefore ὁ the μαθητὴς disciple ἐκεῖνος that ὃν whom ἠγάπα was loving ὁ the Ἰησοῦς Jesus τῷ to the Πέτρῳ Peter Ὁ The κύριός Lord ἐστιν. it is. Σίμων Simon οὖν therefore Πέτρος, Peter, ἀκούσας having heard ὅτι that ὁ the κύριός Lord ἐστιν, it is, τὸν the ἐπενδύτην top garment διεζώσατο, girded himself through, ἦν was γὰρ for γυμνός, naked, καὶ and ἔβαλεν threw ἑαυτὸν himself εἰς into τὴν the θάλασσαν· sea;

  • John 21:7
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 7 Therefore that disciple whom Jesus used to love*+ said to Peter:+ “It is the Lord!”* Hence Simon Peter, upon hearing that it was the Lord, girded about himself his top garment, for he was naked, and plunged into the sea.

  • John 21:7
    The Bible in Living English
    • 7 So the aforesaid disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter “It is the Lord.” So Simon Peter, hearing that it was the Lord, tied his cape on as a loincloth, for he was naked, and threw himself into the sea.

  • John 21:7
    American Standard Version
    • 7 That disciple therefore whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his coat about him (for he was naked), and cast himself into the sea.

  • John 21:7
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 7 That disciple therefore whom Jesus loved, saith unto Peter—It is the Lord! Simon Peter therefore hearing that it was the Lord girded about him his upper garment,—for he was naked; and cast himself into the sea;

  • John 21:7
    King James Version
    • 7 Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his fisher’s coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea.

  • John
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 21:7 g62 5/8 7; w61 299, 728

  • John Study Notes—Chapter 21
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 21:7

      the disciple whom Jesus loved: That is, the one whom Jesus especially loved. This is the fourth of five occurrences mentioning a certain disciple “whom Jesus [or “he”] loved” or “for whom Jesus had affection.” (Joh 13:23; 19:26; 20:2; 21:7, 20) It is generally believed that this disciple was the apostle John, the son of Zebedee and brother of James.​—Mt 4:21; Mr 1:19; Lu 5:10; Joh 21:2; the reasons for this identification are given in the study notes on Joh 13:23; 21:20.

      naked: Or “lightly clad.” The Greek word gy·mnosʹ can have the meaning “lightly clad; in the undergarment only.”​—Jas 2:15, ftn.; see study note on Mt 25:36.

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