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| | == Implausible reference to "153" == | | == Implausible reference to "153" == |
| − | This ending contains at {{bibleref|John|21|11}} an implausible reference to the large, specific number of 153, which is found nowhere else in the [[Gospel of John]], as instead it refers to approximate round numbers as most authors would. | + | This ending contains at {{bibleref|John|21|11}} an implausible reference to the large, specifically precise number of 153, which is found nowhere else in the [[Gospel of John]], as instead it refers to approximate round numbers as most authors would. |
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| | In addition, there was no reason or time for counting the fish, which were far too many for the group to eat. [[Jesus]] had called the fishermen-disciples to breakfast, and it is implausible that they would have kept Jesus waiting while needlessly counting a large number of fish in near darkness. | | In addition, there was no reason or time for counting the fish, which were far too many for the group to eat. [[Jesus]] had called the fishermen-disciples to breakfast, and it is implausible that they would have kept Jesus waiting while needlessly counting a large number of fish in near darkness. |
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| | + | == Peter alone hauled the immense catch of fish onshore? == |
| | + | Seven disciples were in the fishing board, and yet {{bibleref|John|21|11}} states implausibly that [[Peter]] alone hauled the immense catch of 153 fish from the boat to the shore. There would be no reason for the others not to help, and this appears to be a mistake that a non-eyewitness and nonfisherman would make. |
| | == Peter questioned Jesus about John? == | | == Peter questioned Jesus about John? == |
| | John 21 depicts Peter as complaining to [[Jesus]] about favoritism of [[John]], after the [[Resurrection]]. This is unlike anything else in the [[New Testament]] and seems more likely to have been written by an admirer of [[John]] than by John himself. After all that they had been through by this point, such a questioning of [[Jesus]] at this point seems implausible. | | John 21 depicts Peter as complaining to [[Jesus]] about favoritism of [[John]], after the [[Resurrection]]. This is unlike anything else in the [[New Testament]] and seems more likely to have been written by an admirer of [[John]] than by John himself. After all that they had been through by this point, such a questioning of [[Jesus]] at this point seems implausible. |