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A ship (τὸ πλοῖον)
Rev., the boat; restoring the article, which indicates a familiar implement. See on Luk 5:2.
Immediately
Omit.
That night
The emphatic pronoun that (ἐκείνῃ) may indicate that their ill success was unusual.
Caught (ἐπίασαν)
So Joh 21:10. The verb means to lay hold of, and is nowhere else used in the New Testament of taking fish. Elsewhere in this Gospel always of the seizure of Christ by the authorities (Joh 7:30, Joh 7:39, Joh 7:44; Joh 8:20; Joh 10:39; Joh 11:57). Of apprehending Peter and Paul (Act 12:4; 2Co 11:32). Of the taking of the beast (Rev 19:20). Of taking by the hand (Act 3:7).