Was peter naked while fishing?

[W2L]

What do you call your jacket? An outter garment or underwear?

Outer garment

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

I have heard it said, by some posters, that Peter fished in the nude. They cite this scripture below. However it says Peter took off his outer garment. But did Peter have under garments on under his outer garment?

John 21:7 Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” As soon as Simon Peter heard him say, “It is the Lord,” he wrapped his outer garment around him (for he had taken it off) and jumped into the water.

Was there something that prompted this thread/ quest/ search for truth?

There have long centuries been men and women who work while not wearing clothes at all,
and even "olympic" style games thousands of years ago without clothes of any kind,
and
even today, in some places, people every day just walk around without clothes on, (outside in public) and it is not thought odd.

Other times, it would be or is illegal, or immoral, or odd, or an illness,
but I'm only referring to where it seems just a part of daily life normal.

 

[gordonhooker]

Anything not covered by multiple authors in different books is of no consequence.

Who told you that?

 

[Danielwright2311]

I have heard it said, by some posters, that Peter fished in the nude. They cite this scripture below. However it says Peter took off his outer garment. But did Peter have under garments on under his outer garment?

John 21:7 Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” As soon as Simon Peter heard him say, “It is the Lord,” he wrapped his outer garment around him (for he had taken it off) and jumped into the water.

Even if he did it was not a big deal as they all where grown men who was not effected by a naked body.

I remember a time when I was young people where not so modest back then.

When God created Adam he was naked and so was eve, After they ate of the fruit is when they noticed they where ashamed of being naked.

At that time when they where fishing , he did not want to get his clothes wet.

 

[Hypocrltes]

I have heard it said, by some posters, that Peter fished in the nude. They cite this scripture below. However it says Peter took off his outer garment. But did Peter have under garments on under his outer garment?

John 21:7 Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” As soon as Simon Peter heard him say, “It is the Lord,” he wrapped his outer garment around him (for he had taken it off) and jumped into the water.

Leave Peter because we don't really know but explain this

Isaiah 20

1 In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;

2 At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
3 And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia;

4 So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.


Three years naked can Peter beat that ? And why did God order him to get naked was there no other way ?
Psalms 18:30

 

[Jipsah]

I have heard it said, by some posters, that Peter fished in the nude. .

What difference does it make?

 

[Darkhorse]

Here's what the King James, THE BIBLE to fundamentalists, says:

John 21:7
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.

 

[W2L]

Was there something that prompted this thread/ quest/ search for truth?

There have long centuries been men and women who work while not wearing clothes at all,
and even "olympic" style games thousands of years ago without clothes of any kind,
and
even today, in some places, people every day just walk around without clothes on, (outside in public) and it is not thought odd.

Other times, it would be or is illegal, or immoral, or odd, or an illness,
but I'm only referring to where it seems just a part of daily life normal.

Yes, i wanted to talk about how this scripture seems to be misinterpreted.

 

[W2L]

What difference does it make?

None apparently.

 

[marineimaging]

I ask these questions out of brotherly love. If he was naked what matter is that to the story or to the salvation offered by Christ? Once again, we make the Bible too complicated over matters of no importance. Was he dressed in nothing but a loincloth? Maybe a binding of sorts. Totally naked? Unless you are looking for an excuse to fish naked why make this a matter of any importance? What it shows me is that he respected Jesus and had a code of conduct in the Lords presence and he didn't want to violate it.

 

[Danielwright2311]

Leave Peter because we don't really know but explain this

Isaiah 20

1 In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;

2 At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
3 And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia;

4 So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.


Three years naked can Peter beat that ? And why did God order him to get naked was there no other way ?
Psalms 18:30

Imagine walking naked for three years in the hot sun, wow, talk about sun burn. lol.

 

[frater_domus]

There are people in desperate need of help, people seeking for healing, for salvation, for a life worth living, waiting for the gospel to be preached to them. Meanwhile, on christianforums.com, a discussion about whether was naked while fishing...

Do you see my issue with this?

 

[Radagast]

We cannot possibly have an outer garment, without an inner/under garment. If there was no inner garment, the scripture would have read, he took off his garment...period.

Well, the passage is written in Greek. It says that Peter put his ependytēs back on, because he was gymnos while working.

An ependytēs seems to be a coat or robe. The word is also used in 1 Samuel 18:4 in Greek versions of the Old Testament.

The word gymnos does generally mean "naked," but outside the New Testament it certainly includes references to men wearing only undergarments (such as a loincloth). Since Peter was a Jewish man, he would almost certainly have been wearing at least a loincloth.

It is worth noting that the CSB, ESV, NASB, NIV, NLT, and NKJV do not use the word "naked."

The lesson here is that when we get into details like this, we need to either look at the original languages or compare multiple translations.

 

[SkyWriting]

Who told you that?

It's an observation that reduces endless bickering over worthless points that are not part of God message. For example: "bats" are classified as birds, this topic, and more.

Some specialize in spelling errors.
I'm a "Big Picture" person with poor spelling skills.

 

[Radagast]

Anything not covered by multiple authors in different books is of no consequence.

Nice try, because it lets you throw out half the New Testament, but wrong.

 

[gordonhooker]

It's an observation that reduces endless bickering over worthless points that are not part of God message. For example: "bats" are classified as birds, this topic, and more.

Some specialize in spelling errors.
I'm a "Big Picture" person with poor spelling skills.

It sounds more like an observation that some in the Jesus Seminar tried on in search of the historical Jesus, which I also believe is a stretch.

 

[Bob Crowley]

There's a link here about Jewish clothing customs of the time.

The Clothing of Jews in the Time of Jesus | Synonym

 

[JoeP222w]

I have heard it said, by some posters, that Peter fished in the nude. They cite this scripture below. However it says Peter took off his outer garment. But did Peter have under garments on under his outer garment?

John 21:7 Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” As soon as Simon Peter heard him say, “It is the Lord,” he wrapped his outer garment around him (for he had taken it off) and jumped into the water.

He most likely had a loincloth of some sort. There is no reason to think he did not have a stitch of clothing on.

 

[SkyWriting]

It sounds more like an observation that some in the Jesus Seminar tried on in search of the historical Jesus, which I also believe is a stretch.

I don't know anything about jesus seminar.

 

[Kenny'sID]

Well, the passage is written in Greek. It says that Peter put his ependytēs back on, because he was gymnos while working.

An ependytēs seems to be a coat or robe. The word is also used in 1 Samuel 18:4 in Greek versions of the Old Testament.

The word gymnos does generally mean "naked," but outside the New Testament it certainly includes references to men wearing only undergarments (such as a loincloth). Since Peter was a Jewish man, he would almost certainly have been wearing at least a loincloth.

It is worth noting that the CSB, ESV, NASB, NIV, NLT, and NKJV do not use the word "naked."

The lesson here is that when we get into details like this, we need to either look at the original languages or compare multiple translations.

Good lesson, and a little common sense never hurts.