peter learns to swim

[granpa]

29“Come on then,” said Jesus. Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water towards Jesus. 30But when he looked around at the stormy wind, he was frightened, and started to sink. “Lord, save me,” he cried out. 31Straight away Jesus reached out and grabbed hold of him, and said, “You have such little trust in me—why did you doubt?”




As soon as Peter heard it was the Lord he put on his robe (because he’d taken it off) and jumped into the sea

 

[Look Up]

Nowadays there are swimmers of moderate skill who could brave calm waters near shore in the morning light, but fear a dip some distance out to sea in stormy weather at night. So apparently with fisherman Peter.

 

[in1]

As soon as Peter heard it was the Lord he put on his robe (because he’d taken it off) and jumped into the sea[/quote]


... Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken ...

 

[DamianWarS]

i'm a little confused about this post... first you present the story of Jesus who walks on water (and Peters attempting to) quoting Matthew 14:29-31 then are you compare it with John 21:7 which is Peter encountering Jesus for the first time after his resurrection calling out to him "do you have any fish". What sort of connection are you making here? Are you suggesting Peter learnt how to swim in Matthew 14:29-31 and demonstrated that knowledge again in John 21:7 when he "threw himself into the sea"?

I would suggest the encounter in John 21 is better paralleled to Peter's original meeting with Christ in Luke 5 where similar to John 21 Jesus tells peter to cast his nets again despite poor fishing and the result was in both instances a catch that was too big for one boat to manage. This is why Peter recognized Jesus after this catch which no doubt made that instant connection that only Peter would know so intimately.