<p>21:5 <em>Jesus called to them: Boys, have you something to eat? They answered him: No- </em>Here we have a rather nice indicator of the Lord&rsquo;s conscious effort to show His &lsquo;humanity&rsquo; even after His resurrection. The risen Lord of heaven and earth calls out to the disciples over the lake, calling them &ldquo;lads&rdquo;. The Greek <em>paidion</em> is the plural familiar form of the noun <em>pais</em>, &lsquo;boy&rsquo;. Raymond Brown comments that the term &ldquo;has a colloquial touch&hellip; as we might say &lsquo;My boys&rsquo; or &lsquo;lads&rsquo; if calling to a knot of strangers of a lower social class&rdquo;. Why use this colloquial term straight after His resurrection, something akin to &lsquo;Hey guys&rsquo;, when this was not His usual way of addressing them? Surely it was to underline to them that things hadn&rsquo;t changed in one sense, even if they had in others; He was still the same Jesus. Likewise the term for &quot;something to eat&quot; is unusual, and perhaps colloquial for 'Any nice grub'. It occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. See on Jn. 20:15.</p><p>The question was to recall His question to them, as to whether they had food to feed the multitude. The implication then was 'No, but You can provide any amount of food'. He was seeking to stir their memories and to recognize Him, as well as through the clear similarities with the earlier fishing incident noted on :3. He knew that provoking them to join the dots and see the picture was going to be far more powerful than a direct appearance to them. And that is so relevant for all today who have not had any appearance to them of the risen Lord, but all the same believe.</p>