John Trapp on John 21:12

Verſe 12. None of the Diſciples durſt ask him.] They were aſhamed to move further Queſtion in that that was to them all ſo evident. Neither yet may we imagine that they ſate ſilent all dinner while in their Maſters preſence, Turcae perpetuā ſitentium tenēt, ut muti. [illegible: 1 letter]uſp. de Caeſario p. 475. as Monks and Turks uſe to do; but that, although they were abaſhed to ask him who he was, yet they both asked and anſwered many other more profitable Queſtions. Our Saviour never came to any mans table, but he beſprinkled the diſhes with the ſalt of ſavoury diſcourſe: So ſhould we, but ſo (alas) we doe not. Plato and Xenophon thought it fit and profitable, that mens ſpeeches at meals, ſhould be written. And if chriſtians ſhould ſo doe, what kinde of books would they be?