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Jesus spoke to him a third time. He asked, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter felt bad because Jesus asked him the third time, "Do you love me?" He answered, "Lord, you know all things. You know that I love you." Jesus said, "Feed my sheep.
Reference
Greek: Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs)
Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
Hebrew: chishshur
combined, i.e. the nave or hub of awheel (as holding the spokes together)
Greek: τοῦτον (toûton)
this (person, as objective of verb or preposition)
Hebrew: ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
Hebrew: tᵉlîythay
third
Hebrew: môneh
properly, something weighed out, i.e. (figuratively) a portion of time, i.e. an instance
Greek: ὅδε (hóde)
the same, i.e. this or that one (plural these or those); often used as a personal pronoun
Hebrew: hûwʼ
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
Greek: Σίμων (Símōn)
Simon (i.e. Shimon), the name of nine Israelites
Hebrew: bar
the heir (apparent to the throne)
Greek: Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs)
Joannes (i.e. Jochanan), the name of four Israelites
Greek: κατατίθημι (katatíthēmi)
to place down, i.e. deposit (literally or figuratively)
Hebrew: ʼahab
affection (in a good or a bad sense)
Greek: ἐμαυτοῦ (emautoû)
of myself so likewise the dative case , and accusative case
Greek: Πέτρος (Pétros)
a (piece of) rock (larger than G3037 (λίθος)); as a name, Petrus, an apostle
Greek: πονηρός (ponērós)
hurtful, i.e. evil (properly, in effect or influence, which refers rather to essential character, which indicates degeneracy from original virtue); figuratively, calamitous; also (passively) ill, i.e. diseased; but especially (morally) culpable, i.e. derelict, vicious, facinorous; neuter (singular) mischief, malice, or (plural) guilt; masculine (singular) the devil, or (plural) sinners
Hebrew: biʼûwsh
wicked
Greek: ἐπεί (epeí)
thereupon, i.e. since (of time or cause)
Greek: Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs)
Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
Greek: τοῦτον (toûton)
this (person, as objective of verb or preposition)
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Hebrew: tᵉlîythay
third
Hebrew: môneh
properly, something weighed out, i.e. (figuratively) a portion of time, i.e. an instance
Greek: κατατίθημι (katatíthēmi)
to place down, i.e. deposit (literally or figuratively)
Hebrew: ʼahab
affection (in a good or a bad sense)
Greek: ἐμαυτοῦ (emautoû)
of myself so likewise the dative case , and accusative case
Greek: ὅδε (hóde)
the same, i.e. this or that one (plural these or those); often used as a personal pronoun
Hebrew: hûwʼ
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
Greek: ῥαββονί (rhabboní)
God
Hebrew: ʼâdôwn
sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)
Greek: ἴσημι (ísēmi)
to know
Greek: ὅλος (hólos)
"whole" or "all", i.e. complete (in extent, amount, time or degree), especially (neuter) as noun or adverb
Hebrew: kôl
{properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)}
Greek: ἴσημι (ísēmi)
to know
Hebrew: zôw
this or that
Greek: μέ (mé)
me
Hebrew: ʼănâʼ
I
Hebrew: ʼahab
affection (in a good or a bad sense)
Greek: Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs)
Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
Greek: βόσκω (bóskō)
to pasture; by extension to, fodder; reflexively, to graze
Hebrew: zûwn
perhaps properly, to be plump, i.e. (transitively) to nourish
Hebrew: tsônêʼ
a flock
Love
John 14:15
John 15:10
Parallel theme
John 16:30
Revelation 2:23
Ephesians 4:30
Acts 15:8
Psalm 17:3
References Jesus
John 13:38
Mark 14:72
Verse Explanation
Jesus asks Peter a third time whether he loves Him, and Peter becomes troubled by the repeated question but insists that Jesus knows everything and knows that he loves Him; Jesus again tells him to feed His sheep.
History
c. AD 30: Peter's threefold restoration corresponds closely with his earlier threefold denial.