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John 21:13-15
Holman Christian Standard Bible
John 21:13-15
Holman Christian Standard Bible
13 Jesus came, took the bread, and gave it to them. He did the same with the fish.
14 This was now the third time[a](A) Jesus appeared[b](B) to the disciples after He was raised from the dead.
Jesus’ Threefold Restoration of Peter
15 When they had eaten breakfast, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John,[c] do you love[d] Me more than these?”
“Yes, Lord,” he said to Him, “You know that I love You.”
“Feed(C) My lambs,”(D) He told him.
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- John 21:14 The other two are in Jn 20:19-29.
- John 21:14 Lit was revealed (v. 1)
- John 21:15 Other mss read Simon, son of Jonah; Mt 16:17; Jn 1:42
- John 21:15 Two synonyms are translated love in this conversation: agapao, the first 2 times by Jesus (vv. 15-16); and phileo, the last time by Jesus (v. 17) and all 3 times by Peter (vv. 15-17). Peter’s threefold confession of love for Jesus corresponds to his earlier threefold denial of Jesus; Jn 18:15-18,25-27.
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