Lovest thou me? (αγαπαις με; ). This time Jesus drops the πλεον τουτων and challenges Peter's own statement. Peter repeats the sam…

Feed my sheep. The word here rendered feed, as has been remarked, is different from the word in the previous verse. It has the se…

He says to him again the second time.—The question is repeated in exactly the same form, except that our Lord does not continue th…

He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; tho…

Theophylact of Ohrid: When the meal was over, He entrusted to Peter—and not to the others—the oversight of the world’s shee…

The chief reason for the narration of this episode seems to be to let Peter know that the Lord still loved him and had not cast him out (cf. 15:6).…

Feed my sheep. Christ does not give to Peter and others the office of feeding all sorts of persons, but only his sheep o…

He says to him again the second time
Willing to have the expressions of his love repeated and confirmed;