What does John 21:16 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"He saith to him again the second time,Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him,Feed my sheep."
FEED MY SHEEP - The word here rendered “feed,” as has been remarked, is different from the word in the previous verse. It has the sense of governing, caring for, guiding, protecting - the kind of fait...
CHAPTER 21 _ 1. At the Sea of Tiberias. The Third Manifestation. (John 21:1 .)_ 2. Peter's Restoration and Ministry; the manner of His Death Predicted. (John 21:15 .) 3. Tarry Till I Come. (John 21...
FOLLOWING AND TARRYING. According to the earliest Christian tradition, Marcan and Pauline, an appearance to Peter was one of the earliest if not the earliest event after the Resurrection. If this sect...
FEED MY SHEEP. A second time the Lord probes Peter with the question. Let it be noted that he does not call him _Peter,_ "the rock," any longer. So frail. disciple could only be called Simon. Again h...
THE RISEN LORD (John 21:1-14)...
THE. a. FEED. Shepherd. Greek _poimaino._ Occurs eleven times, translated "rule "in Matthew 2:6; Revelation 2:27; Revelation 12:5; Revelation 19:15. Compare _poimen,_ John 10:2; John 10:11; John 10:12...
_lovest thou me?_ Jesus drops the -more than these," which the humbled Apostle had shrunk from answering, but retains His own word for -love." S. Peter answers exactly as before. _Feed my sheep_ Bette...
15, 16, 17. ἸΩΆΝΟΥ (אBC1DL) for Ἰωνᾶ (Acts 2 from Matthew 16:17)....
VER 15. SO WHEN THEY HAD DINED, JESUS SAYS TO SIMON PETER, SIMON, SON OF JONAS, LOVE YOU ME MORE THAN THESE? HE SAYS TO HIM, YEA, LORD; YOU KNOW THAT I LOVE YOU. HE SAYS TO HIM, FEED MY LAMBS. 16. HE...
_JESUS REINSTATES PETER -- JOHN 21:15-19:_ Jesus said to Peter, "Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these?" Likely Jesus was asking Peter if he loved Him more than the others did. He might...
ΠΟΊΜΑΙΝΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΠΟΙΜΆΝΩ (G4165) пасти, вести овец, ΠΡΟΒΆΤΙΟΝ (G4263) овца....
HE SAITH TO HIM AGAIN— From our Lord's asking Peter if he loved him, before he renewed his commission to _feed his lambs and his sheep,_ it is justly inferred, that, to render men duly qualified for t...
OBEDIENT LOVE _Text: John 21:15-23_ 15 So when they had broken their fast, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 21:15-25 The following is an Analysis of our final section:— The final section of this truly wondrous and most blessed Gospel contains teaching greatly needed b...
He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep. HE SAITH TO HIM AGAIN THE...
27 While we hardly care to sympathize with doubting Thomas, yet we feel grateful for the unanswerable evidence his case called forth. The reality of our Lord's resurrection is put beyond all question...
21:16 knowest (a-23) _ Oida_ , see Note at 1 Corinthians 8:1 ....
SUPPLEMENTARY 1-25. Appendix. The Gospel is brought to a definite close, its contents are reviewed, and its purpose stated in John 20:30; John 20:31. The present chapter is therefore probably an appen...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 21 JESUS APPEARS TO 7 *DISCIPLES 21:1-14 V1 Afterwards, Jesus appeared again to his *disciples by the Sea called Tiberia...
HE SAITH TO HIM AGAIN THE SECOND TIME. — The question is repeated in exactly the same form, except that our Lord does not continue the comparison “more than these.” He uses the same word for the highe...
XXV. _ RESTORATION OF PETER._ "So when they had broken their fast, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, lovest thou Me more than these? He saith unto Him, Yea, Lord; Thou knowest that I lo...
_Jesus evokes from Peter a confession of love, and commissions him as shepherd, of His sheep_....
“LOVEST THOU ME?” John 21:10-19 Christ thrice questioned Peter's love, thus giving him the opportunity of canceling his threefold denial. There are two Greek words for “love.” In His questions our L...
This chapter undoubtedly added later by the writer is a revelation or manifestation of the risen Christ. Here He is seen interested in His disciples, and caring for their immediate needs, and that in...
The lambs and the sheep of our Saviour here mean the faithful, who compose his Church, without any distinction of Jew or Gentile. St. Peter, by these words, is appointed to take charge of the whole fl...
APPENDIX: 21:1-25. After the conclusion John 20:30-31, this section is a surprise to the reader. It contains two scenes: one of a general interest for the whole circle of the disciples (John 21:1-14)...
So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? he saith unto him, Yea, Lord: thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs....
In John 21:1-25, the appended scene is the fishing. After a night of failure, a vast multitude of fish is taken in the net, without breaking it or risking the ships (Luke 5:1-39), or the need of gathe...
16._Feed my sheep. _Christ does not give to Peter and others the office _of feeding _all sorts of persons, but only _his sheep _or _his lambs. _He elsewhere describes who they are whom he reckons to b...
The next chapter, while rendering a fresh testimony to the resurrection of Jesus, gives us to Verse 13 a picture of the millennial work of Christ; from thence to the end, the especial portions of Pete...
HE SAITH UNTO HIM AGAIN THE SECOND TIME,.... Willing to have the expressions of his love repeated and confirmed; SIMON, SON OF JONAS, LOVEST THOU ME? he leaves out the words, "more than these", thoug...
He saith to him again the second time, Simon, _son_ of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep. Ver. 16. _Feed my sheep_]...
_He saith unto him again the second_ (and even _the third_) _time, Simon, &c., lovest thou me?_ Doubtless with a view to impress the importance of the question with the greater force on his mind; and...
SHEEP; more advanced Christians....
THE TEST OF PETER'S LOVE. The Lord's threefold question:...
APPEARING IN GALILEE (vs.1-14) The scene now changes from Jerusalem to Galilee. We have seen in chapter 20:19-25 the picture of the gathering of the Church of God, and in the remaining verses that o...
15-19 Our Lord addressed Peter by his original name, as if he had forfeited that of Peter through his denying him. He now answered, Thou knowest that I love thee; but without professing to love Jesus...
Ver. 16,17. Divines here raise a question, why our Saviour propounds this question thrice to Peter. The most of the ancients agree, that it was because Peter had thrice denied him. Some say, it was to...
John 21:16 said G3004 (G5719) him G846 again G3825 time G1208 Simon G4613 Jonah G2495 love G25 (G5719) Me G3165 said G3004 (G5719) Him G846 Yes G3483 Lord G2962 You G4771 know G1492 (G5758) that G3754...
JESUS RESTORES PETER (JOHN 21:15). Jesus had previously ‘appeared to Peter' privately (1 Corinthians 15:5; Luke 24:34), no doubt in order to assure him that he was forgiven. But this was now a public...
Before speaking of the contents of this paragraph it is necessary to make an effort to discover its place in the organism of the chapter. So far as we have seen, no successful effort has yet been made...
LOVEST THOU ME? (αγαπαις με;). This time Jesus drops the πλεον τουτων and challenges Peter's own statement. Peter repeats the same words in reply.TEND MY SHEEP (ποιμαινε τα προβατια). Present act...
LOVEST (Greek, "agapaō", "deeply love"; used of "divine love") (John 14:21); and of that love which the law demands (Luke 10:27). LOVE (Greek, "phileō", "am fond of"). It is a lesser degree of lo...
John 21 We Learn from this Chapter I. The wide range of the pastoral office. Whenever the minister is exclusively a fisherman and neglects the labour of the shepherd, he is only doing half his work....
John 21:1. _After these things Jesus showed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise showed he himself._ Jesus loved to show himself to his people. Of old, his delights...
CONTENTS: The risen Christ surprises the disciples and directs their fishing. Peter given opportunity to reaffirm His allegiance to Christ. CHARACTERS: Jesus, disciples, Peter, Thomas, John. CONCLUS...
John 21:2. _There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus,_ a word which designates a twin; _and Nathanael, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples._ Here are seven; the four abs...
DO YOU LOVE ME MORE THAN THESE? Than these other disciples do? [Some think it means: "Than you love the boat and the fishing business?" _McGarvey_ thinks this.] This incident with Peter is probably to...
_So when they had dined, Jesus saith … Simon son of Judas, lovest thou Me more than these?_ PETER’S RESTORATION I. THE LORD’S QUESTION. 1. The question itself. (1) The feeling inquired about. Othe...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 21:1 Epilogue: The Roles of Peter and of the Disciple Whom Jesus Loved. Chapter John 21:1 describes Jesus’ third and final resurrection appearance in this Gospel. It also compares th...
1-25 CHAPTER 21 VER. 1. _After these things_, &c. From this it appears that Peter and the other Apostles had gone from Judea into Galilee, as Christ had bidden them (_S. Matthew 23:10_). For this app...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 21:15. SIMON, SON OF JONAS (or _John,_ with several of the best MSS.).—He is addressed thus to remind him that by his fall he had shown that he had not yet attain...
EXPOSITION JOHN 21:1 3. The epilogue, answering to the prologue. The post-resurrection life corresponds with the pre-incarnate energy of the Logos. 1. Long and sustained controversy has prevailed...
Now after these things Jesus showed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and this is how it happened. There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus [the twin], and Natha...
1 Peter 2:25; Acts 20:28; Hebrews 13:20; John 10:11; John 10:26; John 10:27; John 18:17; John 18:25; Luke 15:3; Luke 19:10;...
Lovest [α γ α π α ς]. Again the colder word, but more than these is omitted. I love [φ ι λ ω]. Peter reiterates his former word expressive of personal affection. Feed [π ο ι μ α ι ν ε]. A different...