Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
John 21:16
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"
(Matthew 16:18), any longer. So frail a disciple could only be called
Simon. The Christ again commissions him to work, "Feed my sheep". Not
only the lambs, but he may look after the sheep of the fold, watch over
the disciples of the Lord, young and old. Three times Peter had denied
the Master (Matthew 26:70); three times the Master questions his
love; three times he gives him charge concerning his work
(John 21:15-17). The questioning was painful, Peter was grieved, but
the grief was wholesome, and Peter's whole subsequent life bore proof
of the discipline. His rashness was forever gone.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Matthew 26:75
John 21:16
John 21:16
1 Peter 5:2
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