Jesus Asked Peter Do You Love Me
Camila Farah
He lovingly asked peter a question do you love me more than these most bible scholars give two distinct possibilities as to what the word these refers to.
Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time do you love me and he said to him lord you know everything. The point in the different greek words for love seems to be that jesus was stretching peter to move him from phileo love to agape love. The third time jesus asks do you love me in john 21 17 he uses the word phileo and peter again responds with lord you know everything. God hopes those who truly follow him can pursue to be the person like peter and love god like peter.
Do you love me we can see that god not only hopes people can follow him but wants to gain man s true hearts. From asked peter three times. John 21 15 17 15 so when they had eaten breakfast jesus said to simon peter simon son of jonah do you love me more than these he said to him yes lord. You know that i love you again using phileo.
The lord could have been referring to the other disciples with whom he enjoyed such close fellowship but he also could have been referring to the nets boat and fish where peter had spent most of his life making his living.
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