Verse 15
So = Therefore.
Simon . Peter was always addressed by the Lord as Simon except in Luke 22:34 . See App-147 .
more than these : i.e. than these other disciples do. Referring to his words in Matthew 26:33 , Matthew 26:35 .
love . Greek phileo. App-135 . Note the different words used in these verses. The Lord uses agapao twice and phileo once, Peter always phileo.
Feed : i.e. provide pasture for. Greek. bosko. Save in this passage, always of swine.
lambs . Greek. arnion, a diminutive. Only here and in the Revelation, where it occurs twenty-nine times, always of the Lord, except John 13:11 . The other word for "lamb", amnos, only in John 1:29 , John 1:36 . Acts 8:32 . 1 Peter 1:19 .
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