John 21:17
He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
KJV
λέγει αὐτῷ τὸ τρίτον· Σίμων Ἰωάννου, φιλεῖς με; ἐλυπήθη ὁ Πέτρος ὅτι εἶπεν αὐτῷ τὸ τρίτον· φιλεῖς με; καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ· κύριε, πάντα σὺ οἶδας, σὺ γινώσκεις ὅτι φιλῶ σε. λέγει αὐτῷ· βόσκε τὰ προβάτιά μου.
Greek NT
Dicit ei tertio : Simon Joannis, amas me ? Contristatus est Petrus, quia dixit ei tertio : Amas me ? et dixit ei : Domine, tu omnia nosti, tu scis quia amo te. Dixit ei : Pasce oves meas.
Vulgate
He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of John, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
ASV
He said to him the third time: Simon, son of John, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he had said to him the third time: Lovest thou me? And he said to him: Lord, thou knowest all things: thou knowest that I love thee. He said to him: Feed my sheep.
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In the original Greek
19 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
5 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- Ἰωάννου — SBLGNT
- Ἰωάννου — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- Ἰωνᾶ — Robinson-Pierpont
- εἶπεν — SBLGNT
- εἶπεν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
- λέγει — Reader's GNT (NA27)
- πάντα σὺ — SBLGNT
- πάντα σὺ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- σὺ πάντα — Robinson-Pierpont
- ὁ — SBLGNT
- ὁ — Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
- πρόβατά — SBLGNT
- πρόβατά — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
- προβάτιά — Tregelles
Themes
Theophany
Historic Christian voices
12 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§553Jesus entrusted a specific authority to Peter: "I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."287 The "power of the keys" designates authority to govern the house of God, which is the Church. Jesus, the Good Shepherd, confirmed this mandate after his Resurrec…
§880When Christ instituted the Twelve, "he constituted [them] in the form of a college or permanent assembly, at the head of which he placed Peter, chosen from among them."398 Just as "by the Lord's institution, St. Peter and the rest of the apostles constitute a single apostolic college, so in like fashion the Roman Pontiff, Peter's successor, and the bishops, the successors of th…
§881The Lord made Simon alone, whom he named Peter, the "rock" of his Church. He gave him the keys of his Church and instituted him shepherd of the whole flock.400 "The office of binding and loosing which was given to Peter was also assigned to the college of apostles united to its head."401 This pastoral office of Peter and the other apostles belongs to the Church's very foundatio…
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210210.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
Was there any habitual grace in the soul of Christ? Were there virtues in Christ? Did He have faith? Did He have hope? Were there the gifts in Christ? Was the gift of fear in Christ? Were there any gratuitous graces in Christ? Was there prophecy in Christ? Was there the fulness of grace in Him? Was such fulness proper to Christ? Was the grace of Christ infinite? Could it have b…
That which our Lord Jesus Christ, the prince of shepherds and great shepherd of the sheep, established in the blessed apostle Peter, for the continual salvation and permanent benefit of the Church, must of necessity remain forever, by Christ's authority, in the Church, which, founded as it is upon a rock, will stand firm until the end of time.
We teach and declare that the Roman Church possesses a pre-eminence of ordinary power over every other Church, and that this jurisdictional power of the Roman Pontiff is both episcopal and immediate. Both clergy and faithful, of whatever rite and dignity, both singly and collectively, are bound to submit to this power by the duty of hierarchical subordination and true obedience…
Cross-references
- 1Chr 4:10 — And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may
- 1Chr 28:9 — And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the
- 1Cor 4:4 — For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
- 1Cor 8:3 — But if any man love God, the same is known of him.
- 1John 3:16 — Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
- 1John 3:20 — For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
- 1Kgs 8:39 — Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the childr
- 2Cor 1:12 — For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and mor
- 2Pet 1:12 — Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.
- 2Sam 7:20 — And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy servant.
- Acts 1:24 — And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,
- Acts 8:21 — Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.
- Acts 10:16 — This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven.
- Acts 15:8 — And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;
- Dan 2:22 — He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
- Eph 4:30 — And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
- Gen 18:19 — For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he h
- Heb 4:13 — Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
- Job 23:10 — But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
- Job 42:2 — I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.
- John 2:24 — But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men,
- John 4:16 — Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.
- John 5:6 — When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?
- John 5:42 — But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.
- John 13:38 — Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice.
- John 14:15 — If ye love me, keep my commandments.
- John 15:10 — If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.
- John 16:30 — Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God.
- John 16:30 — Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God.
- John 18:4 — Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye?
- John 18:27 — Peter then denied again: and immediately the cock crew.
- John 21:15 — 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.
- Mark 9:33 — And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them, What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way?
- Mark 12:15 — Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it.
- Mark 14:72 — And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept.
- Matt 9:4 — And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?
- Matt 12:25 — And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:
- Prov 15:11 — Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?
- Ps 116:1 — I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.
- Ps 139:1 — O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.