15So 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.
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We love him, because he first loved us.
He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: …
The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-19)We have here Christ’s discourse with Peter after dinner, so much of it as relates to himself, in which, I. He examines his love to him, and gives him a charge concerning his flock, John 21:15-17. Observe, 1. When Christ entered into this discourse with Peter.—It was after they had dined: they had all eaten, and were filled, and, it is probable, were entertained with such edifying discourse as our…
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