John 21:15

So, when they-have-breakfast/lunch, the Jesus is-saying to{the Simon Peter}, "Simon of{Jonah}, you-are-loving me much-more of{the-same[masculine plural]}[?]" He-is-saying to{same}, "Yes, Lord, you have-beheld that I-am-being-fond-of you." He-is-saying to{same}, "Be-grazing the lambkins of{me}."

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

14Already the Jesus is-revealed to{the disciples} of{same} [the] third, the-same, roused out of{dead}.

16He-is-saying to{same} again second[ly], "Simon of{Jonah}, you-are-loving me[?]" He-is-saying to{same}, "Yes, Lord, you have-beheld that I-am-being-fond-of you." He-is-saying to{same}, "Be-shepherding the sheep of{me}."

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Cross References

Matthew 10:37The liking father or mother over emphatically-me is_not_being worthwhile of{me}, and the liking son or daughter over emphatically-me is_not_being worthwhile of{me},

Matthew Henry on John 21:2-15

Christ with His Disciples. 1 After these things Jesus showed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise showed he himself. 2 There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples. 3 Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing. 4 But when the morning was now come,… Read the whole commentary →

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