Simon Peter
Do you love me?
In [usccb.org/bible/john/21:14 John 21:14-19,] Jesus asks Peter "Do you love me?" three times. In the first two questions, the Greek verb 'agapao' is used to pose the question: "Do you love me whole-heartedly?" Simon Peter answers with the verb 'phileo,' which suggests a different kind of love: "I love you as a friend." When Jesus poses the question for the third time, He switches to the verb that Peter has used twice: "Do you love me as a friend?"
Greek
- Source: Biblos.com
15 á½Ï„ε οὖν á¼ Ïίστησαν, λÎγει Ï„á¿· Σίμωνι Î ÎÏ„Ïῳ ὠἸησοῦς,
Σίμων Ἰωάννου, ἀγαπᾷς με πλÎον τοÏτων;
λÎγει αá½Ï„ῷ·
ναί κÏÏιε, σὺ οἶδας ὅτι φιλῶ σε.
λÎγει αá½Ï„ῷ·
βόσκε Ï„á½° á¼€Ïνία μου.
16 λÎγει αá½Ï„á¿· πάλιν δεÏτεÏον·
Σίμων Ἰωάννου, ἀγαπᾷς με;
λÎγει αá½Ï„ῷ·
ναί κÏÏιε, σὺ οἶδας ὅτι φιλῶ σε.
λÎγει αá½Ï„ῷ·
ποίμαινε Ï„á½° Ï€Ïοβάτιά μου.
17 λÎγει αá½Ï„á¿· τὸ Ï„Ïίτον·
Σίμων Ἰωάννου, φιλεῖς με;
á¼Î»Ï…πήθη á½ Î ÎÏ„Ïος ὅτι εἶπεν αá½Ï„á¿· τὸ Ï„Ïίτον· φιλεῖς με; καὶ λÎγει αá½Ï„ῷ·
κÏÏιε, πάντα σὺ οἶδας, σὺ γινώσκεις ὅτι φιλῶ σε.
λÎγει αá½Ï„ῷ· βόσκε Ï„á½° Ï€Ïοβάτιά μου.