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John 21:16

Lovest thou me? (agapaiv me). This time Jesus drops the pleon toutwn and challenges Peter's own statement. Peter repeats the same words in reply.

Tend my sheep (poimaine ta probatia). Present active imperative of poimainw, old verb from poimhn (shepherd), "shepherd my lambs" (probatia, diminutive of probaton, sheep).

Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing John 21:16:

Matthew 2:5
John 10:2
John 21:17
Acts 20:28
Ephesians 4:11
1 Peter 5:2
1 Peter 5:5
Revelation 7:17

 

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