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An 8 page research paper that offers a review of scholarly opinion regarding John 21:15-18. The writer explores the meaning of this text and also how the controversy surrounding Johannine scholarship applies to understanding these verses. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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know that I love you." Jesus said, "Feed my lambs." 16 Again Jesus said, "Simon son of John, do you truly love me?" He answers, "Yes, Lord, you that
I love you." Jesus said, "Take care of my sheep." 17 The third time he said to him, "Simon son of John, do you love me?" Peter was hurt because
Jesus asked him the third time. "Do you love me?" He said, "Lord, you know all things, you know that I love you." Jesus said. "Feed my sheep. 18 I
tell you the truth, when you were younger, you dressed yourself, and went where you wanted, but when you are old you will stretch out your hands, and someone
else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go" (New International Version). The main thrust of this passage is quite clear, and there is
unanimity among scholarly opinion that the purpose of the passage is to balance Peters denial of Jesus, simultaneously redeeming him and commissioning him for future evangelical activity. In other words,
as D.M. Smith so concisely puts it, Jesus carries on a pastoral conversation with Peter, "who has so recently denied him (21:15-23). Obviously, Peter is reinstated as a leader of
Jesus disciples, literally as pastor (i.e., shepherd) alongside the enigmatic Beloved Disciple." 1 However, in expressing the meaning of this passage, Smith also alludes to an area in which
the Gospel of John abounds in controversy and considerable diversity of opinion. Specifically, Smith mentions the "enigmatic Beloved Disciple," which brings up the various questions that have been proposed as
to the authorship of the fourth gospel, which leads to questions as to the purpose and intention of its concluding chapter. In other words, did this incident actually take place?
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