Event
Peter's restoration
“Do you love Me?”
By the sea, Jesus asks Peter three questions of love, one for each denial.
Three questions for three denials
By the shore, next to a charcoal fire like the one in the courtyard where he had denied Him, Jesus asks three times, 'Do you love Me?'. A healing for each wound.
'Feed My sheep'
Each of Peter's 'yes' answers comes with a mission. Restoration isn't just forgiveness: it's being sent again. The one who failed is restored to lead.
Did you know?
- The charcoal fire (anthrakia) appears only twice in John: at the denial and at the restoration. John 21:9
Where to read in the Bible
- John 21:15–19
Connections
- central figure of Simon Peter · stated in the text · John 21:15
- in Sea of Galilee · stated in the text · John 21:1