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So = Therefore.
Simon. Peter was always addressed by the Lord as Simon except in Luk_22:34. See App-147.
more than these: i.e. than these other disciples do. Referring to his words in Mat_26:33, Mat_26:35.
love. Greek phileo. App-135. Note the different words used in these verses. The Lord uses agapao twice and phileo once, Peter always phileo.
Feed: i.e. provide pasture for. Greek. bosko. Save in this passage, always of swine.
lambs. Greek. arnion, a diminutive. Only here and in the Revelation, where it occurs twenty-nine times, always of the Lord, except Joh_13:11. The other word for "lamb", amnos, only in Joh_1:29, Joh_1:36. Act_8:32. 1Pe_1:19.