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Joh 21:17. Τὸ τρίτον, the third time) Comp. ch. Joh 13:38. The decisive number.-ἐλυπήθη, was grieved) In feeling so, his distress was with good reason.-καὶ εἶπεν, and he said unto Him) At this point, as it were wearied out, he pours out his whole self [in a one final appeal to His omniscience].-[Κύριε, σὺ πάντα οἶδας, Lord, Thou knowest all things) Peter in truth had most largely had proof of the OMNISCIENCE of the Lord Jesus, along with the rest of the disciples. Let us first collect the testimonies of it which occur in the Gospel of John. Jesus knew who Simon was, ch. Joh 1:42 : The mind and action of Nathanael, Joh 1:47-48 : What is in every man, ch. Joh 2:25 : The deeds of the woman of Samaria, ch. Joh 4:29 : What He Himself was about to do, ch. Joh 6:6 : The treachery of Judas and of others, ch. Joh 6:64; Joh 6:70 : The death of Lazarus, ch. Joh 11:11 : That His hour had come, ch. Joh 13:1 : The treachery of Judas, Joh 13:8 : The denial of Peter, Joh 13:38 : The disciples’ desire to question Him, ch. Joh 16:19 : And all things, Joh 16:30 : The several things which should come upon Him, ch. Joh 18:4 : And their consummation, ch. Joh 19:28. Furthermore He knew, according to the report of the rest of the Evangelists, the thoughts of men, Mar 2:6; Mar 2:8; Luk 6:8; Luk 7:47 (with which comp. Joh 19:39): Mat 12:25; Mat 16:8; Luk 9:47; Luk 11:17. Also what was the raiment of Solomon, Mat 6:29 : What Sodom, Tyre, and Sidon would have done had they seen the works of Christ, ch. Joh 11:21; Joh 11:23. He predicted His Passion, Mat 16:21; Mar 8:31; Luk 9:22, etc.: The destruction of Jerusalem, Luk 19:43; Mat 23:35, etc., Mat 24:2, etc; Luk 23:28, etc.: The circumstances which were about to accompany His entrance into the city and the Passover feast, Mar 11:2, etc., Joh 14:13; Joh 14:15; Joh 14:27 : And very many other things of that kind.-Harm., p. 609, 610.]