The Delayed Call for Peter in John 21:19: To Follow in and by His Love
What implied theological message does the Fourth Evangelist communicate by positioning Jesus' call to Peter, "follow me," and his mission, not at the beginning of his Gospel, nor after Peter's Christological confession, nor after the utterance of his full commitment to Jesus, but...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2017]
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Neotestamentica
Year: 2017, Volume: 51, Issue: 1, Pages: 41-63 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Johannesevangelium 21,19
/ Peter Apostle
/ Bible. Johannesevangelium 1,35-51
/ Bible. Johannesevangelium 6,66-71
/ Bible. Johannesevangelium 13,1-11
/ Bible. Johannesevangelium 18,15-17
/ Bible. Johannesevangelium 18,25-27
/ Bible. Johannesevangelium 21,1-19
/ Discipleship of Christ
/ Love
/ Structural analysis
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Bible. Johannesevangelium 21,19
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| Summary: | What implied theological message does the Fourth Evangelist communicate by positioning Jesus' call to Peter, "follow me," and his mission, not at the beginning of his Gospel, nor after Peter's Christological confession, nor after the utterance of his full commitment to Jesus, but at the very end of his Gospel? In order to answer this question, this article investigates the distinctive Johannine literary design, components of the related texts in which Peter appears, and particularly 21:1-19 as the main text. It concludes that by placing the account of the call and the shepherding mission after Peter's denial (John 13 and 18), and after the agape meal and dialogue (John 21), the Evangelist communicates that Jesus leads Peter to follow him not by means of his own loyalty, but by means of Jesus' love for him, which flows from the Father. |
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| ISSN: | 2518-4628 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Neotestamentica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/neo.2017.0002 |