John 21:15
Douay-Rheims
When therefore they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter: Simon son of John, lovest thou me more than these? He saith to him: Yea, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. He saith to him: Feed my lambs.
Alcuin of York
He is called Simon, son of John, John being his natural father. But mystically, Simon is obedience, John grace, a name well befitting him who was so obedient to God’s grace, that he loved our Lord more ardently than any of the others. Such virtue arising from divine gift, not mere human will.
Source details
A.D. 804 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 21:15-17
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.