John Trapp on John 21:15

Verſe 15. Lovest thou me more then theſe?] As thou haſt not ſpared to profeſſe and promiſe (for when the reſt ſaid nothing, Peter ſaid he would lay down his life for him) and as thou now pretendeſt, by caſting thy ſelf into the ſea, to come firſt to me.

Thou knowest that I love thee.] Being asked of the meaſure, he only anſwereth of the truth, q. d. for the quantity I can ſay little, but for the truth I dare affirm. The upright are perfect in Gods account. And Peter had now turned his crowing into crying.

Feed my lambs.] Theſe were his firſt care. The Syriack addeth, [non-Latin text not transcribed] li, mihi, feed them for me. And Druſius reckons this amongſt the Eaſtern Apophthegmes, Quicquid agas, propter Deum agas. Whatſoever thou doeſt, doe it for Gods ſake. Propter te Domine, propter te. was a godly mans motto, it ſhould be every Miniſters eſpecially.