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SBL Greek New Testament

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John 21

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πλέον τούτων

GRAMMARTRANSLATIONunresolved confidence

Does Jesus ask whether Peter loves him more than these people do, or more than these things?

The compact genitive can compare Peter’s love with the others’ love, or with his attachment to the fishing world before him.

Why this default

‘More than these do’ is the working default because the nearby disciples provide a natural comparison and Peter had previously distinguished his loyalty from others. The compact pleon toutōn can also compare Jesus with the fishing things before Peter, so the object-focused and deliberately open renderings remain genuine alternatives.

Evidence

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Project defaultmore than these do

Project default · comparison with disciples

Alternativemore than you love these things

Boat and fishing foregrounded

Alternativemore than these

Greek ambiguity preserved

Reference roleStandardized inspectable reference; manuscript forks are independently reopened.

Revision historyNo decision-level revision has been recorded since the provenance ledger was introduced.

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