TY - JOUR N2 - The paper argues that the verbs ἀγαπάω and φιλέω occurring in John 21, 15–17 do not express different kinds of love (higher and lower), as some commentators claimed. At the same time, it may reasonably be doubted whether John used synonyms here only for stylistic reasons. Context analysis of the dialogue between Jesus and Peter points to allusions to their conversation in John 13, 31–38 and Jesus’ definition of love cited in John 15, 12–14. The identification of the references leads to the conclusion that the alternation of the synonymous verbs reflects the pattern ἀγάπη-φίλοι observed in the latter passage. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/125514/PDF/2022-MNDR-04.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/125514 EP - 65 DO - 10.24425/meander.2022.142249 KW - Gospel of John KW - ἀγαπάω KW - φιλέω KW - Biblical Greek KW - synonyms KW - New Testament A1 - Torbus, Sławomir PB - Komitet Nauk o Kulturze Antycznej PAN VL - Vol. 77 (2022) DA - 2022.12.21 T1 - The relationship between the verbs αγαπαω and φιλεω in John 21, 15–17 SP - 51 UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/125514 T2 - Meander ER -