The miraculous catch, and the breakfast with his master, convinced the disciples that he was He, and yet he left them too frightened to spoil with words the wonder of his presence and actions.
After the triple denial of Jesus, Peter needed special attention. In your answer to the triple question of Jesus, do you love me? The Lord wanted to restore Peter and Peter uses a less emphatic phrase, not daring to proclaim complete devotion. To the third formulation of the question, Jesus uses the same word that Peter used to designate love, asking him if indeed he harbored the feeling that he had expressed to him. Pedro could only appeal to the divine knowledge of the Lord as proof of his sincerity. The last call for Peter to follow his master serves as an epilogue to the triple commission of the Lord so that he would become the shepherd of the sheep....