The Third Appearance of the Risen Christ

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This was to Peter, evidently following up the message, "And Peter." No one knows what passed between them at that interview, but again we mark the tenderness and compassion of the Good Shepherd, the Great Shepherd risen from the dead. (Heb. 13:2020Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, (Hebrews 13:20)). Comparing 1 Cor. 15:55And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: (1 Corinthians 15:5) with Luke 24:3434Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon. (Luke 24:34), this is made plain. We read: -" The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon."
We gather that Peter was seen by our Lord before He saw the eleven on the evening of the first day of the week, when He rose from the dead. This care of our Lord for His wandering sheep is surely an encouragement to every backslider to seek the Lord afresh, and feel that, if He could and did restore such a backslider as Peter, He can restore any backslider.