John 21:20-25. Forty days with Jesus, then ten more waiting — the gap before Pentecost, and what leaning and lingering are for.
John 21:15 and the question put three times. Peter had gone back to where it all started; Jesus meets him there and gives him sheep to feed.
John 21 opens 50 Days: Road to Pentecost — breakfast on the shore, on Youth and Family Sunday, tracing the stretch between Easter and Pentecost.
Easter in the Upper Room series: Thomas, the wounds offered to him, and blessing pronounced on those who have not seen and still believe.
John 13:36-38. Unchecked zeal burns hot but often burns out — Peter had the fire without the foundation yet, and there is grace beyond the rooster's crow.
John 13:31-35. Judas has gone out, and Jesus calls this the hour of glory — then gives a new commandment as the mark by which everyone will know.