Three Times, By a Fire
"The third time he said to him, 'Simon son of John, do you love me?' Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, 'Do you love me?' He said, 'Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you.' Jesus said, 'Feed my sheep.'"
— John 21:17
Peter denied Jesus three times while standing at a charcoal fire. The Greek word for a charcoal fire appears only twice in this Gospel: that night, and now on the beach. Jesus asks three times, one for each denial, and never once mentions the denial itself. After each answer Jesus gives him something to do.