The New Testament was written in Greek, though the original dialogue would have been in Aramaic. In the Greek version, Jesus uses the verb ἀγαπάω (https://en.

The New Testament was written in Greek, though the original dialogue would have been in Aramaic. In the Greek version, Jesus uses the verb ἀγαπάω (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ἀγαπάω#Ancient_Greek https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ἀγαπάω#Ancient_Greek) and Peter replies with the verb φιλέω (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/φιλέω#Ancient_Greek https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/φιλέω#Ancient_Greek).