Wilt thou lay down? (θησεισ; ). Jesus picks up Peter's very words and challenges his boasted loyalty. See such repetition in 16:16…

Will you lay down your life for my sake?—Compare for this phrase the note on John 10:11. The pronouns are emphatic, and t…

St. John Chrysostom: Great is love, and stronger than fire; nothing can stop its course. Peter, the most ardent of all, as soo…

Peter was impatient and avowed that he was ready to lay down his life. Jesus, who understood the situation as Peter did not and who knew Peter’s in…

Wilt thou lay down thy life for me? Christ did not choose to debate with Peter, but wished for him to grow wise by his own experience, lik…

Jesus answered him, will you lay down your life for my
sake
Christ speaks these words as questioning, not…

What Christ had said concerning brotherly love, Peter overlooked, but spoke of that which Christ had kept hidden from them. It is common to be more…

1. Above, John mentioned the defection of one of the disciples, Judas the traitor; here he tells of the failure of another, Peter, who denie…