Authority over all flesh (εξουσιαν πασης σαρκος). Σαρκος is objective genitive. Stupendous claim impossible for a mere man to make…

As you have given him power. It was on the ground of this power given to Christ that the apostles were commanded to go and teach all natio…

As you have given him power over all flesh.—Better, According as you gave Him... This is the ground on which the…

These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify t…

St. John Chrysostom: After saying, In the world you shall have tribulation, our Lord turns from admonition to prayer,…

The two sentences following the initial petition are parenthetical and explanatory. The first (v.2) indicates the scope of the authority Christ exe…

As you have given him. He again confirms the statement that he asks nothing but what is agreeable to the will of the Father, as it is a co…

As you have given him power over all flesh
All men, in distinction from angels; and these as fallen, as weak, frail, sinful, a…

Our Lord prayed as a man and as the Mediator of his people; yet he spoke with majesty and authority, as one with and equal to the Father.

1. Previously, our Lord consoled His disciples by example and encouragement; here He comforts them by His prayer. In this prayer He does thr…