Asked to have you (εξηιτησατο). First aorist indirect middle indicative of εξαιτεω, an old verb to beg something of one and (middl…

Simon. Peter. Jesus, foreseeing Peter's danger and knowing that he was about to deny him, took the opportunity to forewarn him and to put …

And the Lord said, Simon, Simon.—The first three Gospels agree in placing the warning to Peter after the institution of the Lord’s Supper.…

Is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth. Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations. And I appoin…

The Venerable Bede: To prevent the eleven from becoming boastful and attributing it to their own strength that they, almost alo…

Just after Jesus commended the disciples for their faithfulness and promised them a kingdom, he goes on to predict Peter’s defection, which he attr…

Look, Satan has desired. The other two Evangelists relate more briefly and simply that our Lord foretold to His disciples their f…

And the Lord said, Simon, Simon
Peter is particularly, and by name, spoken to, either because he might be a principa…

How unbecoming is the worldly ambition of being the greatest to the character of a follower of Jesus, who took upon Himself the form of a servant a…