Take up his cross (αρατω τον σταυρον αυτου). Pick up at once, aorist tense. This same saying in 10:38, which see. But pertinent he…

Let him deny himself. That is, let him surrender to God his will, affections, body, and soul. Let him not seek his own happiness as the su…

Then Jesus said to his disciples —Saint Mark adds that He “called the multitude with the disciples,” and Saint Luke’s phrase, “he …

Just as our Lord, to fulfill His destiny, must sacrifice Himself, so also must everyone who would be His follower. To remain close to our Lord (whi…

St. John Chrysostom: Peter had said, "Far be it from you, Lord; this shall not happen to you," and had been answered, "Get beh…

Though addre ed to Jesus’ “disciples” , the thought is expre ed in widest terms—“if anyone.” As in 10:33, Jesus speaks of “disowning” or “renouncin…

Then Jesus said to his disciples. As Christ saw that Peter had a dread of the cross, and that all the rest were affected in the s…

Then said Jesus to his disciples Knowing that they had all imbibed the same notion of a temporal kingdom, and were in exp…

A true disciple of Christ is one who follows him in duty, and will follow him to glory. He is one who walks in the same way Christ walked, is led b…

Above, Peter’s confe ion of Christ’s divinity was related; here, Christ commands silence for a time, specifically, that they do not say that He is …