And they were exceeding sorry (κα ελυπηθησαν σφοδρα). So they at last understood that he was talking about his death and resurrect…

And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again, see Matthew 12:40. Mark and Luke add that they did not understand tha…

They were extremely sorry—St. Mark (Mark 9:32) and St. Luke (Luke 9:45) add that they understood not t…

Our Lord returned often to the solemn subject of His death at the hands of men. It was on His own mind, and therefore He spoke of it to His discipl…

Remigius of Auxerre: The Lord often foretold to His disciples the mysteries of His passion, so that when these events happened…

No sooner are all the disciples and Jesus together after the Transfiguration than Jesus for a second time takes up the theme he introduced to them …

And they shall kill him
Put him to death, with the death of the cross; for the angels in rehearsing these words, aff…

Christ perfectly knew all things that would befall him, yet undertook the work of our redemption, which strongly shows his love. What outward debas…

Here, He foretells the tranquility of glory, which is a aulted by diabolical po e ion and the disturbance of men. He foretells that the first a aul…