But after I am risen, etc. This promise was given them to encourage and support them, and also to give them an indication where he might b…

After I am risen — Our Lord referred to these His words afterwards (Matthew 28:16), but they appear to have fallen unh…

Then said Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me, this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of t…

Origen of Alexandria: When the disciples had eaten the bread of blessing and drunk from the cup of thanksgiving, the Lord ins…

The prediction that the shepherd will be stricken and the sheep scattered might suggest that the disciples would return disconsolate to their homes…

For it is written. By this prediction He encourages them to rise above the offense, because God does not cease to recognize as His she…

But after I am risen again
This he says for their comfort, that though he, their shepherd, should be apprehended, co…

Improper self-confidence, like that of Peter, is the first step to a fall. There is a proneness in all of us to be overconfident. But those fall so…

After the institution of the new Sacrament has been related, Christ here foretells the future stumbling of the disciples. The Evangelist, first, es…