This night. This was in the evening when this was spoken, after the observance of the Passover, and we may suppose near nine o'clock.

You will deny me three times — The agreement of all four Evangelists places the fact of the prediction beyond the shadow of a doub…

Jesus said to him, Verily I say to you, That this night, before the cock crow—

The cock-crowing was a recognized mark of time; it w…

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

Apparently it was usual for roosters in Palestine to crow about 12:30, 1:30, and 2:30 A. M., so the Romans gave the term “cockcrow” to the watch fr…

Jesus said unto him, verily I say unto thee
Christ, the more strongly to asseverate what he was about to say, uses t…

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…