He took with him (παραλαβων). Taking along, by his side (παρα-), as a mark of special favour and privilege, instead of leaving thi…

And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee. That is, James and John (Matthew 10:2). On two other occasions he had …

He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee—These favored three, just as at the Transfiguration and in the room where Jairu…

Then comes Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and says unto the disciples, Sit you here, while I go and pray yonder. And he took w…

Remigius of Auxerre: The Evangelist had said a little above that when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of …

On “Gethsemane,” see comment on Mk 14:32. Taking three of his disciples with him, Jesus now faces deep, inner distress. His words “My soul is overw…

He began to be affected with grief. We have seen that our Lord previously contended with the fear of death; but as He now fights face to f…

And he took with him Peter, and the two sons of Zebedee ,
&c.] James and John, who perhaps were the strongest, and b…

He who made atonement for the sins of mankind submitted himself in a garden of suffering to the will of God, from which man had revolted in a garde…

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