Even now (αρτ). Just now, at this very moment.

Legions (λεγιωνας). A Latin word. Roman soldiers in large n…

Thinkest thou, etc. Jesus says that not only would Peter endanger himself, but his resistance implied a distrust of God's protection and w…

Do you think that I cannot now pray...? — There is a strange and suggestive blending of the possible and the impossible in these w…

How royally our King speaks! He was the true Master of the situation. He had only to pray to His Father and more than twelve legions of angels<…

St. John Chrysostom: As Luke relates, the Lord had said to His disciples at supper, “He that hath a purse, let him take it…

Peter’s response is scarcely unexpected, especially in the light of his earlier protest of loyalty (vv.33–35). The crucial test of loyalty had arri…

Do you think that I cannot now pray to My Father? Now follows that special reason which I mentioned a little while ago; for Christ reminds…

Do you think that I cannot now pray to my Father
Meaning, if he thought proper, or that there was any necessity for it, or tha…

No enemies are to be abhorred as much as those profe ed disciples who betray Christ with a ki . God has no need of our services, much le of our sin…

Here, the events preparatory to the Pa ion were related, namely, the institution of the Sacrament and Christ’s prayer. Here, however, the Evangelis…