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He said to him, "Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death!"
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Sincere but Self-Deceived
Commentators agree that Peter genuinely meant what he said. He spoke from a heart full of devotion, truly believing he was ready for prison and death. However, they also highlight that he was tragically unaware of his own weakness, a common human tendency to promise more than we can deliver when relying on our own strength.
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To prison and to death (εις φυλακην κα εις θανατον). Evidently Peter was not flattered by the need of Christ's earnest prayers for…
19th Century
Anglican
Lord, I am ready to go with thee.—There is something like a latent tone of indignation as well as devotion. The disciple …
Baptist
But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren. And he said unto him, Lord, I am rea…
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Just after Jesus commended the disciples for their faithfulness and promised them a kingdom, he goes on to predict Peter’s defection, which he attr…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he said to him That is, Simon, or Simeon, said to him, as the Syriac and Persic versions express it; he made a r…
Presbyterian
How unbecoming is the worldly ambition of being the greatest to the character of a follower of Jesus, who took upon Himself the form of a servant a…
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