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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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AT Robertson
On Luke 22:33
To prison and to death (εις φυλακην κα εις θανατον). Evidently Peter was not flattered by the need of Christ's earnest prayers for…
Charles Ellicott
On Luke 22:33
19th Century
Bishop
Lord, I am ready to go with thee.—There is something like a latent tone of indignation as well as devotion. The disciple …
Charles Spurgeon
On Luke 22:32–34
19th Century
Preacher
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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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Luke 22:33
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…
John Gill
On Luke 22:33
17th Century
Pastor
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…
Matthew Henry
On Luke 22:21–38
17th Century
Minister
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…