And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words.
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
After that he returns and says to Peter, “So, could you not watch with me one hour?” They all were sleeping. He admonishes Peter. He is hinting at him in what he said, especially in the words “with me.” They are not employed without reason. It is as though he had said, “So you are the one who is ready to lay down your life for me, and you could not watch with me for one hour!” What follows also suggests the same admonition: “Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation.” He is again instructing them not to be selfconfident but contrite in mind, to be humble and to refer everything to God. The Gospel of Matthew, Homily
