And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words.
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Remigius of Rheims
AD 533
Otherwise; In these words He shows that He took real flesh of the Virgin, and had a real soul, saying that His spirit is willing to suffer, but His flesh weak in fearing the pain of Passion.
Or, He prays thrice for the Apostles, and for Peter in particular, who was todeny Him thrice.