But he spoke the more vehemently, If I should die with you, I will not deny you by any means. Likewise also said they all.
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AD 420
For by a hymn he means the praise of the Lord, as is said in the Psalms , “The poor shall eat and be satisfied; they that seek after the Lord shall praise Him.” And again, “All such as be fat upon earth have eaten and worshipped.”.
Jesus also is held captive on the mount of Olives, whence He ascended to Heaven, that we may know, that we ascend into Heaven from that place in which we watch and pray; there we arebound and do not tend back again to earth.
All indeed fall, but all donot remain fallen. For shall not he who sleeps also rise up again? Itis a carnal thing to fall, but devilish to remain lying when fallen.
For the Prophet prays forthe Passion of the Lord, and the Father answers, I will smite the shepherd according to the prayers of those below. The Son is sent and smitten by the Father, that is, He is made Incarnate and suffers.
In which the true Resurrection is promised, that their hope may not be extinguished. There follows: “But Peter said unto Him, Although all shall be offended, yet will notI.” Lo a bird unfledged strives to raise itself on high; but the body weighs down the soul, so that the fear of the Lord is overcome by the fear of human death.
Who is the cock, the harbinger of day, but the Holy Spirit? by whose voice in prophecy, and in the Apostles, we are roused from our threefold denial, to most bitter tears after our fall, for we have thought evil of God, spoken evil of our neighbours, and done evil to ourselves. For it goes on: “But he spake the more vehemently, If I should die with Thee, I will not deny Thee in any wise.”
