Then came Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and said unto the disciples,
Sit you here, while I go and pray yonder.
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Theophylact of Ochrid
AD 1107
Wanting to show that he had genuine love, Peter contradicted the Saviour. He had earlier been freed of the fear that he himself might be the betrayer, and now Peter, with great love but also out of a desire for honor, began to rise up against the others and even to oppose Christ. But equally the other disciples, before they had experienced the trials, in ignorance made promises that they would not be able to keep. Jesus went away to pray in private, for prayer requires quiet and solitude.
