John 18:18 (WEB)
Now the servants and the officers were standing there, having made a fire of coals, for it was cold. They were warming themselves. Peter was with them, standing and warming himself.
Fathers and councils · 15
Cyril of Jerusalem
“Christ then was crucified for us, who was judged in the night, when it was cold, and therefore a fire of coals was laid.” — editor's note: John xviii. 18.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Then went out that other disciple, which was known unto the high priest, and spake unto her that kept the door, and brought in Peter.”” — editor's note: John xviii. 15–18.
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John Chrysostom
“And he stood warming himself with the servants of the high priest, but Christ was kept bound within.” — editor's note: Ver. 18. “And the servants and officers stood there, who had made a fire of coals; and they warmed themselves; and Peter stood with them, and warmed himself.”
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Jerome
“By a threefold confession Peter blotted out his threefold denial.” — editor's note: Joh. xviii. 15–27; xxi. 15–17.
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Catena Aurea on John
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
The temptation of Peter, which took place in the midst of the contumelies offered to our Lord, is not placed by all in the same order. Matthew and Mark put the contumelies first, the temptation of Peter afterwards;…
Read the whole comment - Alcuin of YorkCatena Aurea on John
He followed his Master out of devotion, though afar off, on account of fear.
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Who that other disciple was we cannot hastily decide, as his name is not told us. John however is wont to signify himself by this expression, with the addition of, whom Jesus loved. Perhaps therefore he is the one.
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
He omits his own name out of humility: though he is relating an act of great virtue, how that he followed when the rest fled. He puts Peter before himself, and then mentions himself, in order to shew that he was…
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He stood without, as being about to deny his Lord. He was not in Christ, who dared not confess Christ.
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
But that Peter would have entered the palace, if he had been permitted, appears by what immediately follows: Then went out that other disciple who was known to the high priest, and spake unto her who kept the doors,…
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But what wonder, if God foretold truly, man presumed falsely. Respecting this denial of Peter we should remark, that Christ is not only denied by him, who denies that He is Christ, but by him also who denies himself…
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Therefore did Divine Providence permit Peter first to fall, in order that he might be less severe to sinners from the remembrance of his own fall. Peter, the teacher and master of the whole world, sinned, and…
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Some however foolishly favour Peter, so far as to say that he denied Christ, because he did not wish to be away from Christ, and he knew, they say, that if he confessed that he was one of Christ’s disciples, he would…
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It was not winter, and yet it was cold, as it often is at the vernal equinox.
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The fire of love was smothered in Peter’s breast, and he was warming himself before the coals of the persecutors, i. e. with the love of this present life, whereby his weakness was increased.
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Cross-references · 2
Cited together in John Chrysostom on John 18:15–18 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 18:15–18 (3) (Catena Aurea).