Mark 14:31

“And when He saw his distress, Jesus who remedies the distresses of our souls, said, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?” — editor's note: Mark xiv. 31.

“The other three also record the same thing.” — editor's note: Matt. xxvi. 30–35; Mark xiv. 26–31; Luke xxii. 31–34.

“This passage He confirms by subsequent ones, saying, “Pray that ye be not tempted;” yet they were tempted, (as they showed) by deserting their Lord, because they had given way rather to sleep than prayer.” — editor's note: Luke xxii. 40; Matt. xxvi. 41; Mark xiv. 31.

As they returned thanks, before they drank, so they return thanks after drinking; wherefore it is said, “And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives,” to teach us to return thanks both…

For by a hymn he means the praise of the Lord, as is said in the Psalms [Ps 22, 26, 29], “The poor shall eat and be satisfied; they that seek after the Lord shall praise Him.” And again, “All such as be fat upon…

He also shews by this that He was glad to die for us, because when about to be betrayed, He deigned to praise God. He also teaches us when we fall into troubles for the sake of the salvation of many, not to be sad,…

That hymn in the Gospel of John may also be meant, which the Lord sang, returning thanks to the Father, in which also He prayed, raising His eyes to Heaven, for Himself and His disciples, and those who were to…

Again, He went out into a mountain, that they might come to Him in a lonely place, and take Him without tumult. For if they had come to Him, whilst He was abiding in the city, the multitude of the people would have…

Beautifully also does the Lord lead out His disciples, when they had tasted His Sacraments, into the mount of Olives, to shew typically that we ought through the reception of the Sacraments to rise up to higher gifts…

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 are bound and do not tend back again…

But the Lord foretells to His disciples what is about to happen to them, that when they have gone through it, they may not despair of salvation, but work out their repentance, and be freed. Wherefore there follows:…

All indeed fall, but all do not remain fallen. For shall not he who sleeps also rise up again? [Ps 40:9] It is a carnal thing to fall, but devilish to remain lying when fallen.

The Lord allowed them to fall that they might not trust in themselves, and lest He should seem to have prophesied, what He had said, as an open accusation of them, He brings forward the witness of Zechariah the…

This is written in different words in Zecharias, and in the person of the Prophet it is said to the Lord, “Smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.”

For the Prophet prays for the 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…

But the Father say, “I will smite the shepherd,” because He permitted him to be smitten. He calls the disciples sheep, as being innocent and without guile. At last He consoles them, by saying, “But after that I am…

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 not I.” Lo a bird unfledged strives to raise…

Peter then promised in the ardour of his faith, and the Saviour as God knew what was to happen. Wherefore it goes on: “And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, that this day, even in this night, before the…

Though all the Evangelists say that the Lord foretold that Peter was to deny before the cock crew, Mark alone has related it more minutely, wherefore some from inattention suppose that he does not agree with the…

We are to understand that it happened thus; Peter denied once, then the cock crew for the second time.

Who is the cock, the harbinger of day, but the Holy Ghost? 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…

The faith of the Apostle Peter, and his burning love for our Lord, is shewn in what follows. For it goes on: “But he spake the more vehemently, If I should die with Thee, I will not deny Thee in any wise.”

The other disciples also shewed a fearless zeal. For there follows, “Likewise also said they all,” but nevertheless they acted against the truth, which Christ had prophesied.

Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 8.

Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 8.

Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 8.

Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 8.

Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 8.

Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 8.

Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 8.

Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 8.

Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 8.

Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 8.

Cited together in Jerome on Mark 14:26–31 (3) (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 8.

Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 8.

Matthew 26:35 and Mark 14:31 share the same wording (11 words).