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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And when they had sung an hymn,.... The "Hallell", which the Jews were obliged to sing on the night of the passover; for the passover, they say (l), was טעון הלל, "bound to an hymn". This "Hallell", or song of praise, consisted of six Psalms, the 113th, 114th, 115th, 116th, 117th, and 118th (m): now this they did not sing all at once, but in...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives. Was it not truly brave of our dear Lord to sing under such circumstances? He was going forth to his last dread conflict, to Gethsemane, and Gabbatha and Golgotha; yet he went with a song on his lips. He must have led the singing, for the disciples were too sad to start the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives. Oh, how brave it was ion the Master’s part to sing a Psalm just before he went out to be betrayed and to be crucified! Our second reading is also concerning the Lord’s supper. Turn to the first Epistle to the Corinthians, chapter 11, verse 20. The Corinthian church, as I have...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives. This exposition consisted of readings from Mat_26:20-30; And 1Co_11:20-26.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives. To his last great battle the Champion goes singing, attended by feeble followers, who could not protect him; but who could sing with him. I think he must have led the tune; his disciples were too sorrowful to sing until his clear voice started the Hallelujah Psalms; but they...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then saith Jesus unto them,.... Either before they went out of the house, where they had been eating the passover, and the supper; or as they were going along to the Mount of Olives; which latter rather seems to be the case: all ye shall be offended because of me this night. The words are spoken to the eleven disciples; for Judas was now gone to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then said Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me, this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad. But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee. Observe our Lord’s habit of quoting Scripture. He was able to speak words of infallible truth, yet he fell...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad. But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee. Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But after I am risen again,.... This he says for their comfort, that though he, their shepherd, should be apprehended, condemned, and crucified, should be smitten with death, and be laid in the grave, yet he should rise again; and though they should be scattered abroad, yet should be gathered together again by him, their good shepherd; who would...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee. Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended. No doubt Peter said this from his heart, but “the heart is deceitful above all things.” Peter may have thought that he was stronger than his brethren, yet he was the very...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Peter answered and said unto him,.... Who was always a forward man, free to speak his mind, and was often the mouth of the rest; observing what Christ had affirmed concerning all of them, that that very night, in a very short space of time, they would be offended because of him; and knowing the strong love he had for Christ, and being persuaded it...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended. This was a very presumptuous speech, not only because of the self-confidence it betrayed, but also because it was a flat contradiction of the Master’s declaration. Jesus said, “ All ye shall be offended because of me this night, “ but...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Jesus said unto him, verily I say unto thee,.... Christ, the more strongly to asseverate what he was about to say, uses the word verily, or prefixes his "Amen" to it, as being a certain truth, and what Peter might assure himself of would certainly come to pass: that this night before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice; which is, as if he...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. Jesus now tells his boastful disciple that, before the next morning’s cock-crowing, he will thrice deny his Lord. Not only would he stumble and fall with his fellow-disciples, but he would go beyond them all in his repeated denials of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow, — That is to say, before that period of time which was called the cock-crowing, — Mat_26:34. Thou shalt deny me thrice. According to Mark’s record, the cock was to crow once before Peter had denied his Lord thrice, and this it did; and when he had give his third...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow,- The cock-crowing was a recognized mark of time; it was just before the rising of the sun “This night, before the cock crow,”-
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou shalt deny me thrice. Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee. Here, again, he contradicts his Master straight to his face.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Peter saith unto him,.... Mark says, "he spake the more vehemently", Mr 14:31; his spirits were raised to a greater pitch of resentment, and he expressed himself in stronger terms, and in more peremptory and self-confident language; though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee: he seems to have understood Christ, that he should suffer...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Peter said unto him, Though I shall die with thee, yet will I not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples. Here again Peter contradicts his Master straight to his face. It was a pity that he should have boasted once after his Lord’s plain prophecy that all the disciples would that night be offended; but it was shameful that Peter should...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee. It is a great pity that peter said this after he had received so plain a warning from his Master, yet he was not alone in his boasting. Mat_26:35. Likewise also said all the disciples. They all felt quite sure that, under no circumstances, could they be so base as to...