Luke 22:33. Lord, with thee I am ready, etc. ‘In his sense of strength, Peter casts doubt upon the necessity of our Lord's petition for him. This conversation differs sufficiently from that mentioned by Matthew and Mark, which occurred later, as we think. ‘With thee,' is specially emphatic, and shows that Peter regards the Lord as the source of his feeling of strength. But when the trial came, he followed only afar off, away from the source of strength.

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