Friday, February 20, 2009

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SCRIPTURE COMMENTARY #494

Simon Peter saith to him: "Lord, whither goest thou?" Jesus answered: "Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now: but thou shalt follow hereafter." Peter saith to him: "Why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thee." Jesus answered him: "Wilt thou lay down thy life for me? Amen, amen, I say to thee, the cock shall not crow, till thou deny me thrice." (John 13:36-38)

THE OMNISCIENCE OF JESUS: Our Lord exactly foretold both that Judas would betry Him, and that in the same night before the second cockcrow, St. Peter would deny Him three times, and that all the apostles would desert Him. Only the omniscient God can know beforehand what man, gifted with free-will, will do. St. Peter himself thought it quite impossible that he could deny his beloved Master, and yet our Lord foretold in detail all that would occur. This proves that our Blessed Lord was omniscient, or, in other words, that He is God.

[From 'A Practical Commentary on Holy Scripture' by Bishop Knecht, D.D.]
(1899 Douay-Rheims Bible)


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