Verse 37
Perhaps Jesus spoke specifically to Peter in Mark 14:37 because Peter had boasted that he would never deny Jesus (Mark 14:29; Mark 14:31). Jesus’ use of the name "Simon," Peter’s original name, may imply his natural weakness. Peter was not living up to the meaning of his new name; he was not behaving like a rock.
"True friendship as we experience it-the sharing of inmost thoughts, the exchange of feelings, hopes, sorrows, joys-was a reality that Jesus seems not to have enjoyed, with any continuity, with the Twelve." [Note: Lane, p. 518.]
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