ACC ~ Mark 14 v35a

HIS HUMAN AFFECTIONS

AMBROSE: He has fully taken upon himself the flesh of humanity, and with it human affections. So you read in Scripture that “going a little farther, he fell on the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.” [1] Here he speaks not in the voice of God but as fully human. For how could God be ignorant of the possibility or impossibility of anything? Or is anything beyond God’s ability, when as Scripture itself says: “For you nothing is impossible?” [2] ON THE CHRISTIAN FAITH 2.5.42. [3]

[1] Mk 14:35.

[2] Cf. Lk 1:37.

[3] Cetedoc 015, 2.5.17; NPNF 2 10:228*.

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