ACC ~ Mark 14 v35b

THE WEAKNESS THAT BELONGS TO HUMAN NATURE

CHRYSOSTOM: How is it, then, that in his prayer he says: “If it be possible?” [1] He is showing the weakness that belongs to a human nature. Human nature would prefer not to be torn from the present life. It would draw back and shrink from death. Why? Because God has implanted in human nature a love for the life of this world. ON THE INCOMPREHENSIBLE NATURE OF GOD 7.46. [2]

[1] Mt 26:39.

[2] TLG 2062.015, 48.765.3-8; FC 72:204. God gave Jesus the same human nature as we have, a nature that shrinks from death.