Origen,
Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. IX, Origen on Matthew…
(1885)
“ For John reclined on His breast through love, and we may conclude that before the Supper they had seen many tokens of special honour given by Jesus to John; but Peter on his confession was called blessed in their hearing, because of his saying, “Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God;” [3] but again because of the saying, “Get thee behind Me, Satan; thou art a stumbling-block unto Me, for thou mindest not the things of God but the things of men,” [4] they were distracted in mind as to whether it was not he but one of the sons of Zebedee, that was the greatest. ”
