the cross, where thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, i.e. shalt be crucified. Less correctly, therefore, Lyia explains shall gird thee to mean, Another shall bind thee with cords, not nail thee, to the cross. For the words, shall gird, refer not to the cross, but, as the Arabic and Syriac translate, to the loins of Peter, and to his hands and feet. Another, i.e. a lictor or a hangman, shall bind thy loins and thine arms, and carry thee as a criminal to the cross. Besides, S. Peter was not fastened