John 13:38 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Jesus answered him,Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice. ”

• John 13:38 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  John 13:33 to John 17:26 . The Last Discourses and Prayer. Perhaps this is the best place to consider the general arrangement and character of the final discourses. They present the same problem...

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• John 13:38 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  answered him . All the texts read, "answereth". The. A. not . by no means. Greek. ou me. App-105. crow. Greek. phoneo. Same word as in John 13:13 . denied . utterly denied (Greek. aparn...

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• John 13:38 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  38. Wilt thou lay down thy life for me? Christ did not choose to debate with Peter, but wished that he should grow wise by his own experience, like fools, who never grow wise till they have...

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• John 13:38 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice. The cock shall not crow, etc. - See on Matthew...

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• John 13:38 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice. Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down...

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• John 13:38 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Last Supper 1-17. The Supper and the Feet-washing. This supper is identified by almost all modern authorities with the Last Supper, which took place on Thursday night at Jerusalem ( Matthew 26...

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• John 13:38 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake? — Comp. for this phrase Note on John 10:11 . The pronouns are emphatic, and there is a solemn emphasis in the repetition of what St. Peter had said. He was...

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• John 13:38 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  VIII. JESUS ANNOUNCES HIS DEPARTURE. "When therefore he was gone out, Jesus saith, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in Him; and God shall glorify Him in Himself, and straig...

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• John 13:38 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Sign and Seal of Discipleship John 13:31-38 It was a relief when the traitor was gone. The Lord could now speak freely of His love and of His approaching glory, expatiating on the shining t...

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• John 13:38 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  For a time our Lord now devoted Himself to His own, and in this connection we have the account of His washing the disciples' feet. The whole action was Eastern, and was the action of a slave: By what...

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• John 13:38 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards. (37) Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I...

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• John 13:38 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Jesus answered him, wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake ,.... Christ speaks these words as questioning, not Peter's sincerity, but his strength; or as deriding him, or rather pitying him; as if...

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• John 13:38 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice. Ver. 38. The cock shall not crow ] Christ m...

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• John 13:38 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Simon Peter saith, Lord, whither goest thou , &c. The exalted virtue which our Lord had just inculcated, did not make so strong an impression on Peter's mind, as the words which he had before sp...

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• John 13:38 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  WASHING HIS DISCIPLES' FEET (vs.1-17) We are brought now to consider the last hours of the Lord Jesus before the cross. No longer does He minister to the world, but to His own disciples, from cha...

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• John 13:38 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Peter's Self-Confidence.       36 Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not f...

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• John 13:38 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Mark saith, before the cock crow twice. So the other three evangelists must be expounded, who say no more than before the cock crow, not mentioning how often; but the history makes it good, that...

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• John 13:38 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Path to Glory Which Jesus Must Tread Alone ( John 13:31-38 ). The opening two verses reflect Jesus' awareness of the pivotal nature of the situation. As He thought back to the glory which had...

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• John 13:38 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 13:36-38 . “Thou canst not now be a Peter, for the Petra (or Rock) has not yet consolidated thee with His Spirit; but thou shalt follow Me by dying on the cros...

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• John 13:38 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  John 13:1 . Before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come. What now transpired was on the Tuesday, while at supper in the house of Simon. Judas was now rebuked before al...

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• John 13:38 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Lord, whither goest Thou? Unlawful curiosity It is a common fault among us to be more inquisitive concerning things secret, which belong to God only, than concerning things revealed, which belo...

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• John 13:38 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION IV. THE FINAL MANIFESTATIONS IN WORD AND ACTION OF THE LOGOS INCARNATE , EXPRESSING ITSELF ABSOLUTELY AND TO THE UTTERMOST AS LOVE . (Jn 13-21....

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• John 13:38 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Peter's boast and the Lord's correction:

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• John 13:38 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 10:12 ; John 18:16 ; John 18:17 ; John 18:25-27 ; Luke 22:34 ; Luke 22:56-62 ; Mark 14:30 ; Mark 14:66-72 ; Matthew 26:34 ; Matthew 26:69-75 ; Proverbs 16:18 ; Proverbs 28:2...

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• John 13:38 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  The cock shall not have crowed — That is, cock crowing shall not be over, till thou hast denied me thrice — His three — fold denial was thrice foretold; first, at the time mentioned here; secondly,...

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