“ And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man. ”
Peter's Denial ( Mark 14:66-72 *, Luke 22:56-62 ). Mt. still keeps closely to Mk., except that (as in Matthew 26:34 ) he makes one cockcrow suffice. The second challenge ( Matthew 26:71 ) is fro...
the man. Not even His name.
72. And the second time he denied with an oath. It deserves attention, that Peter, after finding that he could not escape by a simple denial, doubles his crime by adding an oath; and a li...
And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man. And again he denied with an oath - This is a third gradation of his iniquity. He has told a lie, and he swears to support it. A liar has alway...
And again he denied with an oath— To his denial he now added perjury. Jesus was so public a person, and so well known to thousands, not at all in his interest, that this additional falsehood, I do...
And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled. For the exposition, see the notes at Mark 14:53-72 .
The Betrayal. The Last Supper. Arrest of Jesus, and Trial Before the High Priest 1-5. A Council is held against Jesus ( Mark 14:1 ; Luke 22:1 : cp. John 13:1 ).
With an oath. — The downward step once taken, the disciple’s fall was fatally rapid. Forgetful of his Lord’s command forbidding any use of oaths in common speech ( Matthew 5:34 ), he did not shrink...
Chapter 19 The Great Atonement Day - Matthew 26:1-75 - Matthew 27:1-56 WE enter now on the story of the last day of the mortal life of our Lord and Saviour. We have already noticed the large pr...
“Ashamed of Jesus!” Matthew 26:67-75 What a shameful travesty of justice! When men yield themselves to violence like this, their passion condemns them as perpetrating the devil's work. But in t...
The Lord now reverted to the theme of His coming suffering, telling the disciples with great definiteness of the time-"after two days"; and of the event-"The Son of Man is delivered up to be crucifie...
"Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee. (70) But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou sayest. (71) And when...
And again he denied with an oath ,.... He denied a second time, that he had ever been with Jesus, or was a disciple of his; and to put it out of all doubt, and an end to all dispute about it, and fu...
And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man. Ver. 72. And again he denied with an oath ] This was fearful; and the worse, because his Master, whom he forswore, was now (even as Peter'...
When he was gone out into the porch Or portico, as Dr. Doddridge renders it, who observes, “I apprehend that the word προαυλιον, (used by Mark here.) most exactly answers to the Latin word vestibu...
Only when His prophetic word, with its every dispensational bearing, is complete does the King, in calm, conscious authority, declare to His disciples that the time has arrived for His being betrayed...
Christ Denied by Peter. 69 Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Ga...
Ver. 71,72. Mark hath the same, Mark 14:70 , more shortly. So Luke, Luke 22:58 . It is like Peter, upon the first alarm, began to shift away, and was got into the porch, but there another meets...
Peter Denies Jesus Three Times As He Goes In A Continual Downward Spiral (26:69-75). It is probably not accidental that the mockery of Jesus concerning His being unable to prophesy is now followed...
CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 26:71 . Porch. —The dim, over-arched passage, leading outward from the area of the court to the entrance gate ( Morison ). Matthew 26:73 . Thy speech bewrayeth thee. —P...
Matthew 26:57-58 , Matthew 26:69-75 Peter's Denial of Jesus. Although Peter's denial of his Lord shocked all witnesses as a sudden, unaccountable, disconnected thing, it was in reality but th...
The story of Peter's denial of his Master is recorded in all four of the Gospels. There are some differences of expression in each version, so it will not be tautology if we read all four of them; an...
Matthew 26:2 . After two day is the passover. This is the literal import of the Greek word πασχα pascha, and the Hebrew word פסח pesach, because the Israelites, after eating the paschal lamb,...
Now Peter sat without in the palace. The fall of Peter One of the most melancholy instances of depravity ever committed. But a little while before so confident, seated at the table of the Lord,...
EXPOSITION Ch. 26-28:20 THUS JESUS ENTERS UPON HIS KINGDOM . Before attempting to expound this most momentous section of the gospel history, we must make up our minds concerning the...
The denial of Peter:
Acts 5:3 ; Acts 5:4 ; Exodus 20:7 ; Isaiah 48:1 ; Luke 22:34 ; Malachi 3:5 ; Matthew 26:74 ; Matthew 5:34-36 ; Zechariah 5:3 ; Zechariah 5:4 ; Zechariah 8:17
He denied with an oath — To which possibly he was not unaccustomed, before our Lord called him.