Matthew 26:74 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew. ”

Matthew 26:74 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Then began he to curse ... - Peter was now irritated beyond endurance. He could no longer resist the evidence that he was known. It had been repeatedly charged on him. His language had betrayed h...
Matthew 26:74 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Then began he to (i) curse and to swear, [saying], I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew. (i) He swore and cursed himself.
Matthew 26:74 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Matthew 26:74 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

curse: i.e. to call down curses on himself if what he said were not true. Greek. katanathematizo. Occurs only here. See App-160. the . a. No Art. See note on Matthew 26:34 and App-160.
Matthew 26:74 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

74. Then he began to curse and to swear. In this third denial, Peter’s unfaithfulness to his Master reached its utmost height. Not satisfied with swearing, he breaks out into cursing,...
Matthew 26:74 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then began he to curse and to swear, saying , I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew. Then began he to curse and to swear - Rather, Then he began positively to affirm - καταθεματιζειν, fr...
Matthew 26:74 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And after a while came, &c.— The words of Malchus's kinsman, (see John 18:26 .) bringing to Peter's remembrance what he had done to that slave, threw him into such a panic, that when those who...
Matthew 26:74 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 .
Matthew 26:74 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 ).
Matthew 26:74 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

To curse and to swear. — We may infer from the two words that he used some common formula of execration, such as, e.g., “God do so to me and more also” ( 1 Kings 19:2 ; 1 Kings 20:10 ), as well...
Matthew 26:74 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Matthew 26:74 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“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...
Matthew 26:74 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Matthew 26:74 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"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...
Matthew 26:74 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then began he to curse, and to swear ,.... He swore before, and now he began "to curse"; not Christ, as Saul compelled some to blaspheme him, who professed him, and as the Jews formerly cursed Chris...
Matthew 26:74 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then began he to curse and to swear, saying , I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew. Ver. 74. Then began he to curse and swear ] This he had learned belike of the ruffianly soldiers,...
Matthew 26:74 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

To be spared and released. And while you asked for the deliverance of so vile a wretch, you inhumanly and insolently killed the Prince of life Even him who had life in himself, and was appointed...
Matthew 26:74 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Matthew 26:74 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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...
Matthew 26:74 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ver. 73,74. Mark saith, Mark 14:70,71 , And a little after, they that stood by said again to Peter, Surely thou art one of them: for thou art a Galilean, and thy speech agreeth thereto. But he be...
Matthew 26:74 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Matthew 26:74 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 26:74 - Sermon Bible Commentary

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...
Matthew 26:74 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 26:74 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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,...
Matthew 26:74 - The Biblical Illustrator

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,...
Matthew 26:74 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Matthew 26:74 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The denial of Peter:
Matthew 26:74 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 16:22 ; 1 Samuel 14:24-28 ; Acts 23:12-14 ; John 18:27 ; John 21:15-17 ; Judges 17:2 ; Judges 21:18 ; Luke 22:60 ; Mark 14:30 ; Mark 14:68 ; Mark 14:71 ; Mark 14:72 ; Matth...
Matthew 26:74 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Then began he to curse and to swear — Having now quite lost the reins, the government of himself.

Matthew 26:74 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 26:74 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Matthew 26:74 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 26:74 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 26:74 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 26:74 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 26:74 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 26:74 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 26:74 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 26:74 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 26:74 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 26:74 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 26:74 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 26:74 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 26:74 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 26:74 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 26:74 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 26:74 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 26:74 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 26:74 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 26:74 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 26:74 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 26:74 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 26:74 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 26:74 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 26:74 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 26:74 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 26:74 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 26:74 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 26:74 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes