Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended.
Ver. 33. Though all men shouht be offended] Peter spake as he meant, but his heart deceived him, as did likewise David's,Psalms 39:1,3, and Orpah's, Ruth 1:10, and those Israelites in the wilderness, that were turned aside "like deceitful bows," Psalms 78:57. They levelled both eyes and arrows (that is, both purposes and promises) to the mark of amendment, and thought verily to hit; but their deceitful hearts, as naughty bows, carried their arrows a clean contrary way. So did Peter's here, so will the best of ours, if we watch them not.