25 Now Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. Therefore they said to him, “You are not also one of His disciples, are you?” He denied it and said, “I am not!” 26 One of the servants of the high priest, a relative of him whose ear Peter cut off, said, “Did I not see you in the garden with Him?” 27 Peter then denied again; and immediately a rooster crowed.
Commentary
Vs. 25 Now Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. Therefore they said to him, “You are not also one of His disciples, are you?” He denied it and said, “I am not!”
The scene now returns to the courtyard where Peter has been warming himself by the fire with some of the high priests’ officers and servants. And so it was that they soon realized that Peter was not one of them, that is he was not of the same spirit as they were. And so, they said to him, “You are not also one of His disciples, are you?” Now when Peter was directly confronted by them about his belonging to the Lord Jesus Christ he feared and so he immediately said, “I am not!” This then is Peters second denial.
Vs. 26-27 26 One of the servants of the high priest, a relative of him whose ear Peter cut off, said, “Did I not see you in the garden with Him?” 27 Peter then denied again; and immediately a rooster crowed.
However, Peter’s denial was short lived, for One of the servants of the high priest, who was a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off in garden, now says to him, “Did I not see you in the garden with Him?” Peter then now greatly fearing will once again deny knowing Jesus, and when he did immediately a rooster crowed thus fulfilling Jesus’ own Words.
Scripture Quotations
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