Luke 22:57

Greek (Tischendorf 8th ed.)

English Translation

He denied Jesus, saying, "Woman, I don't know him."

World English Bible · Public Domain

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ἠρνήσατο

arnéomai

G720

“to deny”

Verb, Aorist, Middle deponent, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular

Appears 33× in the Greek New Testament
First appears at Matthew 10:33

Full Thayer's Definition

Origin: perhaps from G1 (as a negative particle) and the middle voice of G4483

TDNT: 08:49,8

1. to deny 2. to deny someone a. to deny one's self 1. to disregard his own interests or to prove false to himself 2. act entirely unlike himself 3. to deny, abnegate, abjure 4. not to accept, to reject, to refuse something offered

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

9: words
8: distinct lemmas
Gospels: section

Shared distinctive vocabulary

ἠρνήσατο to deny G720 occurs in 30 verses of the Greek New Testament. Also found in:

Repetition

A word recurs within this verse:

αὐτὸν he G846 ×2

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to Luke 22:57 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

Matthew 10:33 But whoever denies me before men, him I will also deny before my Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 26:70 But he denied it before them all, saying, "I don't know what you are talking about."
Luke 12:9 but he who denies me in the presence of men will be denied in the presence of the angels of God.
Luke 22:33–34 He said to him, "Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death!"
John 18:25 Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. They said therefore to him, "You aren't also one of his disciples, are you?" He denied it, and said, "I am not."
John 18:27 Peter therefore denied it again, and immediately the rooster crowed.
Acts 3:13–14 The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up, and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had determined to release him.
Acts 3:19 "Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord,

2 Timothy 2:10–12 Therefore I endure all things for the chosen ones' sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

Where the printed editions differ

1 variant

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Extra text

αὐτόν

“him”

In TRByz Not in NA28NA27TynSBLWHTreg

αὐτόν (auton) 'him' is only in traditional manuscripts (TR+Byz)

Textual data: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament (STEPBible TAGNT) · CC BY 4.0.

Commentary

Notes on Luke 22:57 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Expositor's Greek Testament

ed. W. Robertson Nicoll

Luk 22:57 . οὐκ οἷδα α . γ .: a direct denial = I do not know Him, woman, not to speak of being a follower .

The Expositor's Greek Testament, edited by W. Robertson Nicoll (1897–1910) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 57. And he denied him] See the notes on Mt 26:58; Mt 26:69, &c.

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

57. Woman, I know him not] “nor do I understand what you mean,” Mar_14:68. The ‘Woman!’ should come last. Peter—who has been described as ‘homalos anomalon’ or ‘consistently inconsistent’—shewed just the same kind of weakness many years later. Gal_2:12-13.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

And about the space of one hour after,.... After the first assault, or rather after the second:

another confidently affirmed; who was one of them that stood by the fireside, and heard what had passed; and not only so, but was a kinsman to him, whose ear Peter had cut off, and who had seen him in the garden with Christ, and therefore with all assurance asserted it, as a matter of fact, as an unquestionable truth, and beyond all doubt:

saying of a truth, this fellow also was with him; a disciple and follower of Jesus, and was with him when he was apprehended; I saw him there, and it may be depended on as a truth; and then added this reason,

for he is a Galilean; you may be assured of this yourselves, his speech betrays him; you may know him by his language, and which confirms my assertion.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

57 And he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not.

Ver. 57. Vide ibidem eum notis.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges

57. οὐκ οἶδα αὐτόν, γύναι. ‘I do not know Him, woman,’ ‘nor do I understand what you mean,’ Mar 14:68. Peter—who has been described as ὁμαλῶς ἀνώμαλον, or ‘consistently inconsistent’—shewed just the same kind of weakness many years later. Gal 2:12-13.

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges (Cambridge University Press, 1896; 21 vols, various authors incl. Carr, Maclear, Plummer, Farrar, Lumby, Moule, M. R. James, Simcox) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

International Critical Commentary

57. οὐκ οἶδα αὐτόν . For αὐτόν Mk. and Mt. have the less explicitly false τί λέγεις. Lk. has ὃ λέγεις ver. 60, where they have τὸν ἄνθρωπον. Here Lk. again mitigates by omitting the oath which accompanied the second denial (Mt.), and the cursing and swearing which accompanied the third (Mt. Mk.). This first denial seems to have been specially public, ἔμπροσθεν πάντων (Mt.).

International Critical Commentary — older volumes (1896–1929), various authors — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Lesson kit

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Luke, in the Gospels, opens this verse with 9 words (8 distinct Greek lemmas). Its most distinctive word is arnéomai (“to deny”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

The word arnéomai carries the sense “to deny.” How does it shape the verse?
How does Matthew 10:33, which shares the word «to deny», read alongside this verse?
What does the repetition of “he” (2× in this one verse) do in this verse?
The translations on this page render this verse differently — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment. What might account for the different wordings?
Compare how Expositor's Greek Testament and Adam Clarke's Commentary read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

Things to notice

These translations choose different wording for 3 words in this verse.
“he” occurs 2× in this single verse.
8 distinct Greek lemmas span 9 words in this verse.