Luke 22:58

Luk 22:58. Οὐκ εἰμὶ, I am not) Whilst Peter is denying himself, he is all the time denying his Lord: and whilst he is denying that he is (says “that he is not”), he in fact ceases to be [viz. of the Lord’s followers]. His very words show the flutter of agitation he was in.

Bengel's Gnomon of the New Testament — English translation (T&T Clark, Edinburgh, 1860) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Luk 22:58 . μετὰ βραχὺ , shortly after (here only in N.T.), while the mood of fear is still on him, no time to recover himself. ἕτερος , another of the attendants, a man. ἐξ αὐτῶν , of the notorious band, conceived possibly as a set of desperadoes. ἄνθρωπε , οὐκ εἰμί , man, I am not, with more emphasis and some irritation = denial of discipleship . In one sense a stronger form of denial, but in another a weaker. Peter might have known Jesus without being a disciple. To deny all knowledge was the strongest form of denial. Besides it was less cowardly to deny to a man than to a woman.

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

(58) Man.—The noun so used in the vocative always implies a certain touch of anger or impatience. (See Note on Luk_12:14.)

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58. after a little while] The trial before the Sacerdotal Committee naturally took some time, and they were awaiting the result.

another saw him] After his first denial “before them all” (Mat_26:70) he probably hoped to shake off this dangerous curiosity; and, perhaps as his guilt was brought more home to him by the first crowing of the cock (Mar_14:68), he stole back out of the light of the brazier where he had been sitting with the servants, to the gate or vestibule (pulona, Mat_26:71, proaulion, Mar_14:68). Of this second denial St John says, “they said to him” (Luk_18:25); and as the portress was sure to have gossipped about him to the girl who relieved her at her post, the second denial was due to his being pointed out by the second maid to the group of idlers who were hanging about the door, one of whom was prominent in pressing the charge against him. Mat_26:71 (ἄλλη); Mar_14:69 (ἡ παιδίσκη); Joh_18:25 (εἶπον); here ἕτερος. What discrepancy then worth speaking of is there here? Doubtless the second and third charges became more and more general as the news spread among the group. It is much more important to notice the moral law of “linked lies” by which ‘once denied’ always has a tendency to become ‘thrice denied.’ “Whom,” asks St Augustine, “have you ever seen contented with a single sin?”

Man] A mode of displeased address, Luk_12:14.

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And Peter said, man, I know not what thou sayest,.... Suggesting, that he was so far from being a follower of Jesus, or a disciple of his, and from having any personal acquaintance with him, that he did not know what he was talking of, or at least could not understand what he meant by this harangue, or by talking after this manner about him; and then began to curse and swear, and wish the most dreadful things to befall him, if he knew any thing of Jesus of Nazareth:

and immediately while he yet spake: in this shocking manner, with his mouth full of oaths, curses, and imprecations:

the cock crew; the second time, Mar 14:72.

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58 And after a little while another saw him, and said, Thou art also of them. And Peter said, Man, I am not.

Ver. 58. 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.

Another man saw him and said - Observe here, in order to reconcile the four evangelists, that divers persons concurred in charging Peter with belonging to Christ.

1. The maid that led him in, afterward seeing him at the fire, first put the question to him, and then positively affirmed, that he was with Christ.

2. Another maid accused him to the standers by, and gave occasion to the man here mentioned, to renew the charge against him, which caused the second denial.

3. Others of the company took notice of his being a Galilean, and were seconded by the kinsman of Malchus, who affirmed he had seen him in the garden. And this drew on the third denial.

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58. μετὰ βραχύ. The trial before the Sacerdotal Committee naturally took some time, and they were awaiting the result.

ἕτερος. After his first denial “before them all” (Mat 26:70) he probably hoped to shake off this dangerous curiosity; and, perhaps as his guilt was brought more home to him by the first crowing of the cock (Mar 14:68), he stole back out of the light of the brazier where he had been sitting with the servants, to the gate or vestibule (πυλῶνα, Mat 26:71, προαύλιον, Mar 14:68). Of this second denial St John says, “they said to him” (Luk 18:25); and as the portress was sure to have gossiped about him to the girl who relieved her at her post, the second denial was due to his being pointed out by the second maid to the group of idlers who were hanging about the door, one of whom was prominent in pressing the charge against him. Mat 26:71 (ἄλλη); Mar 14:69 (ἡ παιδίσκη); Joh 18:25 (εἶπον); here ἕτερος. What discrepancy then worth speaking of is there here? Doubtless the second and third charges became more and more general as the news spread among the group. It is much more important to notice the moral law of “linked lies” by which ‘once denied’ always has a tendency to become ‘thrice denied.’ “Whom,” asks St Augustine, “have you ever seen contented with a single sin?”

ἄνθρωπε. A mode of displeased address. Luk 12:14.

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58. ἕτερος] In Matt. it is ἄλλη,—in Mark ἡ παιδίσκη.

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58. μετὰ βραχύ. Lk. alone states that a second denial followed close on the first. For ἕτερος Mt. has ἄλλη, Mk. ἡ παιδίσκη, Jn. εἶπον. For ἄνθρωπε see on 12:14.

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