69And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by, This is one of them.
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And after a little while another saw him, and said, Thou art also of them. And Peter said, Man, I am not.
Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.
And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said therefore unto him, Art not thou also one of his disciples? He denied it, and said, I am not.
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
Then saith the damsel that kept the door unto Peter, Art not thou also one of this man's disciples? He saith, I am not.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 66-72)We have here the story of Peter’s denying Christ. 1. It began in keeping at a distance from him. Peter had followed afar off (Mark 14:54), and now was beneath in the palace , at the lower end of the hall. Those that are shy of Christ, are in a fair way to deny him, that are shy of attending on holy ordinances, shy of the communion of the faithful, and loth to be seen on the side of despised godlin…
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