71But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel;
And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child. …
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
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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