74Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.
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As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Peter then denied again: and immediately the cock crew.
And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. …
If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha.
But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 69-75)We have here the story of Peter’s denying his Master, and it comes in as a part of Christ’s sufferings. Our Lord Jesus was now in the High Priest’s hall, not to be tried, but baited rather; and then it would have been some comfort to him to see his friends near him. But we do not find any friend he had about the court, save Peter only, and it would have been better if he had been at a distance. Ob…
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