Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice.
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Gill's Exposition
Jesus answered him, wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake,.... Christ speaks these words as questioning, not Peter's sincerity, but his strength; or as deriding him, or rather pitying him; as if he…
Adam Clarke
The cock shall not crow, etc. - See on Mat 26:34 (note). Dr. Lightfoot has very properly remarked that we must not understand these words, as if the cock should not crow at all before Peter had thrice…
In these verses we have,
I. Peter's curiosity, and the check given to that.
1. Peter's question was bold and blunt (Joh 13:36): Lord, whither goest thou? referring to what Christ had said (Joh 13:33),…
Cambridge Bible
I say unto thee In the parallel passage in S. Luke (Luk 22:34) Christ for the first and only time addresses the Apostle by the name which He had given him, -I tell thee, Peter;" as if He would remind…
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