Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 22:60
And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And immediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew.
60. Man, I know not what thou sayest ] St Luke drops a veil over the ‘cursing and swearing’ which accompanied this last denial (Mat 26:74).
the cock crew ] Rather, a cock. It crew for the second time. Minute critics have imagined that they found a ‘difficulty’ here because the Talmud says that cocks and hens, from their scratching in the dung, were regarded as unclean. But as to this the Talmud contradicts itself, since it often alludes to cocks and hens at Jerusalem (e.g. Berachdth, p. 27, 1). Moreover the cock might have belonged to the Roman soldiers in Fort Antonia.
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, Mr 14:72.
I know not what thou sayest ( ). Each denial tangles Peter more and more. While he yet spake ( ). Genitive absolute. Peter could hear the crowing all right.
1) “And Peter said, Man,” (eipen de ho Petros anthrope) “Then Peter said, man,” responded with feigned honesty, but lying. It was his third denial, with oaths and curses, for the second time.
2) “I know not what thou sayest.” (ouk oida ho legeis) “I do not know what you are saying or talking about,” Mat 26:74.
3) “And immediately, while he yet spake,” (kai parachrema eti lalountos autou) “And at once, while he was still speaking,” denying any knowledge of Jesus or His disciples, Mat 26:74.
4) “The cock crew,” (ephonesen alektor) “A cock sounded or crowed,” the second time, as the Lord had foretold Peter would happen, Mat 26:34; Mar 14:30; Mar 14:72.
‘But Peter said, “Man, I do not know what you are saying.” And immediately, while he yet spoke, the cock crew.’
So, at the end of his tether, Peter cried out vehemently, “I don’t know what you are talking about.” And then he heard the cock crow.
60 And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And immediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew.
Ver. 60. Vide ibidem eum notis.
Luk 22:60 . , etc., man, I don’t know what you are saying under shelter of the epithet , pretending ignorance of what the man said an evasion rather than a denial, with no cursing and protesting accompanying. A monstrous minimising of the offence, if Lk. had Mk.’s account before him, thinks J. Weiss; therefore he infers he had not, but drew from a Jewish-Christian source with a milder account. What if he had both before him, and preferred the milder? ., immediately after the cock crew ; but in Lk.’s account the reaction is not brought about thereby. In the parallels, in which Peter appears worked up to a paroxysm, a reaction might be looked for at any moment on the slightest occasion, the crowing of the cock recalling Christ’s words abundantly sufficient. But in Lk. there is no paroxysm, therefore more is needed to bring about reaction, and more accordingly is mentioned.
immediately = on the spot. Greek. parachrema. See Luk 1:64.
yet spake = was yet speaking. App-160
the cock: Luk 22:34, Mat 26:74, Mat 26:75, Mar 14:71, Mar 14:72, Joh 18:27
Reciprocal: Psa 37:24 – Though Mat 26:73 – Surely Mar 14:70 – a little Joh 18:26 – Did Rom 2:3 – O man
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