{"id":25905,"date":"2022-09-24T11:21:32","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T16:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-luke-2259\/"},"modified":"2022-09-24T11:21:32","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T16:21:32","slug":"exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-luke-2259","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-luke-2259\/","title":{"rendered":"Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 22:59"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 align='center'><b><i> And about the space of one hour after another confidently affirmed, saying, Of a truth this [fellow] also was with him: for he is a Galilaean. <\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n<p> <strong> 59.<\/strong> <em> about the space of one hour after<\/em> ] To St Peter it must have been one of the most terrible hours of his life.<\/p>\n<p><em> another<\/em> ] Here again the main charge was prominently made by <em> one <\/em> a kinsman of Malchus, who had seen Peter in the garden, and was known to St John from his acquaintance with the High Priest&rsquo;s household (<span class='bible'>Joh 18:26<\/span>,  ); but others came up (    , <span class='bible'>Mat 26:73<\/span>;   , <span class='bible'>Mar 14:70<\/span>), and joined in it, and this is implied by St Mark&rsquo;s &ldquo;kept saying to Peter&rdquo; (  ).<\/p>\n<p><em> for he is a Galilean<\/em> ] This they could at once tell by the misplaced gutturals of the provincial dialect which &lsquo;bewrayed him&rsquo; (i.e. pointed him out).<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><strong>And about the space of one hour after<\/strong>,&#8230;. After the first assault, or rather after the second:<\/p>\n<p><strong>another confidently affirmed<\/strong>; who was one of them that stood by the fireside, and heard what had passed; and not only so, but was a kinsman to him, whose ear Peter had cut off, and who had seen him in the garden with Christ, and therefore with all assurance asserted it, as a matter of fact, as an unquestionable truth, and beyond all doubt:<\/p>\n<p><strong>saying of a truth, this fellow also was with him<\/strong>; a disciple and follower of Jesus, and was with him when he was apprehended; I saw him there, and it may be depended on as a truth; and then added this reason,<\/p>\n<p><strong>for he is a Galilean<\/strong>; you may be assured of this yourselves, his speech betrays him; you may know him by his language, and which confirms my assertion.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: John Gill&#8217;s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><P> <B>After the space of about one hour <\/B> (<span class='_800000'><SPAN LANG=\"el-GR\">   <\/SPAN><\/span>). Genitive absolute with second aorist active participle feminine singular of <span class='_800000'><SPAN LANG=\"el-GR\"><\/SPAN><\/span>. This classical verb in the N.T. is used only by Luke (<span class='bible'>Luke 22:59<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Luke 24:51<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Acts 27:28<\/span>). It means standing in two or apart, about an hour intervening.<\/P> <P><B>Confidently affirmed <\/B> (<span class='_800000'><SPAN LANG=\"el-GR\"><\/SPAN><\/span>). Imperfect middle, he kept affirming strongly. An old verb (<span class='_800000'><SPAN LANG=\"el-GR\">, <\/SPAN><\/span>), to make oneself strong, to make emphatic declaration. In the N.T. only here and <span class='bible'>Ac 12:15<\/span>.<\/P> <P><B>For he is a Galilean <\/B> (<span class='_800000'><SPAN LANG=\"el-GR\">   <\/SPAN><\/span>). <span class='bible'>Mt 26:73<\/span> makes it plain that it was his speech that gave him away, which see. <\/P> <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Robertson&#8217;s Word Pictures in the New Testament<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1) <strong>&#8220;And about the space of one hour after,&#8221; <\/strong>(kai diastases hosei horas mias) &#8220;And when about an hour had-intervened,&#8221; or after about another hour, &#8220;they that stood by,&#8221; had &#8220;sized up Peter,&#8221; and one of them spoke out as follows, <span class='bible'>Mat 26:73<\/span>. He had now gone out to the porch.<\/p>\n<p>2) <strong>&#8220;Another confidently affirmed, saying,&#8221; <\/strong>(allos tis duschurizeto legon) &#8220;Another certain one asserted emphatically, saying, affirming,&#8221; a relative of Malchus whose ear had been cut off, <span class='bible'>Mat 26:73<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Mar 14:70<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Joh 18:26<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>3) <strong>&#8220;Of a truth this follow also was with him:&#8221; <\/strong>(ep aletheias kai houtos met autou en) &#8220;Upon the basis of absolute truth this man (Peter) was with him,&#8221; with Jesus, <span class='bible'>Mar 14:70<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>4)<strong> &#8220;For he Is a Galileean <\/strong>(kai gar Galilaios eatin) &#8220;For he is (exists as) a Galilean,&#8221; and &#8220;thy speech or dialect betrayeth thee,&#8221; don&#8217;t try to cover it up, you treacherous traitor, betrayer of your master, <span class='bible'>Mat 26:73<\/span>. His misplaced dialectal gutterals gave him away.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>(59) <strong>About the space of one hour after.<\/strong>Literally, <em>about one hour having intervened,<\/em> the verb so rendered being peculiar to St. Luke in the New Testament (<span class='bible'>Luk. 24:51<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Act. 27:28<\/span>).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Confidently affirmed.<\/strong>This word also is peculiar to St. Luke (<span class='bible'>Act. 12:15<\/span>).<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Ellicott&#8217;s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p> &lsquo;And after the space of about one hour another confidently affirmed, saying, &ldquo;Of a truth this man also was with him, for he is a Galilaean.&rdquo; &rsquo;<\/p>\n<p> Another hour passed and then yet a third person pointed him out, and speaking confidently indicated that he was a Galilean (his accent had given him away &#8211; <span class='bible'>Mat 26:73<\/span>), and must therefore have been with Jesus. If not, why else was he here? Peter&rsquo;s nerves were now strained to bursting point. Would these challenges never end?<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p> 59 And about the space of one hour after another confidently affirmed, saying, Of a truth this <em> fellow<\/em> also was with him: for he is a Galilaean. <strong> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> Ver. 59. <em> Vide ibidem eum notis.<\/em> <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: John Trapp&#8217;s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p> <span class='bible'>Luk 22:59<\/span> .   , at the distance of an hour; the verb here used of time, in <span class='bible'>Luk 24:51<\/span> and <span class='bible'>Act 27:28<\/span> of place. This interval of an hour is peculiar to Lk. Peter in the course of that time would begin to think that no further annoyance was to be looked for.  ,   : these expressions imply that the previous denials had partly served their purpose for a time, and put the attendants off the idea that Peter was of the company of Jesus. After watching Peter, and listening to his speech, a third gains courage to reaffirm the position = I am sure he is after all one of them, for, etc.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: The Expositors Greek Testament by Robertson<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>another = a certain other (Greek. altos. App-124.) See App-160. <\/p>\n<p>Of = Upon. Greek. epi. App-104. <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>Luk 22:59. , one hour) When once wounded, he does not recover himself in a whole hour.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Gnomon of the New Testament<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>confidently: Mat 26:73, Mat 26:74, Mar 14:69, Mar 14:70, Joh 18:26, Joh 18:27 <\/p>\n<p>Reciprocal: 2Ki 19:17 &#8211; Of a truth<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>Luk 22:59-60. THIRD DENIAL. Luke is particular as to the interval: after about the space of one hour. The recognition became very general, as we might expect, but this Evangelist brings out the one who was prominent in the matter.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: A Popular Commentary on the New Testament<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>Verse 59 <\/p>\n<p>He is a Galilean; they judged from some peculiarity of his language.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Abbott&#8217;s Illustrated New Testament<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>Luke&rsquo;s singular reference to an hour passing reflects his interest in the passing of time. The third accusation-this one spoken with conviction-came from another man, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off (Joh 18:26). Luke omitted the oaths that Peter added to this denial (Mat 26:74; Mar 14:71). He also wrote that Peter denied knowledge of what the accuser meant, apparently in addition to his denying that he knew Jesus (Mat 26:74; Mar 14:71). Immediately the cock crowed as Jesus had predicted (Luk 22:34).<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Expository Notes of Dr. Constable (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And about the space of one hour after another confidently affirmed, saying, Of a truth this [fellow] also was with him: for he is a Galilaean. 59. about the space of one hour after ] To St Peter it must have been one of the most terrible hours of his life. another ] Here again &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-luke-2259\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 22:59&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25905\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}