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69. Ὁ δὲ Πέτρος ἔξω ἐκάθητο] ἐν τῇ αὐλῇ, καὶ προσῆλθεν αὐτῷ pia? παιδίσκη, λέγουσα, “Kai σὺ ἦσθα μετὰ ᾿Ιησοῦ τοῦ Γαλιλαίου.” { parall. Lk.
70. Ὁ δὲ ἠρνήσατο ἔμπροσθεν πάντων, λέγω», “ OdK οἶδα τί λέγεις.” 71. Ἐξελθόντα δὲ αὐτὸν Ἄ eis τὸν " πυλῶνα, εἶδεν αὐτὸν ἄλλη, καὶ
73. Μετὰ μικρὸν δὲ προσελθόντες οἱ ἑστῶτες εἶπον τῷ Πέτρῳ,
xii. 45.
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74. Τότε ἤρξατο καταναθεµατίζειν καὶ ὀμνύειν, “Or Καὶ εὐθέως ἀλέκτωρ ἐφώνησε.
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“ἔκλαυσε πικρῶς.
}εκαθητο εξω in SBDLZ. 3 88BD omit και before ουτος.
5 The article is wanting in most uncials.
they did God service by disgracing a pretender. Hence the invitation to the would-be christ to prophesy (προφήτεν- gov) who smote him when he was struck behind the back or blindfolded (Mk. xiv. 65). Thus did they fill up the early hours of the morning on that miserable night. Sceptical critics, ¢.g., Brandt, p. 69, also Holtz., H. C., suggest that the colouring of this passage is drawn from O. T. texts, such as Micah iv. 14 (Sept. Wont; Ae Va), τοι Ἱ ο lit. (3-55) τ Kanes xxii. 24, and that probably the texts created the “facts”. That of course is abstractly possible, but the statement of the evangelist is intrinsically pro- bable, and it is to be noted that not even in Mt. is there a “that it might be ful- filled rice:
Vv. 69-75. Peter’s denial (Mk. xiv. 66- 72, Lk. xxii. 54-62). The discrepancies of the four accounts here are perplexing but not surprising. It would be difficult for any one present in the confused throng ‘gathered within the palace gate that night to tell exactly what happened. Peter himself, the hero of the tale, had probably only hazy recollections of some particulars, and might not always relate the incident in the same way. Har- monistic efforts are wasted time. Com- parative exegesis may partly explain how one narrative, say Mt.’s, arose out of another, ¢.g., Mk.’s (Weiss, Marcus- Evang.). But on the whole it is best to take each version by itself, as one way of telling a story, which in the main is
27. Gal. ο παντα, 75. και ο Ch. ii. 18. καὶ ἐδελθὼν ἔξω Mx. v. 38, 39. Lk. vi. 21, 25.
? SSBLZ omit this αντον. _ ΤΠΕ mass of uncials have καταθεµ.ατιζειν.
® SBDL omit αυντω.
accepted even by writers like Brandt as one of the certainties of the Passion history.
Ver. 69. 6 δὲ M1. : δὲ resumes the Peter- episode introduced at ver. 58.—éxd@nrTo, was sitting, while the judicial proceed- ings were going on.—avAq, here means the court, atrium; the trial would take place in a chamber within the buildings surrounding the court.—pia π., one servant girl, to distinguish from another referred to in νετ. 71 (GAAn).—xai σὺ, you too, as if she had seen Jesus in com- pany with His disciples, Peter one of them, recognisable again, perhaps during the last few ἆαγς.- “Γαλιλαίου: He a Galilean; you, too, by your tongue.— Ver. 70. οὐκ οἶδα, etc.: affectation of extreme ignorance. So far from know- ing the man I don’t even know what you are talking about. This said before ali (ἔμπ. πάντων). First denial, entailing others to follow.—Ver. 71. εἰς τ. πυλῶνα, to or towards the gateway, away from the crowd in the court.— ἄλλη (παιδίσκη), another saw him, and said, not to him, but to others there (not easy to escape !).—otros, etc., this per- son, pointing to him, was, etc.—Ver, ο. μεθ) ὅρκου: second denial, more em- phatic, with an oath, and more direct: I know not the man (τὸν Gv.).—Ver. 73. of ἑστῶτες, loungers; seeing Peter’s con- fusion, and amusing themselves by tormenting him.— ἀληθῶς, beyond doubt, you, too, are one of them; of the notorious gang.—) λαλιά: They had