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54. ΣΥΛΛΑΒΟΝΤΕΣ δὲ αὐτὸν ἤγαγον, καὶ εἰσήγαγον αὐτὸν 5 εἰς
τὸν οἶκον ΄ τοῦ ἀρχιερέως: ὅ δὲ Πέτρος ἠκολούθει µακρόθεν. 55.
ἂψάντων ὅ δὲ wip ἐν µέσῳ τῆς αὐλῆς, καὶ συγκαθισάντων αὐτῶν,ό
ἐκάθητο 6 Πέτρος ἐν µέσῳ Ἰ αὐτῶν.
56. ἰδοῦσα δὲ αὐτὸν παιδίσκη
fActsi. 10; TES καθήµενον πρὸς τὸ φῶς, καὶ ’ ἀτενίσασα αὐτῷ, etme, “Kai οὗτος
ili. 4; Vi.
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σὺ ἐξ αὐτῶν «i.”
5]. Ὁ δὲ ἠρνήσατο αὐτόν,» λέγων, “Γύναι, οὐκ 58. Καὶ μετὰ βραχὺ ἕτερος ἰδὼν αὐτὸν ἔφη, “Kai Ὁ δὲ Πέτρος εἶπεν,ο ““AvOpwrre, οὐκ εἰμί.᾽ 59.
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ες 5
1 εξηλθατε in NBDLRT, etc. (W.H.). 3 Omit this αυτον SABDLT al.
5 περιαψαντων in NBLT.
7 µεσος for εν µεσω (3, etc.) in BLT 1, 8 Omit αυτον NBD°LT (W.H.).
® ovx οιδα αυτον γυναι in RBLTX. D 10 εφη in SBLT al. pl.
not likely. Farrar remarks: ‘‘these venerable persons had kept safely in the background till all possible danger was over ’’.—as ἐπὶ λῃηστὴν. Lk. gives the reproachful words of Jesus nearly as in the parallels.—Ver. 53. ἀλλ᾽ αὕτη ἐστὶν, etc.: the leading words in this elliptical sentence are τοῦ σκότους, which qualify both épa and ἐξουσία. Two things are said: your hour is an hour of darkness, and your power is a power of darkness. There is an allusion to the time they had chosen for the apprehension, night, not day, but the physical darkness is for Jesus only an emblem of moral dark- ness. He says in effect: why should I complain of being captured as a robber in the dark by men whose whole nature and ways are dark and false?
Vv. 54-62. Peter's fall (Mt. xxvi. 57, 58, 69-75, Mk. xiv. 53, 54, 66-72).—Lk. tells the sad story of Peter’s fall without interruption, and in as gentle a manner as possible, the cursing omitted, and the three acts of denial forming an anti- climax instead of a climax, as in parallels.—Ver. 54. ὁ δὲ Πέτρος ἠκολ- ούθει, Peier followed. What the rest did is passed over in silence ; fight left to be inferred.—Ver. 55. περιαψάντων, more strongly than ἀψάντων (T.R.) suggests
En ἀληθείας καὶ οὗτος pet αὐτοῦ ἦν: καὶ γὰρ Γαλιλαῖός ἐστιν.
2 εστιν Όμων in ΝΜΕΒΡΤ,Τ, etc. φεις την οικιαν in NBLT, etc., 1, 124 al. 6 Omit avtev RBDLT.
209 (Tisch., W.H.).
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the idea of a well-kindled fire giving a good blaze, supplying light as well as heat. Who kindled it did not need to be said. It was kindled in the open court of the high priest’s house, and was large enough for the attendants to sit around it in the chilly spring night (συγκαθισάντωγ).--µέσος αὐτῶν. Peter sat among them. Was that an acted denial, or was he simply seeking warmth, and taking his risk ?—Ver. 56. darevé- σασα (a intensive, and τείνω), fixing the eyes on, with dative here, sometimes with eis and accusative, frequently used by Lk., especially in Acts.—otros, the maid makes the remark not to but about Peter in Lk. = this one also was with Him, of whom they were all talking.— Ver. 57. οὐκ οἶδα a. y.: a direct denial =I do not know Him, woman, not to speak of being a follower.—Ver. 58. μετὰ βραχὺ, shortly after (here only in N.T.), while the mood of fear is still on him, no time to recover himself.—é€repos, another of the attendants, a man.—é& αὐτῶν, of the notorious band, conceived possibly as a set of ἀεδρεταάοες.---ἄνθρωπε, οὐκ εἰμί,πιαη, I am not, with more emphasis and some irritation = denial of disciple- ship. Im one sense a strenger form ot denial, but in another a weaker. Peter