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And, considering the magnificence of the Jewish buildings at this time, it is reasonable to conclude that this, which belonged to the high-priest’s palace, was some stately <span class="ital">piazza, </span>or <span class="ital">colonnade; </span>and therefore I choose rather to render it, <span class="ital">portico, </span>than <span class="ital">porch, </span>a word applicable to the meanest buildings of that kind.” <span class="ital">Another maid saw him, and said, This fellow was also with Jesus </span>— Whatever he may pretend to the contrary, and how positively soever he may deny it. <span class="ital">And again he denied with an oath — </span>A sin to which possibly he was not unaccustomed before our Lord called him. <span class="ital">Saying, I do not know the man </span>— Jesus was so public a person, and so well known to thousands, not at all in his interest, that this additional falsehood was most unnecessary; and, as it frequently happens when people allow themselves to transgress the bounds of truth, it was more likely to entangle and discover him than to clear him. A learned divine conjectures, that Peter was suffered to fall more foully than any of the rest of the apostles, except Judas the traitor, and to make more remarkable mistakes in his conduct, that we might thus be cautioned against that extravagant regard which would afterward be demanded to him and his pretended successors. How must these people, before whom Peter denied his Lord, be surprised when they saw, as no doubt some of them did, this timorous disciple, within the compass of a few weeks, when he was brought with John before the council, not only maintaining the cause and honour of Jesus, but boldly charging the murder of this Prince of life on the chief men of the nation, and solemnly warning them of their guilt and danger in consequence of it. <a href="/context/acts/4-5.htm" title="And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,...">Acts 4:5-12</a>. Perhaps when it is said there, <a href="/matthew/26-13.htm" title="Truly I say to you, Wherever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman has done, be told for a memorial of her.">Matthew 26:13</a>, that <span class="ital">they took knowledge of Peter and John that they had been with Jesus, </span>the meaning may be, that some of them, or their attendants, remembered Peter and John as the two persons who had followed Jesus thus far, when the rest had forsaken him. See Clarke’s <span class="ital">Seventeen Sermons, </span>p. 236, and Doddridge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="mhc" id="mhc"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/mhc/matthew/26.htm">Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary</a></div>26:69-75 Peter's sin is truly related, for the Scriptures deal faithfully. Bad company leads to sin: those who needlessly thrust themselves into it, may expect to be tempted and insnared, as Peter. They scarcely can come out of such company without guilt or grief, or both. It is a great fault to be shy of Christ; and to dissemble our knowledge of him, when we are called to own him, is, in effect, to deny him. Peter's sin was aggravated; but he fell into the sin by surprise, not as Judas, with design. But conscience should be to us as the crowing of the cock, to put us in mind of the sins we had forgotten. Peter was thus left to fall, to abate his self-confidence, and render him more modest, humble, compassionate, and useful to others. The event has taught believers many things ever since, and if infidels, Pharisees, and hypocrites stumble at it or abuse it, it is at their peril. Little do we know how we should act in very difficult situations, if we were left to ourselves. Let him, therefore, that thinketh he standeth, take heed lest he fall; let us all distrust our own hearts, and rely wholly on the Lord. Peter wept bitterly. Sorrow for sin must not be slight, but great and deep. Peter, who wept so bitterly for denying Christ, never denied him again, but confessed him often in the face of danger. True repentance for any sin will be shown by the contrary grace and duty; that is a sign of our sorrowing not only bitterly, but sincerely.<a name="bar" id="bar"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/barnes/matthew/26.htm">Barnes' Notes on the Bible</a></div>When he was gone out into the porch - The "entrance," or the small apartment between the outer door and the large hall in the center of the building. See plan of a house, Notes, <a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/9-1.htm">Matthew 9:1-8</a>. Peter was embarrassed and confused by the question, and to save his confusion from attracting notice, he went away from the fire into the porch, where he expected to be unobserved - yet in vain. By the very movement to avoid detection, he came into contact with another who knew him and repeated the charge. How clearly does it prove that our Lord was omniscient, that all these things were foreseen!<p>Another maid saw him - Mark simply says that "a maid" saw him. From Luke it would appear that "a man" spoke to him, <a href="/luke/22-58.htm">Luke 22:58</a>. The truth probably is that both were done. When he first went out, "a maid" charged him with being a follower of Jesus. He was probably there a considerable time. To this charge he might have been silent, thinking, perhaps, that he was concealed, and there was no need of denying Jesus then. Yet it is very likely that the charge would be repeated. A "man," also, might have repeated it; and Peter, irritated, provoked, perhaps thinking that he was in danger, "then" denied his Master the second time. This denial was in a stronger manner and with an oath. While in the porch, Mark says, the cock crew - that is, the first crowing, or not far from midnight. <a name="jfb" id="jfb"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/jfb/matthew/26.htm">Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary</a></div>Mt 26:57-75. Jesus Arraigned before the Sanhedrim Condemned to Die, and Shamefully Entreated—The Denial of Peter. ( = Mr 14:53-72; Lu 22:54-71; Joh 18:13-18, 24-27).<p>For the exposition, see on [1366]Mr 14:53-72. <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/poole/matthew/26.htm">Matthew Poole's Commentary</a></div> <span class="bld">See Poole on "<a href="/matthew/26-72.htm" title="And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man.">Matthew 26:72</a>"</span>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="gil" id="gil"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/gill/matthew/26.htm">Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible</a></div>And when he was gone out into the porch,.... The Vulgate Latin, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions read, "the gate": and so does Munster's Hebrew Gospel; but more rightly it is rendered, "the porch": he did not attempt to go out at the door, and run away, though he could gladly have done it; but he feared to do this, lest, as this would discover him, they should pursue him, and overtake him, and bring him before the sanhedrim: he chose rather to keep his ground, but was very uneasy; and therefore moved into the porch, where he sat very pensive, considering what was proper for him to do; when <p>another maid saw him, and said unto them that were there, this fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth: she speaks of Christ in the same contemptuous manner, as her fellow servant had done; for this appellation of Christ was commonly, if not always used by way of contempt; and she means the same thing by his being with him, the other did, and is rather more spiteful, and bent on mischief; for, the other addressed him alone, and what she said, said to himself; but this directs her speech to the servants and officers that were near at hand, and uses him in a very scurrilous manner: this sorry fellow, that is sauntering and lurking about here, is certainly one of this man's disciples. <a name="gsb" id="gsb"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/gsb/matthew/26.htm">Geneva Study Bible</a></div><span class="cverse2">And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth.</span></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="comtype">EXEGETICAL (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES)</div><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/meyer/matthew/26.htm">Meyer's NT Commentary</a></div><a href="/matthew/26-71.htm" title="And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said to them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth.">Matthew 26:71</a>. <span class="greekheb">Ἐξελθόντα</span>] from the <span class="ital">court-yard</span> to the <span class="ital">porch</span>, which, passing through some part of the buildings that stood round the four sides of the former, conducted into the anterior court outside (<span class="greekheb">προαύλιον</span>; according to <a href="/mark/14-68.htm" title="But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what you say. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew.">Mark 14:68</a>, it was in this latter that the present denial took place). Comp. Hermann, <span class="ital">Privatalterth</span>. § 19. 9 ff. In spite of the plain meaning of <span class="greekheb">πυλών</span>, <span class="ital">door, doorway</span> (see <a href="/luke/16-20.htm" title="And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,">Luke 16:20</a>; <a href="/acts/10-17.htm" title="Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had made enquiry for Simon's house, and stood before the gate,">Acts 10:17</a>; <a href="/acts/12-13.htm" title="And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to listen, named Rhoda.">Acts 12:13</a> f., <a href="/matthew/14-13.htm" title="When Jesus heard of it, he departed there by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities.">Matthew 14:13</a>; Revelation 21), it is usually supposed that it is the outer court in front of the house, the <span class="greekheb">προαύλιον</span> (see Poll. i. 77, ix. 16), that is meant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="greekheb">αὐτοῖς ἐκεῖ</span>] <span class="greekheb">ἐκεῖ</span> belongs to <span class="greekheb">λέγει</span>, while <span class="greekheb">αὐτοῖς</span>, in accordance with a loose usage of frequent occurrence (Winer, p. 137 f. [E. T. 181]), is meant to refer to the <span class="ital">people generally</span> whom she happened to meet with. It would be wrong to connect <span class="greekheb">ἐκεῖ</span> with <span class="greekheb">καὶ οὗτος</span> (Matthaei, Scholz), because in such a connection it would be meaningless.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/egt/matthew/26.htm">Expositor's Greek Testament</a></div><a href="/matthew/26-71.htm" title="And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said to them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth.">Matthew 26:71</a>. <span class="greekheb">εἰς τ</span>. <span class="greekheb">πυλῶνα</span>, to or towards the gateway, away from the crowd in the court.—<span class="greekheb">ἄλλη</span> (<span class="greekheb">παιδίσκη</span>), another saw him, and said, not to him, but to others there (not easy to escape 1).—<span class="greekheb">οὗτος</span>, etc., this person, pointing to him, was, etc.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/bengel/matthew/26.htm">Bengel's Gnomen</a></div><a href="/matthew/26-71.htm" title="And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said to them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth.">Matthew 26:71</a>. <span class="greekheb">Ἐξελθόντα</span>, <span class="ital">as he was going forth</span>) The flying from temptation, when it is too late, involves fresh danger.—<span class="greekheb">ἄλλη</span>, <span class="ital">another</span>) sc. maid-servant; and simultaneously the former, who instigated this other, and also a male attendant. See <a href="/mark/14-69.htm" title="And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by, This is one of them.">Mark 14:69</a>, and <a href="/luke/22-58.htm" title="And after a little while another saw him, and said, You are also of them. And Peter said, Man, I am not.">Luke 22:58</a>. The denial, made under one impulse, to the questions of more than one interrogator, is considered as one: and yet he is said to have denied thrice:[1164] [how often, therefore, must he have uttered the denial!]—<span class="greekheb">Ἰησοῦ τοῦ Ναζωραίου</span>, <span class="ital">Jesus the Nazarene</span>) the surname <span class="ital">Nazarene</span> is added to distinguish Him from the many others who bore the name at that time. The Son of God bore a name common amongst men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>[1164] The threefold denial of Peter is not to be reckoned by the distinctness of the persons, who interrogated him indiscriminately, nor with reference to the variety of expressions, several of which were comprised in one denial; but in relation to the diversity of place, time, and degree, characterizing each denial respectively. His first simple denial was succeeded by an oath, and this was succeeded thirdly by curses and imprecations added to the former protestations: <a href="/matthew/26-70.htm" title="But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what you say.">Matthew 26:70</a>; <a href="/matthew/26-72.htm" title="And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man.">Matthew 26:72</a>; <a href="/matthew/26-74.htm" title="Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.">Matthew 26:74</a>.—<span class="ital">Harm</span>., p. 535.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="pul" id="pul"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/matthew/26.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 71.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The porch</span>; <span class="greek">τὸν πυλῶμνα</span>. The passage between the street and the court. Peter had walked towards the gate, either in unmeaning restlessness, or with some notion of escaping further questioning. <span class="cmt_word">Another maid saw him.</span> We gather from the other accounts that both the porteress and some other domestics assailed him at this time. <span class="cmt_word">Jesus of Nazareth.</span> Christ was popularly so known (see <a href="/matthew/21-11.htm">Matthew 21:11</a>). Matthew 26:71<a name="vws" id="vws"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/vws/matthew/26.htm">Vincent's Word Studies</a></div>Gone out<p>Through fear of being further questioned. <div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/26-71.htm">Matthew 26:71 Interlinear</a><br /><a href="/texts/matthew/26-71.htm">Matthew 26:71 Parallel Texts</a><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/niv/matthew/26-71.htm">Matthew 26:71 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/matthew/26-71.htm">Matthew 26:71 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/matthew/26-71.htm">Matthew 26:71 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/matthew/26-71.htm">Matthew 26:71 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/matthew/26-71.htm">Matthew 26:71 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="http://bibleapps.com/matthew/26-71.htm">Matthew 26:71 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="/matthew/26-71.htm">Matthew 26:71 Parallel</a><br /><a href="http://bibliaparalela.com/matthew/26-71.htm">Matthew 26:71 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="http://holybible.com.cn/matthew/26-71.htm">Matthew 26:71 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="http://saintebible.com/matthew/26-71.htm">Matthew 26:71 French Bible</a><br /><a href="http://bibeltext.com/matthew/26-71.htm">Matthew 26:71 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br /></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td align="center"><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="../matthew/26-70.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Matthew 26:70"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Matthew 26:70" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../matthew/26-72.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Matthew 26:72"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Matthew 26:72" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>