Matthew 26:71

Peter Denies Jesus, and Weeps Bitterly

69 ^aNow Peter sat outside in the courtyard. And a servant girl came to him, saying, “You also were with Jesus of Galilee.”

70 But he denied it before them all, saying, “I do not know what you are saying.”

71 And when he had gone out to the gateway, another girl saw him and said to those who were there, “This fellow also was with Jesus of Nazareth.”

72 But again he denied with an oath, “I do not know the Man!”

73 And a little later those who stood by came up and said to Peter, “Surely you also are one of them, for your ^aspeech betrays you.”

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Matthew 26:71

Unto them that were there - Instead of · , more than one hundred MSS., many of which are of the first authority and antiquity, have · , she saith unto them, this man was There also. I rather think this is the genuine reading. might have been easily mistaken for , if the first syllable were but a little faded in a MS. from which others were copied: and then the placing of the point after · instead of after · would naturally follow, as placed after , it would make no sense. Griesbach approves of this reading.

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