And he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not.
But he denied, saying, Woman, I know him not.
and he disowned him, saying, `Woman, I have not known him.'
But he denied [him], saying, Woman, I do not know him.
Luke — Luke's 'orderly account' (1:3) follows Jesus from Bethlehem through the long travel narrative to Jerusalem and the Emmaus road.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
Voices2
Peter denied, because he promised rashly. He does not deny on the mount, nor in the temple, nor in his own house, but in the judgment-hall of the Jews. There he denies where Jesus was bound, where truth is not. And denying Him he says, I know him not. It were presumptuous to say that he knew Him whom the human mind can not grasp. For no one knoweth the Son but the Father. (Matt. 11:17).
Ambrose of Milan· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 397patristic
And he denied him, saying, woman, I know him not. Startled at the maid's positive assertion, and knowing not how to clear himself any other way, roundly, and at once, denied that Jesus was his master; or that he was a disciple of his; or that he knew any thing of him, or had any acquaintance with him: and thus he that had said he would die with him, rather than deny him, is frighten at a servant maid, and denies him upon the first attack upon him.
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)reformed
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Luke 12:9But whoever denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God.
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if we endure, we will also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He will also deny us;
If anyone is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in His Father’s glory with the…
If anyone is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory and in the glory of the Father and of the…
Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’
But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father in heaven.
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John 18:27Peter denied it once more, and immediately a rooster crowed.
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“Will you lay down your life for Me?” Jesus replied. “Truly, truly, I tell you, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.
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John 18:25Simon Peter was still standing and warming himself. So they asked him, “Aren’t you also one of His disciples?” He denied it and said, “I am not.”
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At this, the servant girl watching the door said to Peter, “Aren’t you also one of this man’s disciples?” “I am not,” he answered.
and saw him warming himself there. She looked at Peter and said, “You also were with Jesus the Nazarene.”
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The verses this one reaches10
Peter denied it once more, and immediately a rooster crowed.
“Lord,” said Peter, “I am ready to go with You even to prison and to death.”
Simon Peter was still standing and warming himself. So they asked him, “Aren’t you also one of His disciples?” He denied it and said, “I am not.”
But he denied it before them all: “I do not know what you are talking about.”
But whoever denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God.
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father in heaven.
The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him.
For this reason I endure all things for the sake of the elect, so that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.
Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,
