Matthew 26:73 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 26:73

After a little while, those standing nearby came up to Peter. “Surely you are one of them,” they said, “for your accent gives you away.”

BSB

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ASV

And after a little while they that stood by came and said to Peter, Of a truth thou also art one of them; for thy speech maketh thee known.

KJV

And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth thee.

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Origen of Alexandria

COMMENTARY ON MATTHEW 114 (253)

Upon examining Peter's denial, we note that "as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified." For this reason, neither was it possible for Peter at the time to profess belief in Jesus nor was he to be criticized for not professing belief in him, since it is said to those who profess belief: "It is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you."

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Verse 73.) Truly, you are also one of them: for even your speech gives you away. Not that Peter spoke a different language or came from a foreign nation. For all of them were Hebrews, both those who accused and those who were accused. But each province and region has its own peculiarities, and cannot avoid the sound of their native language. Hence, even the Ephraimites in the Book of Judges (chapter 12) could not pronounce the word σύνθημα.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Surely thou art also one of them, for thy speech discovereth thee - Malchus might have brought a stronger proof than this. But such is the overruling providence of God, that the world, in the height of their zeal, commonly catch hold of the very weakest of all arguments against the children of God.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

And after a while - That is, about an hour after (Luke). Peter by this time had returned into the palace or hall, and stood warming himself by the fire, Joh 18:25. Thy speech bewrayeth thee - Your language makes it manifest that you are of his company. That is, as Mark adds, he was a “Galilean,” and in this way his speech betrayed him. It is probable that the Galileans were distinguished for some peculiarity of pronunciation, perhaps some unique rusticity or coarseness in their manner of speaking, that distinguished them from the refinement of the capital, Jerusalem.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
μετὰ	meta	After	G3326 →
μικρὸν	mikron	a little while	G3398 →
δὲ	de	also	G1161 →
προσελθόντες	proselthontes	having come to [him]	G4334 →
οἱ	hoi	those	G3588 →
ἑστῶτες	hestōtes	having stood	G2476 →
εἶπον	eipon	they said	G2036 →
τῷ	tō	<the>	G3588 →
Πέτρῳ·	Petrō	to Peter;	G4074 →
ἀληθῶς	alēthōs	Surely	G230 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
σὺ	su	you yourself	G4771 →
ἐξ	ex	of	G1537 →
αὐτῶν	autōn	them	G846 →
εἶ·	ei	are;	G1510 →
καὶ	kai	even	G2532 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
λαλιά	lalia	speech	G2981 →
σου	sou	of you	G4771 →
δῆλόν	dēlon	away	G1212 →
σε	se	you	G4771 →
ποιεῖ.	poiei	gives.	G4160 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

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.

Through
Judges 12:6
they told him, “Please say Shibboleth.” If he said, “Sibboleth,” because he could not pronounce it correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. So at that time 42,000…
leads to
- Matthew 12:25
  Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.
- Ecclesiastes 10:12
  The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.
- Galatians 5:15
  But if you keep on biting and devouring one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.
- Psalms 69:2
  I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me.
- Proverbs 18:19
  An offended brother is harder to win than a fortified city, and disputes are like the bars of a castle.
Through
Nehemiah 13:24
Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or of the other peoples, but could not speak the language of Judah.
leads to
- Zephaniah 3:9
  For then I will restore pure lips to the peoples, that all may call upon the name of the LORD and serve Him shoulder to shoulder.