Mark 14:71

But he began to curse, and to swear, “I don’t know this man of whom you speak!”

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But he began to curse and to swear, “I don’t know this man of whom you speak!”

BSB

But he began to curse and swear, “I do not know this man of whom you speak!”

KJV

But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak.

ASV

But he began to curse, and to swear, I know not this man of whom ye speak.

BBE

But, with curses and oaths, he said, I have no knowledge of the man about whom you are talking.

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ὁ ho (the) G3588 δὲ de But G1161 ἤρξατο ērxato he began G757 ἀναθεματίζειν anathematizein to curse G332 καὶ kai and G2532 ὀμνύναι omnunai to swear G3660 ὅτι hoti that G3754 οὐκ ouk Not G3756 οἶδα oida I know G6063 τὸν ton (the) G3588 ἄνθρωπον anthrōpon man G444 τοῦτον touton this G3778 ὃν hon whom G3739 λέγετε legete you speak of G3004

The early church

(ubi sup.) How hurtful is it to speak with the wicked. He denies before infidels that he knows the man, whom amongst the disciples, he had confessed to be God.
Bede · d. 735Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
Therefore Peter was seized with fear, and for-getting the word of the Lord, which said, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him will I confess before my Father, (Matt. 30, 32) he denied our Lord; wherefore there follows: But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak.
Theophylact of Ohrid · d. 1107Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
Peter when he had not the Spirit yielded and lost courage at the voice of a girl, though with the Spirit he was not afraid before princes and kings. But in a mystical sense, the first maid means the wavering, the second, the assent, the third man is the act. This is the threefold denial which the remebrance of the word of the Lord washes away through tears. The cock then crows for us when some preacher up our hearts by repentance to compunction. We then begin to weep, when we are set on fire within by the spark of knowledge, and we go forth, when we cast out what we were within.
Pseudo-Jerome · d. 9999Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 66–72

Peter's denying Christ began by keeping at a distance from him. Those that are shy of godliness, are far in the way to deny Christ. Those who think it dangerous to be in company with Christ's disciples, because thence they may be drawn in to suffer for him, will find it much more dangerous to be in company with his enemies, because there they may be drawn in to sin against him. When Christ was admired and flocked after, Peter readily owned him; but will own no relation to him now he is deserted and despised. Yet observe, Peter's repentance was very speedy. Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall; and let him that has fallen think of these things, and of his own offences, and return to the Lord with weeping and supplication, seeking forgiveness, and to be raised up by the Holy Spirit.

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