Then began he to curse and to swear (τοτε ηρξατο καταθεματιζειν κα ομνυειν). He repeated his denial with the addition of profanity…

Then began he to curse, etc. Peter was now irritated beyond endurance. He could no longer resist the evidence that he was known. It had be…

To curse and to swear — We may infer from the two words that he used some common formula of execration, such as, for example, …

Now let us read Mark's account, which will especially interest you if you remember that, probably, Mark wrote under the direction of Peter, and, no…

St. Augustine of Hippo: Among the other insults against our Lord was the threefold denial of Peter, which the various Evangelist…

A little more time elapses. In any age accent in speaking varies with geography, and Peter’s speech shows him to be a Galilean. That one of those p…

Then he began to curse and to swear. In this third denial, Peter’s unfaithfulness to his Master reached its utmost height. Not satisfied w…

Then began he to curse, and to swear
He swore before, and now he began "to curse"; not Christ, as Saul compelled some to blasp…

Peter's sin is truly related, for the Scriptures deal faithfully. Bad company leads to sin: those who needlessly thrust themselves into it may expe…

This section discu es Christ’s arrest; now, it discu es where He would be led, describing the place and those gathered there. He says, therefore: <…