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After a little while someone else saw him, and said, "You also are one of them!" But Peter answered, "Man, I am not!"
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Who Accused Peter?
Scholars note a difference between Luke's account, where a man accuses Peter, and Matthew/Mark's, where a maid does. They resolve this by suggesting it was a group accusation. One person may have started it (a maid), and then another (a man) confronted Peter directly. This shows how the Gospels can offer different but complementary perspectives on the same event.
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After a little while another (μετα βραχυ ετερος). Matthew 26:71 makes it after Peter had gone out into the porch and me…
19th Century
Anglican
Man.—The noun so used in the vocative always implies a certain touch of anger or impatience. (See Note on Luke 12:14.)
Baptist
And after a little while another saw him, and said, Thou art also of them. And Peter said, Man, I am not. And about the space of one hour after…
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After a brief time, someone else, a man this time, made another charge. In none of these dialogues does Jesus’ name actually appear. The assumption…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And after a little while A quarter, or half an hour after, within an hour at least: another saw him
Presbyterian
Peter's fall was his denying that he knew Christ, and was his disciple; disowning him because of distress and danger. He who has once told a lie is…
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