Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. And a servant girl came up to him and said, “You also were with Jesus the Galilean.” But he denied it before them all, saying, “I do not know what you mean.” And when he went out to the entrance, another servant girl saw him, and she said to the bystanders, “This man was with Jesus of Nazareth.” And again he denied it with an oath: “I do not know the man.” After a little while the bystanders came up and said to Peter, “Certainly you too are one of them, for your accent betrays you.” Then he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, “I do not know the man.” And immediately the rooster crowed. And Peter remembered the saying of Jesus, “Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” And he went out and wept bitterly.
This account also appears in Mark 14:66-72; Luke 22:54-62; John 18:15-18, 25-27.
courtyard - in the palace courtyard. The trials before Annas and Caiaphas were in the buildings that surrounded it.
"The palace or court of the high priest no doubt was constructed in the usual way. A gated porch admitted to a central courtyard on one side of which was the palace of Annas, and on the other side the palace of Caiaphas. Opposite the porch a raised columned pavement formed an audience chamber. Here Christ would stand as a prisoner before the high priest, and thus Peter was enabled to see Him and He to see Peter (Luke 22:1)." (Williams)
your accent betrays you - his Galilean accent (Galilean pronunciation differed from Judean.)
invoke a curse...and to swear - "Peter began to call down a curse on himself if he were lying." (Ryrie)
Peter remembered - The Lord turned (from where He was on the balcony) and looked at Peter (Luke 22:61).
The Lord’s look was probably not one of judgment but of sadness and love. When He warned Peter of his denials, He told him:
"Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift you like wheat, but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers" (Luke 22:31-32).
Peter failed, but his faith did not. He sinned, but his salvation was never in question.
courtyard - in the palace courtyard. The trials before Annas and Caiaphas were in the buildings that surrounded it.
"The palace or court of the high priest no doubt was constructed in the usual way. A gated porch admitted to a central courtyard on one side of which was the palace of Annas, and on the other side the palace of Caiaphas. Opposite the porch a raised columned pavement formed an audience chamber. Here Christ would stand as a prisoner before the high priest, and thus Peter was enabled to see Him and He to see Peter (Luke 22:1)." (Williams)
your accent betrays you - his Galilean accent (Galilean pronunciation differed from Judean.)
invoke a curse...and to swear - "Peter began to call down a curse on himself if he were lying." (Ryrie)
Peter remembered - The Lord turned (from where He was on the balcony) and looked at Peter (Luke 22:61).
The Lord’s look was probably not one of judgment but of sadness and love. When He warned Peter of his denials, He told him:
"Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift you like wheat, but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers" (Luke 22:31-32).
Peter failed, but his faith did not. He sinned, but his salvation was never in question.
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