01-29-2014, 08:51 PM
Matthew 26: 69 - 73 (RSV):
[69] Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. And a maid came up to him, and said, "You also were with Jesus the Galilean."
[70] But he denied it before them all, saying, "I do not know what you mean."
[71] And when he went out to the porch, another maid saw him, and she said to the bystanders, "This man was with Jesus of Nazareth."
[72] And again he denied it with an oath, "I do not know the man."
[73] After a little while the bystanders came up and said to Peter, "Certainly you are also one of them, for your accent betrays you."
Peter has no idea how he is being identified! He communicates properly. He understands them and he does not say, "As I say in Galilee, I do not know the man". They understand him.
"Certainly you are also one of them, for your accent betrays you."
CW
[69] Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. And a maid came up to him, and said, "You also were with Jesus the Galilean."
[70] But he denied it before them all, saying, "I do not know what you mean."
[71] And when he went out to the porch, another maid saw him, and she said to the bystanders, "This man was with Jesus of Nazareth."
[72] And again he denied it with an oath, "I do not know the man."
[73] After a little while the bystanders came up and said to Peter, "Certainly you are also one of them, for your accent betrays you."
Peter has no idea how he is being identified! He communicates properly. He understands them and he does not say, "As I say in Galilee, I do not know the man". They understand him.
"Certainly you are also one of them, for your accent betrays you."
CW