LUKE 22:61 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.”
The Lord turned and looked straight at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word the Lord had spoken to him: before the rooster crows today, you will disown me three times — the Lord turned and looked straight at Peter: the most devastating moment in the denial narrative. Jesus and Peter are in the same space; Jesus' look is the wordless communication. Then Peter remembered the word: the look triggers the memory of the prediction.
Church Fathers on Luke 22:61
The wretched men understood not the mystery, nor had reverence to an outpouring of compassion so merciful, that even His enemies He suffered not to be wounded. For it is said, Then took they him, &c. When we read of Jesus being holden, let us guard against thinking that He is holden with respect to His divine nature, and unwilling through weakness, for He is held captive and bound according to the truth of His bodily nature.
Now the Chief Priest means Caiaphas, who according to John was High Priest that year.
But first He was led to Annas, the father-in-law of Caiaphas, as John says, then to Caiaphas, as Matthew says, but Mark and Luke do not give the name of the High Priest.
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