Mark 14:70 — Community Reflections

MARK 14:70 — KING JAMES VERSION 0

“And he denied it again. And a little after, they that stood by said again to Peter, Surely thou art one of them: for thou art a Galilean, and thy speech agreeth thereto.”

Again he denied it. After a little while, those standing near said to Peter, surely you are one of them, for you are a Galilean — the second denial is followed by a third challenge from a wider group. Your accent betrays you — the Galilean accent was distinctive (Matthew 26:73 specifies this). The Galilean accent places Peter in the same region as Jesus, confirming the servant girl's identification.

Church Fathers on Mark 14:70

Concerning the temptation of Peter, which happened during the injuries mentioned, all the Evangelists do not speak in the same order. For Luke first relates the temptation of Peter, then these injuries of the Lord; but John begins to speak of the temptation of Peter, and then puts in some things concerning our Lord’s ill-treatment, and adds, that He was sent from there to Caiaphas the High Priest, and then he goes back to unfold the temptation of Peter, which he had begun.
Augustine · 4th century

But what can be meant by his being first recognized by a woman, when men were more able to know him, if it be not that that sex might be seen to sin in the death of our Lord, and that sex be redeemed by His Passion?
Bede · 8th century

Peter when he had not the Spirit yielded and lost courage at the voice of a girl, though with the Spirit he was not afraid before princes and kings.
Pseudo-Jerome · 5th century

Read all 10 entries in the readerCatena Aurea · St. Thomas Aquinas, tr. J. H. Newman · public domain

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