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Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary (4 vols)

Matthew 26:34

Matthew 26:34. Before the cook crow. Mark: ‘Before a cock crow twice.' The first cock crow is about midnight, and heard by few; the second, about three in the morning, is usually called ‘cock-crowing' (comp. Mark 13:35). The latter is referred to here: Our Lord meant the actual cock-crowing to be a warning for Peter (Matthew 26:75). It is said that the inhabitants of Jerusalem kept no fowls because they scratched up unclean worms. But this is not certain, and such a prohibition would not affect the Roman residents.

Thrice deny me. Deny knowing me (Luke 22:34), a denial of any relation to Christ, virtually a denial of faith in Him, as the Son of God; in contrast with the previous confession (chap. Matthew 16:16).

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 34. _JESUS SAID_] Our Lord's answer to Peter is very emphatic and impressive. _Verily _- I speak a solemn weighty truth, _thou wilt_ not only be _stumbled, fall off_, and _forsake_ thy Master,...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    JESUS FORETELLS THE FALL OF PETER - This is also recorded in Mark 14:27; Luke 22:31; John 13:34. Matthew 26:31

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    PREDICTION OF THE DISCIPLES-' DESERTION (Mark 14:26 *). In Lk. (Luke 22:31) the prediction is confined to Peter. Note in Mt.'s narrative (_a)_ the disaster is to be this night, (Matthew 26:31), (_b)_...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    THE BEGINNING OF THE LAST ACT OF THE TRAGEDY (Matthew 26:1-5)...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    Then Jesus said to them, "Every one of you will be made to stumble because of me during this night; for it stands written, 'I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abr...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THAT. Greek. _hoti._ Separating what was said from the time when it was said. See note on Luke 23:43. BEFORE. See note on Matthew 1:18. THE. a: i.e. one of other cooks. SHALT. wilt. THRICE: i.e. th...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

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  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ALL SHALL BE OFFENDED Mark 14:27-31; Luke 22:31-34. Cp. John 13:36-38; John 16:32...

  • Catena Aurea Commentary

    Ver 30. And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives. 31. Then saith Jesus unto them, "All ye shall be offended because of me this night; for it is written, I will smite the...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

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  • Charles Rose Commentaries

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

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  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _Gethsemane_ (Mark 14:26-42; Luke 22:39-46)....

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The Lord now reverted to the theme of His coming suffering, telling the disciples with great definiteness of the time-"after two days"; and of the event-"The Son of Man is delivered up to be crucified...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

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  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    Only when His prophetic word, with its every dispensational bearing, is complete does the King, in calm, conscious authority, declare to His disciples that the time has arrived for His being betrayed...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 26:35"....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Matthew 26:34 Jesus G2424 said G5346 (G5713) him G846 Assuredly G281 say G3004 (G5719) you G4671 that...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Matthew 26:34 Christian Recompense. The case of Peter shows that there is a denial of Christ which may be forgiven, although there is a denial of Him which will not. There is a denial of Him which ma...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Matthew 26:14. _Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Matthew 26:14. _Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, and said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Matthew 26:2. _After two day is the passover._ This is the literal import of the Greek word πασχα _pascha,_ and the Hebrew word פסח _pesach,_ because the Israelites, after eating the paschal lamb, pas...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Gospels Compared

    Jesus predicts Peter's denial Matthew 26:31-35; Mark 14:27-31; Luke 22:31-34; John 13:36-38;...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 26:32. I WILL GO BEFORE YOU.—As a shepherd. A pastoral expression (_Bengel_). See preceding verse. Matthew 26:34. BEFORE THE COOK CROW.—The crowing of cocks during the stilln...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION Ch. 26-28:20 THUS JESUS ENTERS UPON HIS KINGDOM. Before attempting to expound this most momentous section of the gospel history, we must make up our minds concerning the solution of the di...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings (Matthew 26:1), This is the end of now the Olivet discourse. He now said to his disciples, Now you know that in two days is the feast o...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    John 13:38; Luke 22:34; Mark 14:30; Mark 14:31...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    Before the cock crow. A little more graphic if the article is omitted, as in the Greek. Before a single cock shall be heard, early in the night, thou shalt deny me. Dr. Thomson (" Land and Book ") say...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Before cock crowing thou wilt deny me thrice — That is, before three in the morning, the usual time of cock crowing: although one cock was heard to crow once, after Peter's first denial of his Lord....

  • When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties, Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe, 1960

    (CF. MARK 14:30)— When Peter denied Christ, did the rooster crow once or twice? PROBLEM: Matthew and John (13:38) say before the rooster crows once, Peter will have denied the Lord three times. But M...

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