What does Matthew 26:58 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest's palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end."
Verse 58. _PETER FOLLOWED HIM AFAR OFF_] Poor Peter! this is the _beginning_ of his dreadful fall. His _fear_ kept him from _joining_ the company, and publicly acknowledging his Lord; and his _affecti...
PETER FOLLOWED AFAR OFF - By this he evinced two things: * Real attachment to his Master; a desire to be near him and to witness his trial. * Fear respecting his personal safety. He therefore kept...
13. THE PASSION OF THE KING. Chapter s 26-27. CHAPTER 26 1. His Death Planned. (Matthew 26:1 .) 2. Mary of Bethany Anointing the King.(Matthew 26:6 .) 3. The Betrayal. (Matthew 26:14 .) 4. The Last...
THE TRIAL BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN (Mark 14:53 *; see also Luke 22:54 f., Luke 22:66). There are no striking divergences from Mk.'s narrative. Matthew 26:57. Apparently we are to think of the Sanhedrin a...
THE BEGINNING OF THE LAST ACT OF THE TRAGEDY (Matthew 26:1-5)...
AFAR OFF. from afar. UNTO. even to. IN. within [the court]. SERVANTS. officers....
Jesus is brought before Caiaphas. The first and informal Meeting of the Sanhedrin St Mark 14:53-65; St Luke 22:54; Luke 22:63-65 St Luke reports this first irregular trial with less detail than the...
JESUS IS BROUGHT BEFORE CAIAPHAS. THE FIRST AND INFORMAL MEETING OF THE SANHEDRIN St Mark 14:53-65; St Luke 22:54; Luke 22:63-65 St Luke reports this first irregular trial with less detail than the...
VER 55. IN THAT SAME HOUR SAID JESUS TO THE MULTITUDES, "ARE YE COME OUT AS AGAINST A THIEF WITH SWORDS AND STAVES FOR TO TAKE ME? I SAT DAILY WITH YOU IN THE TEMPLE, AND YE LAID NO HOLD ON ME. 56. BU...
_THE MOCK TRIALS AND DENIALS MATTHEW 26:57-75:_ The Sanhedrin was the "Supreme Court" of the Jews. The council sought "false testimony against Jesus to put Him to death." (Matthew 26:59) Jesus was con...
ΉΚΟΛΟΎΘΕΙ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΆΚΟΛΟΥΘΈΩ (G190) следовать, с _dat. Impf._ указывает на постоянное следование, ΜΑΚΡΌΘΕΝ (G3113) издали, на расстоянии, ΕΙΣΕΛΘΏΝ _aor. act. part. (сопутств.) от_ ΕΙΣΈΡΧ...
SECTION 69 JESUS IS TRIED BEFORE CAIAPHAS (Parallels: Mark 14:55-65; Luke 22:63-65; John 18:24) TEXT: 26:57-68 57 And they that had taken Jesus led him away to the house of Caiaphas the high priest,...
And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled. For the exposition, see the notes at ....
55-56 Compare Mar_14:48-52; Luk_22:52-53. 55 In the daylight they were afraid. They wanted the mantle of darkness to hide their evil deeds. Nothing could have been simpler than to have the temple gua...
THE BETRAYAL. THE LAST SUPPER. ARREST OF JESUS, AND TRIAL BEFORE THE HIGH PRIEST 1-5. A Council is held against Jesus (Mark 14:1; Luke 22:1 : cp. John 13:1)....
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 26 PLANS TO KILL JESUS 26:1-5 V1 When Jesus had finished teaching those things, he spoke again to his *disciples. V2 ‘As you know, th...
PETER FOLLOWED HIM AFAR OFF. — We find from St. John’s narrative, here much the fullest, that it was through him that Peter found admission. He sat in the “court” “with the servants” (better, _officer...
Chapter 19 The Great Atonement Day - Matthew 26:1 - Matthew 27:1 WE enter now on the story of the last day of the mortal life of our Lord and Saviour. We have already noticed the large proportionate...
_Before Caiaphas_ (Mark 14:53-65; Luke 22:54; Luke 22:66-71). πρὸς Καιάφαν, to Caiaphas, who sent them forth, and who expects their return with their victim. ὄπου, where, _i.e._, in the palace of Caia...
THE TRUE ANSWER TO FALSE WITNESS Matthew 26:57-66 This meeting of the Jewish leaders had been hastily summoned; but their difficulty was to substantiate a charge that would warrant the death sentenc...
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...
But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest's (b) palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end. (b) The word used here properly denotes an open large room in the front of a...
_Peter followed. To wit, to the court of Caiphas, where a great many of the chief priests were met. --- And another disciple. Many think this disciple was St. John himself. (Witham)_...
ARRAIGNMENT OF JESUS AND DENIAL OF PETER Matthew 26:57-75; Mark 14:53-72; Luke 22:54-62; John 18:13-27. “ _And they led Him first to Annas_; _for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas_, _who was high...
"But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest's palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end. (59) Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witnes...
We now enter on the Lord's final presentation of Himself to Jerusalem, traced, however, from Jericho; that is, from the city which had once been the stronghold of the power of the Canaanite. The Lord...
The Lord had finished His discourses. He prepares (chapter 26) to suffer, and to make His last and touching adieus to His disciples, at the table of His last passover on earth, at which He instituted,...
BUT PETER FOLLOWED HIM AFAR OFF,.... The Ethiopic version adds, alone; and which seems to be the true case; for though there was another disciple who also followed Jesus, and is thought to be John, ye...
But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest's palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end. Ver. 58. _But Peter followed_] First, he fled with the rest, and then, rememberi...
_And they led him away to Caiaphas_ From Annas, the father-in-law of Caiaphas, to whom they had carried him first; _where the scribes and the elders_ Or chief members of the sanhedrim; _were assembled...
AFAR OFF; on account of his fear of danger. SEE THE END; the end of the trial, and its results....
THE TRIAL BEFORE CAIAPHAS AND THE DENIAL OF PETER. To the house of Caiaphas:...
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...
57-68 Jesus was hurried into Jerusalem. It looks ill, and bodes worse, when those who are willing to be Christ's disciples, are not willing to be known to be so. Here began Peter's denying him: for t...
Mark adds, MARK 14:51, _and warmed himself at the fire._ Luke saith, LUKE 22:51,55, _Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest's house. And Peter followed afar off: And whe...
Matthew 26:58 But G1161 Peter G4074 followed G190 (G5707) Him G846 distance G575 G3113 to G2193 priests G749 courtyard G833 And G2532 went G1525 (G5631) in G2080 sat G2521 (G5711) with G3326 servants...
THE ARRAIGNMENT OF JESUS BEFORE SELECTED MEMBERS OF THE SANHEDRIN (26:57-68).. What follows is not an official meeting of the Sanhedrin which could only meet by day, but a gathering of enemies of Jesu...
THE THREE TRIALS. These seem to have been three judicial examinations of our Lord. (1.) An examination before Annas, who, although deposed, was considered the real high-priest by the Jews, while they...
TO SEE THE END (ιδειν το τελος). Peter rallied from the panic and followed afar off (μακροθεν), "more courageous than the rest and yet not courageous enough" (Bruce). John the Beloved Disciple went...
Matthew 26:57 , MATTHEW 26:69 Peter's Denial of Jesus. Although Peter's denial of his Lord shocked all witnesses as a sudden, unaccountable, disconnected thing, it was in reality but the last act in...
The story of Peter's denial of his Master is recorded in all four of the Gospels. There are some differences of expression in each version, so it will not be tautology if we read all four of them; and...
CONTENTS: Authorities plot Christ's death. Jesus annointed by Mary of Bethany. Judas sells Jesus. The last Passover. Lord's supper instituted. Gethsemane experience. Jesus before Caiaphas and Sanhedri...
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...
PETER FOLLOWED. At a distance, not wanting to be identified as a disciple....
_But Peter followed Him afar off._ DANGER OF FOLLOWING JESUS AFAR OFF I. What induced the apostle to follow Jesus afar of. It was fear of men, of the evil which might fall upon him. He might persuad...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 26:1 The Crucified Messiah. Matthew narrates the events leading to Jesus’ death: (1) the Passover and Lord’s Supper and events in Gethsemane (Matthew 26:1); (2) Jesus’ arrest,...
CAIAPHAS QUESTIONS JESUS MATTHEW 26:57-68; MARK 14:53-65; LUKE 22:54 Luke 22:67-71; John 18:12-24; Matthew 26:57 And they that had laid hold on Jesus led [_him_] away Mark 14:53 (a) And they led Jesus...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 26:57. TO CAIAPHAS.—Apparently after a preliminary examination before Annas (John 18:13; John 18:19). WHERE THE SCRIBES AND THE ELDERS WERE ASSEMBLED.—It was against the rule...
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...
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...
John 18:15; John 18:16; John 18:25...
But Peter followed him afar off — Variously agitated by conflicting passions; love constrained him to follow his Master; fear made him follow afar off. And going in, sat with the servants — Unfit comp...