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Mat 26:34. Ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ νυκτὶ in this very night) It was already night; and it was more wonderful that this should happen by night than by day.-πρὶν, before that) A considerable portion of the night remains after cock-crow. Peter’s never, therefore, is utterly refuted.-ἀλέκτορα, the cock) The bird here intended is that strictly so called, cf. Mar 13:35; see 3Ma 5:23. There were some of them in Jerusalem, though, as Lightfoot says, they were few in number, at least with the Jews. They could not, however, prevent the Romans from having them; and so much the more wonderful, therefore, was our Lord’s prediction.-φωνῆσαι, crow) St Mark adds δὶς, twice. The sense in St Matthew is, Before the cock crow once thou shalt deny Me, and thou shalt deny Me thrice.-τρὶς, thrice) The Saviour knows us much better than we know ourselves.-ἀπαρνήσῃ, thou shalt deny) The sin of the mouth shall be added to the offence of the heart.[1143]
[1143] The sin of the mouth is hurtful to faith.-V. g.