John Bengel Commentary - Matthew 26:75 - 26:75

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John Bengel Commentary - Matthew 26:75 - 26:75


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Mat 26:75. Καὶ, and) then at last. Unbelief, fear, sorrow, bind even the natural faculties, which the joy of faith revives. See Luk 24:7-8.[1168]-εἰρηκότος, which said) A participle of mighty force.-πικρῶς, bitterly) Tears are bitter or sweet, according to the emotion from which they spring. Even if Peter’s weeping was not of long duration, his grief was so undoubtedly: see Mar 16:7. [All his former presumption ceased then and for ever.-B. G. V.] The tears of the godly, even of men, who do not easily weep from any other cause, furnish a great proof of the power, and consequently the truth, of Christianity.

[1168] ἐμνησθη, remembered) Forgetfulness is not unattended with loss and injury. But, nevertheless, if Peter had not ceased to remember the words of Jesus in the very act of his denying Him, his sin would have been even still more heinous.-V. g.