Matthew 26:70 70 But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou sayest. “But he denied before them all”... Which was a very great aggravation of his sin for as it is to a mans commendation to profess a good profession of Christ before many witnesses, so it is to his disgrace, and is resented by Christ, to deny him before men. He did not deny that Christ was God, or the Son of God, or that he was come in the flesh, or that Jesus was the Christ, or that he was the only Savior of sinners, but that he was with him, or one of his disciples. “I know not what thou sayest”... which was a very great falsehood. He denied that which was most true he had been with him from the beginning, and had heard all his discourses, and seen his miracles. He had been with him at particular times, and in particular places, when and where some others of the disciples were not admitted, as at the raising of Jairuss daughter, at the transfiguration in the mount, and in the garden very lately. He now denies that he had been with him or that he knew what was meant by such an expression. He denied that he was a disciple of Christ, which was his greatest character, and highest glory. This denial did not arise from any diffidence of his being one, or from a sense of his unworthiness to be one, but from the fear of man, which brought this snare upon him. And the more his weakness is discovered in it, that he should be intimidated by a servant maid into such a denial, who but a few hours before had confidently affirmed, that though he should die with Christ, he would not deny him and who had so courageously drawn his sword in his masters cause, in the face of a band of soldiers, and a multitude of armed men with swords and staves. This was his first denial, a second follows.
Posted on: Wed, 05 Nov 2014 01:07:29 +0000
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