SEV Biblia, Chapter 26:73
Y un poco despus llegaron los que estaban por allí, y dijeron a Pedro: Verdaderamente tambin t eres de ellos, porque aun tu habla te hace manifiesto.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Matthew 26:73
Verse 73. Thy speech] Thy manner of speech, h lalia sou, that dialect of thine-his accent being different from that of Jerusalem. From various examples given by Lightfoot and Schoettgen, we find that the Galileans had a very corrupt pronunciation, frequently interchanging a, h, t, and [ , and so blending or dividing words as to render them unintelligible, or cause them to convey a contrary sense. Bewrayeth thee.] dhlou se poiei, maketh thee manifest, from the Anglo-saxon , to accuse, betray; a word long since lost from our language.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 73. And after a while , etc.] Mark says, a little after, ( Mark 14:70), and Luke observes, that it was about the space of one hour after, ( Luke 22:59): so that here was time to reflect upon what he had been saying, and to guard against another temptation, should he be attacked; but, alas! as yet he was unmindful of his Lords words, and persists in the denial of him, and that with greater aggravation, than at his first surprise: and indeed his temptation was now more violent: for there came unto him they that stood by ; the officers and servants of the high priest, his attendants that waited upon him, and who stood by the fire, where Peter was warming himself: before he was attacked by single maidservants, now by a body of men, and one of them the kinsman of the man whose ear he had cut off, and who challenged him, as having seen him in the garden: and another confidently affirmed, and swore to it, that he was with Jesus, and was a Galilean; and all of them agreed in this, and said to Peter, surely thou also art one of them, for thy speech betrayeth thee : not his spiritual speech, for he had not been speaking in the language of a disciple of Christ, like one that had been with Jesus; nor his swearing neither, for this rather showed him to be one of them; but his country language, the brogue of his speech, the Galilean dialect which he spoke: for in Mark it is said, thou art a Galilean, and thy speech agreeth thereunto, ( Mark 14:70): for though the same language was spoken in Galilee as at Jerusalem, yet it was not so accurate and polite in Galilee, nor so well pronounced; words of different signification were confounded together. Hence the Talmudists say f1619 , that the men of Judah, who were careful of their language, their law was confirmed in their hands; the men of Galilee, who were not careful of their language, their law was not confirmed in their hands the men of Galilee, who do not attend to language, what is reported of them? a Galilean went and said to them, aml rma aml rma , they said to him foolish Galilean, rmj , Chamor is to ride upon, or Chamar is to drink, or Hamar is for clothing, or Immar is for hiding for slaughter.
By which instances it appears, that a Galilean pronounced Chamor, an ass, and Chamar, wine, and Hamar, wool, and Immar, a lamb, all one, and the same way, without any distinction; so that it was difficult to know which of these he meant. Many other instances of the like kind are given in the same place, which show the Galilean to be a more gross, barbarous, and impolite language, than what was spoken at Jerusalem; and Peter using this dialect, was known to be a Galilean: just as the Ephraimites were known by their pronouncing Shibboleth, Sibboleth.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 69-75 - Peter's sin is truly related, for the Scriptures deal faithfully. Ba company leads to sin: those who needlessly thrust themselves into it may expect to be tempted and insnared, as Peter. They scarcely can com out of such company without guilt or grief, or both. It is a grea fault to be shy of Christ; and to dissemble our knowledge of him, when we are called to own him, is, in effect, to deny him. Peter's sin wa aggravated; but he fell into the sin by surprise, not as Judas, with design. But conscience should be to us as the crowing of the cock, to put us in mind of the sins we had forgotten. Peter was thus left to fall, to abate his self-confidence, and render him more modest, humble compassionate, and useful to others. The event has taught believer many things ever since, and if infidels, Pharisees, and hypocrite stumble at it or abuse it, it is at their peril. Little do we know ho we should act in very difficult situations, if we were left to ourselves. Let him, therefore, that thinketh he standeth, take hee lest he fall; let us all distrust our own hearts, and rely wholly of the Lord. Peter wept bitterly. Sorrow for sin must not be slight, but great and deep. Peter, who wept so bitterly for denying Christ, neve denied him again, but confessed him often in the face of danger. Tru repentance for any sin will be shown by the contrary grace and duty that is a sign of our sorrowing not only bitterly, but sincerely __________________________________________________________________
Greek Textus Receptus
μετα 3326 PREP μικρον 3397 A-ASN δε 1161 CONJ προσελθοντες 4334 5631 V-2AAP-NPM οι 3588 T-NPM εστωτες 2476 5761 V-RAP-NPM ειπον 2036 5627 V-2AAI-3P τω 3588 T-DSM πετρω 4074 N-DSM αληθως 230 ADV και 2532 CONJ συ 4771 P-2NS εξ 1537 PREP αυτων 846 P-GPM ει 1488 5748 V-PXI-2S και 2532 CONJ γαρ 1063 CONJ η 3588 T-NSF λαλια 2981 N-NSF σου 4675 P-2GS δηλον 1212 A-ASM σε 4571 P-2AS ποιει 4160 5719 V-PAI-3S
Robertson's NT Word Studies
26:73 {They that stood by} (hoi hestwtes). The talk about Peter continued. Luke (#Lu 22:59) states that the little while was about an hour. The bystanders came up to Peter and bluntly assert that he was "of a truth" (aleqws) one of the followers of Jesus for his speech betrayed him. Even the Revised Version retains "bewrayeth," quaint old English for "betrayeth." The Greek has it simply "makes thee evident" (dlon se poiei). His dialect (lalia) clearly revealed that he was a Galilean. The Galileans had difficulty with the gutterals and Peter's second denial had exposed him to the tormenting scoffing of the loungers who continued to nag him.
