Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 26:67
Then did they spit in his face - This was done as a mark of the most profound contempt. See Job 16:10 ; Job 30:10 ; Isaiah 50:6 ; Micah 5:1 . The judges now delivered him into the hands of the mob. And buffeted him - Smote him with their fists, εκολαφισαν . This is the translation of Theophylact. Κολαφιζειν , says he, means, "to beat with the hand, the fingers being clenched. Συγκαμτομενων των δακτυλων , or, to speak more briefly, to buffet with the fist." Smote him with... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 26:75
And Peter remembered the words of Jesus ,.... Forgetfulness of God, of his works, of his words, and of his law, of his revealed mind and will, is often the cause of sin; and a remembrance of things is necessary to the recovery of a fallen or backsliding professor; as, of what he is fallen from, of the love and kindness of God formerly shown to him, of his evil ways and works he is fallen into, and of the words and truths of Christ he has been very indifferent unto and lukewarm about: ... read more