The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 14:70
A detected disciple. This chapter is crowded with contrasts. 1 . The unmeasured love of Mary of Bethany shines radiantly beside the unexampled treachery of Judas Iscariot. 2 . Contrasts occur also in the experience of our Lord. He passes from the fellowship of the upper room to the solitude of Gethsemane; from the secrecy of prayer to the publicity of a mock-trial before his foes. 3 . There are also great changes visible in the spiritual condition of certain disciples. Judas... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 14:68
But he denied, saying, I neither know, nor understand what thou sayest. "This shows the great terror of Peter," says St. Chrysostom, "who, intimidated by the question of a poor servant-girl, denied his Lord; and who yet afterwards, when he had received the Holy Spirit, could say, 'We ought to obey God rather than man.'" I neither know , nor understand what thou sayest. Every word here is emphatic. It amounts to this: "So little do I know who this Jesus is, that I know not what you... read more