Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 18:26

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26. One of the servants of the high priest, being his kinsman, whose ear Peter cut off, saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with him —No doubt his relationship to Malchus drew attention to the man who smote him, and this enabled him to identify Peter. "Sad reprisals!" [BENGEL]. The other Evangelists make his detection to turn upon his dialect. "After a while ['about the space of one hour after' ( :- )] came unto him they that stood by and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them, for thy speech betrayeth thee" ( Matthew 26:73 ). "Thou art a Galilean, and thy speech agreeth thereto" ( Matthew 26:73- : ; and so Luke 22:59 ). The Galilean dialect had a more Syrian cast than that of Judea. If Peter had held his peace, this peculiarity had not been observed; but hoping, probably, to put them off the scent by joining in the fireside talk, he only thus revealed himself. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-27" class="com-number"

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