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The Book of John - Chapter 18:15-27 - (ESV)

Peter Denies Jesus - {Interlinear <Greek>}

18:15 - • {δὲ <de>} Simon {Σίμων <Simōn>} Peter {Πέτρος <Petros>} followed {Ἠκολούθει <akoloutheō>} Jesus, {τῷ Ἰησοῦ <ho Iēsous>} and so {καὶ <kai>} did • another {ἄλλος <allos>} disciple. {μαθητής. <mathētēs>} Since {δὲ <de>} that {ἐκεῖνος <ekeinos>} disciple {ὁ μαθητὴς <ho mathētēs>} was {ἦν <eimi>} known {γνωστὸς <gnōstos>} to → the {τῷ <ho>} high priest, {ἀρχιερεῖ <archiereus>} • {καὶ <kai>} he entered with {συνεισῆλθεν <syneiserchomai>} Jesus {τῷ Ἰησοῦ <ho Iēsous>} into {εἰς <eis>} the {τὴν <ho>} courtyard {αὐλὴν <aulē>} of → the {τοῦ <ho>} high priest, {ἀρχιερέως. <archiereus>}

18:16 - but {δὲ <de>} Peter {Ὁ Πέτρος <ho Petros>} stood {ἱστήκει <histēmi>} outside {ἔξω. <exō>} at {πρὸς <pros>} the {τῇ <ho>} door. {θύρᾳ <thyra>} So {οὖν <oun>} the {ὁ <ho>} other {ὁ ἄλλος <ho allos>} disciple, {μαθητὴς <mathētēs>} who {ὁ <ho>} was • known {γνωστὸς <gnōstos>} to → the {τοῦ <ho>} high priest, {ἀρχιερέως <archiereus>} went out {ἐξῆλθεν <exerchomai>} and {καὶ <kai>} spoke {εἶπεν <legō>} to → the {τῇ <ho>} servant girl who kept watch at the door, {θυρωρῷ <thyrōros>} and {καὶ <kai>} brought → Peter {τὸν Πέτρον. <ho Petros>} in. {εἰσήγαγεν <eisagō>}

18:17 - • {οὖν <oun>} The {ἡ <ho>} servant {παιδίσκη <paidiskē>} girl ← at → the {ἡ <ho>} door {θυρωρός· <thyrōros>} said {λέγει <legō>} to → Peter, {τῷ Πέτρῳ <ho Petros>} “You {σὺ <sy>} also {καὶ <kai>} are {εἶ <eimi>} not {μὴ <mē>} one {ἐκ <ek>} of → this {τούτου; <houtos>} man’s {τοῦ ἀνθρώπου <ho anthrōpos>} disciples, {τῶν μαθητῶν <ho mathētēs>} are • you?” • He {ἐκεῖνος· <ekeinos>} said, {λέγει <legō>} “I → am {εἰμί. <eimi>} not.” {οὐκ <ou>}

18:18 - Now {δὲ <de> the {οἱ <ho>} servants {δοῦλοι <doulos>} and {καὶ <kai>} officers {οἱ ὑπηρέται <ho hypēretēs>} had → made {πεποιηκότες, <poieō>} a charcoal fire, {ἀνθρακιὰν <anthrakia>} because {ὅτι <hoti>} it → was {ἦν, <eimi>} cold, {ψῦχος <psychos>} and • they → standing {ἱστήκεισαν <histēmi>} and {καὶ <kai>} warming {ἐθερμαίνοντο· <thermainō>} themselves. ← • {δὲ <de>} Peter {ὁ Πέτρος <ho Petros>} also {καὶ <kai>} was {ἦν <eimi>} with {μετ᾽ <meta>} them, {αὐτῶν <autos>} standing {ἑστὼς <histēmi>} and {καὶ <kai>} warming {θερμαινόμενος. <thermainō>} himself. ←

The High Priest Questions Jesus

18:19 - The {Ὁ <ho>} high priest {ἀρχιερεὺς <archiereus>} then {οὖν <oun>} questioned {ἠρώτησεν <erōtaō>} Jesus {τὸν Ἰησοῦν <ho Iēsous>} about {περὶ <peri>} his {αὐτοῦ <autos>} disciples {τῶν μαθητῶν <ho mathētēs>} and {καὶ <kai>} • {περὶ <peri>} his {αὐτοῦ. <autos>} teaching. {τῆς διδαχῆς <ho didachē>}

18:20 - Jesus {Ἰησοῦς· <Iēsous>} answered {ἀπεκρίθη <apokrinomai>} him, {αὐτῷ <autos>} “I {ἐγὼ <egō>} have → spoken {λελάληκα <laleō>} openly {παρρησίᾳ <parrēsia>} to → the {τῷ <ho>} world. {κόσμῳ. <kosmos>} I {ἐγὼ <egō>} have → always {πάντοτε <pantote>} taught {ἐδίδαξα <didaskō>} in {ἐν <en>} synagogues {συναγωγῇ <synagōgē>} and {καὶ <kai>} in {ἐν <en>} the {τῷ <ho>} temple, {ἱερῷ <hieron>} where {ὅπου <hopou>} all {πάντες <pas>} Jews {οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι <ho Ioudaios>} come together. {συνέρχονται, <synerchomai>} • {καὶ <kai>} I → have → said {ἐλάλησα <aleō>} nothing {οὐδέν. <oudeis>} in {ἐν <en>} secret. {κρυπτῷ <kryptos>}

18:21 - Why {τί <tis>} do → you → ask {ἐρωτᾷς; <erōtaō>} me? {με <egō>} Ask {ἐρώτησον <erōtaō>} those who {τοὺς <ho>} have → heard {ἀκηκοότας <akouō>} me • what {τί <tis>} I → said {ἐλάλησα <laleō>} to → them; {αὐτοῖς. <autos>} • {ἴδε <ide>} they {οὗτοι <houtos>} know {οἴδασιν <oida>} what {ἃ <hos>} I {ἐγώ. <egō>} said.” {εἶπον <legō>}

18:22 - When → • {δὲ <de>} he {αὐτοῦ <autos>} had → said {εἰπόντος <legō>} these {ταῦτα <houtos>} things, ← one {εἷς < heis>} of → the {τῶν <ho>} officers {ὑπηρετῶν <hypēretēs>} standing by {παρεστηκὼς <paristēmi>} struck → Jesus {τῷ Ἰησοῦ <ho Iēsous>} with his hand, {ἔδωκεν ῥάπισμα <didōmi rhapisma>} saying, {εἰπών· <legō>} “Is → that how {οὕτως <houtōs>} you → answer {ἀποκρίνῃ <apokrinomai>} the {τῷ <ho>} high priest?” {ἀρχιερεῖ; <archiereus>}

18:23 - Jesus {Ἰησοῦς· <Iēsous>} answered {ἀπεκρίθη <apokrinomai>} him, {αὐτῷ <autos>} “If {εἰ <ei>} what • I → said {ἐλάλησα, <laleō>} is • wrong, {κακῶς <kakōs>} bear → witness {μαρτύρησον <martyreō>} about {περὶ <peri>} the {τοῦ <ho>} wrong; {κακοῦ· <kakos>} but {δὲ <de>} if {εἰ <ei>} what • I • said • is • right, {καλῶς, <kalōs>} why {τί <tis>} do → you → strike {δέρεις; <derō>} me?” {με <egō>}

18:24 - Annas {ὁ Ἄννας <ho Annas>} then {οὖν <oun>} sent {Ἀπέστειλεν <apostellō>} him {αὐτὸν <autos>} bound {δεδεμένον <deō>} to {πρὸς <pros>} Caiaphas {Καϊάφαν <Kaiaphas>} the {τὸν <ho>} high priest. {ἀρχιερέα. <archiereus>}

Peter Denies Jesus Again

18:25 - Now {δὲ <de>} Simon {Σίμων <Simōn>} Peter {Πέτρος <Petros>} was {ἦν <eimi>} standing {ἑστὼς <histēmi>} and {καὶ <kai>} warming {θερμαινόμενος. <thermainō>} himself. ← So {οὖν <oun>} they → said {εἶπον <legō>} to → him, {αὐτῷ· <autos>} “You {σὺ <sy>} also {καὶ <kai>} are {εἶ; <eimi>} not {μὴ <mē>} one {ἐκ <ek>} of → his {αὐτοῦ <autos>} disciples, {τῶν μαθητῶν <ho mathētēs>} are • you?” • He {ἐκεῖνος <ekeinos>} denied {ἠρνήσατο <arneomai>} it • and {καὶ <kai>} said, {εἶπεν· <legō>} “I → am {εἰμί. <eimi>} not.” {οὐκ <ou>}

18:26 - One {εἷς <heis>} of {ἐκ <ek>} the {τῶν <ho>} servants {δούλων <doulos>} of → the {τοῦ <ho>} high priest, {ἀρχιερέως <archiereus>} a → relative {συγγενὴς <syngenēs>} • {ὢν <eimi>} of the man {whose {οὗ <hos>} ear {τὸ ὠτίον· <ho ōtion>} Peter {Πέτρος <Petros>} had cut off, {ἀπέκοψεν <apokoptō>} asked, {λέγει <legō>} “Did → I {ἐγώ <egō>} not {οὐκ <ou>} see {εἶδον <horaō>} you {σε <sy>} in {ἐν <en>} the {τῷ <ho>} garden {κήπῳ <kēpos>} with {μετ᾽ <meta>} him?” {αὐτοῦ; <autos>}

18:27 - • {οὖν <oun>} Peter {Πέτρος, <Petros>} again {πάλιν <palin>} denied {ἠρνήσατο <arneomai>} it, • and {καὶ <kai>} at once {εὐθέως <eutheōs>} a → rooster {ἀλέκτωρ <alektōr>} crowed. {ἐφώνησεν. <phōneō>}

John 18:15–18, 25–27

Peter’s words of denial, “I am not,” are the tragic counterpoint of Jesus’ words of affirmation, “I am” (v. 6). But even as the rooster was crowing, Jesus was still loving Peter “to the end” (13:1). Our sins do not separate us from the love of Jesus; Jesus separates us from the love of our sin, and from sin’s guilt and power. Peter’s threefold denial of Jesus will be answered, in time, by Jesus’ threefold restoration of Peter (21:15–19).

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John 18:15–18, 25–27

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The Book of John - Chapter 18:15-27 - (ESV)

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