Luke 22:57

57 But he denied it, saying, “Woman, I do not know him. ”

Luke 22:57 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 22:57

And he denied him, saying, woman, I know him not.
] Startled at the maid's positive assertion, and knowing not how to clear himself any other way, roundly, and at once, denied that Jesus was his master; or that he was a disciple of his; or that he knew any thing of him, or had any acquaintance with him: and thus he that had said he would die with him, rather than deny him, is frighten at a servant maid, and denies him upon the first attack upon him.

Luke 22:57 In-Context

55 And when they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat down among them.

56 Then a servant girl, seeing him as he sat in the light and looking closely at him, said, “This man also was with him. ”

57 But he denied it, saying, “Woman, I do not know him. ”

58 And a little later someone else saw him and said, “You also are one of them. ” But Peter said, “Man, I am not. ”

59 And after an interval of about an hour still another insisted, saying, “Certainly this man also was with him, for he too is a Galilean. ”