And he said
"To him", as all the Oriental versions add; to Peter, as what is
said shows; that is, Jesus said to him, as the Syriac and Persic
versions express:
I tell thee,
Peter; who knew him, and his heart, better than he did himself,
as well as knew what was to come, and what would befall him; and
therefore declares it, as he does with the greatest assurance and
certainty, and which might be depended on, and accordingly came
to pass:
the cock shall not crow this day;
in this night, as in ( Mark 14:30 ) or this
night, as in ( Matthew
26:34 ) for it was now night; a natural day includes both
night and day; a like way of speaking, see in ( Luke 2:8 Luke 2:11 )
before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest
me;
as he did, ( Luke 22:57 Luke 22:58 Luke 22:60 ) . (See
Gill on Matthew
26:34).