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 among them.

56 Then a maid, seeing him as he sat in the light and gazing 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 some one 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 is a Galilean."