Luke 22:57

57 But he denied it, and declared, "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 lighted a fire in the middle of the court and had seated themselves in a group round it, Peter was sitting among them,

56 when a maidservant saw him sitting by the fire, and, looking fixedly at him, she said, "This man also was with him."

57 But he denied it, and declared, "Woman, I do not know him."

58 Shortly afterwards a man saw him and said, "You, too, are one of them." "No, man, I am not," said Peter.

59 After an interval of about an hour some one else stoutly maintained: "Certainly this fellow also was with him, for in fact he is a Galilaean."