Mark 14:72 Immediately a rooster crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had made the remark to him, “Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” And he began to weep.

How soon after Peter’s third denial does the rooster crow a second time?

“Immediately” (Mark 14:72)

·      When the rooster crows a second time, who turns and looks at Peter?

“And the Lord turned and looked at Peter“ (Luke 22:61a).

When the rooster crows a second time, what does Peter remember?

“…how Jesus had made the remark to him, ‘Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times’” (Mark 14:72).

·      When had Jesus previously revealed Peter’s denials?

After the Lord’s Supper when they had gone to the Mount of Olives, Jesus had told His disciples that they would all fall away. “But Peter said to Him, ‘Even though all may fall away, yet I will not.’ And Jesus said to him, ‘Truly I say to you, that this very night, before a rooster crows twice, you yourself will deny Me three times'” (Mark 14:30).

·      How had Peter responded to Jesus’ words?

“But Peter kept saying insistently, ‘Even if I have to die with You, I will not deny You!’ And they all were saying the same thing also” (Mark 14:31).

How does Peter respond after the rooster crows and he remembers Jesus’ prediction of his three denials?

“And he began to weep” (Mark 14:72).

“And he went out and wept bitterly” (Matt 26:75; Luke 22:62).

   

Father, May You, the God of peace, sanctify us completely, that our whole spirit and soul and body will be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. When the Lord, Who tests our minds and hearts, turns to gaze at us and detects stubborn sin, may we be grieved into true repentance with godly sorrow. And may godly sorrow lead to renewed rejoicing in the Lord. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Mark 14:71 But he began to curse and swear, “I do not know this man you are talking about!”

What does Peter do in response to the bystanders who say, “Surely you are one of them, for you are a Galilean too” (Mark 14:70)?

“But he began to curse and swear” (Mark 14:71a).

ἀναθεματίζειν (anathematizein) (“to curse”) Present Active Infinitive of ἀναθεματιζω, “to invoke consequences if what one says is not true” (BDAG, 63).s statement by invoking a transcendent entity, frequently withpel us to do the good work that You have prepared and saved us to

ὀμνύναι (omnynai) (“swear”) Aorist Active Infinitive of ὀμνύω,

 “to affirm the veracity of one’s statement by invoking a transcendent entity, frequently with implied invitation of punishment if one is untruthful, swear, take an oath w. acc. of persons or thing by which one swears” (BDAG, 705).

What does Peter swear in response to the bystanders who say, “Surely you are one of them, for you are a Galilean too” (Mark 14:71)?

“I do not know this man you are talking about” (Mark 14:71b).

οὐκ οἶδα (ouk oida) (“I do not know”) 1S Perfect Active Indicative of οἶδα, 

“be intimately acquainted with or stand in a close relation to, know οὐκ οἶδα τὸν ἄνθρωπον I don’t know the man Mt 26:72, 74; cp. Mk 14:71; Lk 22:57” (BDAG, 693).

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ἄνθρωπον (anthrōpon) (“man”)

“a person of either sex, with focus on participation in the human race, a human being (BDAG, 81).

How many times does Peter deny Jesus?

Three (Mark 14:68, 70, 71)

Father, We have received grace upon grace in Christ Jesus. Yet like Peter, we are quite capable, of denying Him through our words and actions, and of grieving the Holy Spirit by Whom You have given us new life. But glory to Your grace and power, You are able to redeem and cause us to stand firm in the grace, truth, and love of Jesus, that we may keep His commands and continue in Your lovingkindness. May we deny our flesh and live in the Spirit, overcoming to glorify You through simple devotion to Jesus.

In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Mark 14:70 But again he denied it. And after a little while the bystanders were again saying to Peter, “Surely you are one of them, for you are a Galilean too.”

How does Peter respond when the servant-girl began to say once more to the bystanders, “This is one of them!”?

“But again he denied it . . .” (Mark 14:70a).

·      ἠρνεῖτο (ērneito) ("denied”) 3S Imperfect Active Indicative of ἀρνέομαι , “to disclaim association with a person or event, deny, repudiate, disown (verbally or nonverbally) with, according to someone” (BDAG, 132).

·      In Peter’s first denial in Mark 14:68, the aorist middle tense is used, emphasizing a single statement of denial. The change in verb tense in Mark 14:70 to the imperfect tense may emphasize Peter’s repeated or continuous denial rather than a solitary statement.

After a little while, what do the bystanders again say to Peter?

“Surely you are one of them, for you are a Galilean too” (Mark 14:70b).

·      Γαλιλαῖος (Galilaios) (“Galilean”)

“Galilean, ὁ Γ. the Galilean, inhabitant of Galilee Mt 26:69; Ac 2:7; cp. J 7:52; recognizable by his dialect Mk 14:70; Lk 22:59.—Lk13:1f; 23:6; J 4:45; Ac 1:11" (BDAG, 187).

·      According to Matthew, how do the bystanders recognize that Peter is a Galilean?

“After a little while the bystanders came up and said to Peter, ‘Certainly you too are one of them, for your accent betrays you’” (Matt 26:73).

  Father, May the world recognize Jesus’ disciples by their love.

In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Mark 14:69 The servant-girl saw him, and began once more to say to the bystanders, “This is one of them!”

Who does the servant-girl see?

Peter

What does the servant-girl do when she sees Peter?

“began once more to say to the bystanders” (Mark 14:69).

How many times does the servant-girl begin to speak?

“once more” (Mark 14:69)

To whom does the servant-girl speak the second time?

“the bystanders” (Mark 14:69).

·      παρεστῶσιν (parestōsin) (“bystanders”) Masculine Dative Plural Perfect Active Particple of παρίστημι, “to be present in any way, be present; of personal beings stand (near or by), be present τινί (with) someone” (BDAG, 778).

What does the servant-girl begin to say once more to the bystanders?

“This is one of them!” (Mark 14:69).

What had the servant-girl said the first time she saw Peter in the courtyard?

“You also were with Jesus the Nazarene” (Mark 14:67b).

How had Peter responded the first time?

“But he denied it, saying, ‘I neither know nor understand what you are talking about.’ And he went out onto the porch” (Mark 14:68).

What had Jesus said to Peter before His arrest after Peter had said to Him, ‘Even though all may fall away, yet I will not’” (Mark 14:29)?

“And Jesus said to him, ‘Truly I say to you, that this very night, before a rooster crows twice, you yourself will deny Me three times’” (Mark 14:30).

What had Jesus told the disciples on the Mount of Olives before His arrest?

“You will all fall away, because it is written, ‘I WILL STRIKE DOWN THE SHEPHERD, AND THE SHEEP SHALL BE SCATTERED.’ But after I have been raised, I will go ahead of you to Galilee” (Mark 14:27).

What Old Testament verse was Jesus quoting above?

“‘Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, against the man who stands next to me,’ declares the LORD of hosts. ‘Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; I will turn my hand against the little ones’” (Zech 13:7).

What messianic prophecy in the Old Testament concerned a prophet raised up by God to speak what He commands?

Deut. 18:15    The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your countrymen, you shall listen to him.  16 “This is according to all that you asked of the LORD your God in Horeb on the day of the assembly, saying, ‘Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, let me not see this great fire anymore, or I will die.’  17 “ The LORD said to me, ‘They have  spoken well.  18 ‘I will raise up a prophet from among their countrymen like you, and  I will put My words in his mouth, and  he shall speak to them all that I command him.  19 ‘ It shall come about that whoever will not listen to My words which he shall speak in My name, I Myself will require it of him.

What had the voice that came out of the cloud spoken concerning His Son when Jesus was transfigured on a high mountain where Elijah and Moses were seen speaking to Jesus by Peter, James, and John (Mark 9:2-8)?

“Then a cloud formed, overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud, ‘This is My beloved Son, listen to Him!” All at once they looked around and saw no one with them anymore, except Jesus alone” (Mark 9:7-8).

After Jesus was raised from death, to whom does Jesus appear on the road to Emmaus and what do they say to Jesus, Whom they do not recognize, about the events in Jerusalem following Jesus’ crucifixion?

Luke 24:13   And behold, two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem.  14 And they were talking with each other about all these things which had taken place.  15 While they were talking and discussing, Jesus Himself approached and began traveling with them.  16 But  their eyes were prevented from recognizing Him.  17 And He said to them, “What are these words that you are exchanging with one another as you are walking?” And they stood still, looking sad.  18 One of them, named Cleopas, answered and said to Him, “Are You  the only one visiting Jerusalem and unaware of the things which have happened here in these days?”  19 And He said to them, “What things?” And they said to Him, “The things about  Jesus the Nazarene, who was a  prophet mighty in deed and word in the sight of God and all the people,  20 and how the chief priests and our  rulers delivered Him to the sentence of death, and crucified Him.  21 “But we were hoping that it was He who was going to  redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, it is the third day since these things happened.  22 “But also some women among us amazed us.  When they were at the tomb early in the morning,  23 and did not find His body, they came, saying that they had also seen a vision of angels who said that He was alive.  24 “Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just exactly as the women also had said; but Him they did not see.”  25 And He said to them, “O foolish men and slow of heart to believe in all that  the prophets have spoken! 26 “ Was it not necessary for the  Christ to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?” 27 Then beginning  with  Moses and  with all the  prophets, He explained to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.

Father,

May the truth of Jesus be spoken into hearts, that those who are seeking salvation may see and confess that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God. For there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.

In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Mark 14:68 But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you are talking about.” And he went out onto the porch.

Where is Peter?

“below in the courtyard” [of the high priest] (Mark 14:66)

To whom is Peter responding?

“one of the servant-girls of the high priest” (Mark 14:66).

What had the servant-girl said when she looked at Peter?

“You also were with Jesus the Nazarene” (Mark 14:67b).

How does Peter respond to the servant-girl?

“But he denied it, saying, ‘I neither know nor understand what you are talking about.’” (Mark 14:68a).

ἠρνήσατο (ērnēsato) (“denied”) 3S Aorist Middle Indicative of ἀρνέομαι, “to disclaim association with a person or event, deny, repudiate, disown (verbally or nonverbally)” (BDAG, 132).

οἶδα (oida) (“know”) 1S Perfect Active Indicative of οἶδα, “be intimately acquainted with or stand in a close relation to, know […] To know God, i.e. not only to know theoretically of God’s existence, but to have a positive relationship with God, or not to know God, i.e. wanting to know nothing about God” (BDAG, 693-4).

ἐπίσταμαι (epistamai) 1S Present Middle/Passive Indicative of ἐπίσταμαι, “to gain a firm mental grasp of something, understand; to acquire information about something, know, be acquainted with τινά” (BDAG, 380).

What had Jesus told Peter before His arrest?

“And Jesus said to him, ‘Truly I say to you, that this very night, before a rooster crows twice, you yourself will deny Me three times” 

(Mark 14:30).

How had Peter responded to Jesus’ foretelling of his three denials of Jesus?

“But Peter kept saying insistently, ‘Even if I have to die with You, I will not deny You!’ And they all were saying the same things also” 

(Mark 14:31).

Where does Peter go after responding to the servant-girl?

“And he went out onto the porch” (Mark 14:68b).

• προαύλιον (proaulion) “place in front of a house, forecourt, gateway” (BDAG, 865).

 Father,

Abounding is Your grace to those who seek You through Your Son, through Whom You make Yourself known. In Jesus is life, and His life is the light of men. Darkness cannot overcome the light of Jesus. The light of Jesus gives light to everyone, and to all who receive Him, who believe in His Name, He gives the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of You. In Jesus is the fullness of grace and truth, and from His fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. Glory to Jesus for making You known, and glory to You through the Son forever. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Mark 14:66-67 As Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant-girls of the high priest came, and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him and said, “You also were with Jesus the Nazarene.”

Where is Peter as Jesus is being questioned by the Council?

“As Peter was below in the courtyard . . .” (Mark 14:66).

·      What had Peter done after Jesus was arrested on the Mount of Olives and led away to the high priest where all the chief priests, elders, and scribes gathered?

“Peter had followed Him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest; and he was sitting with the officers and warming himself at the fire” (Mark 14:54).

·      Before His arrest, what had Jesus foretold of Peter?

“And Jesus said to him, ‘Truly I say to you, that this very night, before a rooster crows twice, you yourself will deny Me three times’” (Mark 14:30).

·      How had Peter responded to Jesus’ prediction?

“But Peter kept saying insistently, ‘Even if I have to die with You, I will not deny You!’ And they all were saying the same thing” (Mark 14:31).

Who comes and sees Peter warming himself with the officers in the courtyard of the high priest?

“one of the servant-girls of the high priest” (Mark 14:66).

• παιδίσκῶν (paidiskōn) (“servant-girl) Partitive Genitive

        “in our literature always of the slave class, female slave” (BDAG, 750).

What does the servant-girl of the high priest say as she looks at Peter?

“You also were with Jesus the Nazarene” (Mark 14:67).

·      Ναζαρηνοῦ (Nazarēnou) (“Nazarene”) Substantival Adjective, 

    “ή, όν coming from Nazareth, only substantively. ὁ N. the Nazarene, inhabitant of Nazareth applied only to Jesus” (BDAG, 664).

·      What had the unclean spirit cried out when he saw Jesus at the onset of Jesus’ ministry before Jesus cast him out?

“What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—The Holy One of God” (Mark 1:24).

·      What had blind Bartimaeus cried out when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth passing through Jericho?

“Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” (Mark 10:47).

·      What did the young man sitting on the right side of the tomb say to the women who went to the tomb?

“And he said to them, “ Do not be amazed; you are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who has been crucified.  He has risen; He is not here; behold, here is the place where they laid Him.  “But go, tell His disciples and Peter, ‘ He is going ahead of you to Galilee; there you will see Him, just as He told you.’” (Mark 16:6-7).

·      In the messianic prophecy of Isaiah 11:1, what will come forth from the roots of Jesse and bear fruit?

נצר (nētser) (“a shoot”) 

(Connection of נצר [nētser] to Nazarene, Class Notes "Isaiah",  Dr. Ron Allen, Dallas Theological Seminary, 2014)

“There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit” (Isaiah 11:1).

·      How does Jesus identify Himself in Revelation 22:16?

“I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star” (Rev 22:16).

What does the servant-girl of the high priest call Jesus?

“Jesus the Nazarene” (Mark 14:67).

Father, Jesus is the true vine, and You are the vinedresser. Every branch in Jesus that does not bear fruit, You take away; and every branch that bears fruit, You prune it so that it may bear more fruit. We are already clean because of the word which Jesus has spoken. May we abide in Him, and He in us. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can we unless we abide in Jesus. He is the vine, we are the branches; he who abides in Jesus and Jesus in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Jesus we can do nothing. May we abide in Him and His words abide in us. May You be glorified by this, that we bear much fruit, and so prove to be Jesus’ disciples. May we abide in Jesus’ love, keeping His commandments. May His joy be in us, and may our joy be made full. (drawn from John 15:1-11)

In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Mark 14:65 Some began to spit at Him, and to blindfold Him, and to beat Him with their fists, and to say to Him, “Prophesy!” And the officers received Him with slaps in the face.

After all the Council condemned Jesus as deserving death, what do some begin to do?

“And some began to spit on him and to cover his face and to strike him, saying to him, ‘Prophesy!’ . . .” (Mark 14:65).

·      ἐμπτύειν (emptyein) (“to spit") Present Active Infinitive of ἐμπτύω, “spit on/ at τινί someone” (BDAG, 325).

·      περικαλύπτειν (perikalyptein) (“to blindfold”) Present Active Infinitive of περικαλύπτω, “to cover by putting something around, cover, conceal” (BDAG, 801).

·      κολαφιζειν (kolaphizein) (“to beat”) Present Active infinitive of κολαφιζω, “to strike sharply, especially with the hand, strike with the fist, beat, cuff τινί someone” (BDAG, 555).

·      λέγειν (legein) (“to say”) Present Active Infinitive of λέγω, “to express oneself orally or in written form, utter in words, say, tell, give expression to” (BDAG, 588).

·      προφήτευσον (prophēteuson) (“Prophesy!”) Aorist Active Imperative of προφητεύω, (BDAG, 890)

1.    to proclaim an inspired revelation, prophesy

2.   to tell about something that is hidden from view, tell, reveal, of the scornful challenge to Jesus that reduces inspired activity to clairvoyance

3.   to foretell something that lies in the future

J. D. M. Derett claims that the demand for the blindfolded Jesus to ‘Prophesy’ can be explained on the basis of Isaiah 11:3 and that “one who claimed to be Messiah was popularly expected to be able to identify his assailant by smell without seeing him” 

 (R. T. France, The Gospel of Mark: a Commentary on the Greek Text, NIGTC, 617).

Who received Jesus with slaps?

“the officers” (Mark 14:65)

·      οἱ ὑπηρέται (hypēretai) (“the officers”) “one who functions as a helper, frequently in a subordinate capacity, helper, assistant” (BDAG, 1035).

·      Who was with Judas when Jesus was arrested?

“Immediately while He was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, came up accompanied by a crowd with swords and clubs, who were from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders” 

(Mark 14:43).

How did the officers receive Jesus?

“with slaps” (Mark 14:65).

·      ῥαπίσμασιν (rhapismasin) “a blow inflicted by some instrument such as a club, rod, or whip, blow; a blow on the face with someone’s hand, a slap in the face” (BDAG, 904).

·      ἔλαβον (elabon) 3P Aorist Active Indicative of λαμβάνω “to get hold of something by laying hands on or grasping something, directly or indirectly, take, take hold of, grasp, take in hand”  

       (BDAG, 583).

Father,

Great is our sin.

Greater still is Your mercy towards all who have been sanctified by faith in Jesus, the Lamb of God who came to take away the sins of the world.

In Jesus’ Name, Amen.