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William Barclay · Citado em PreceptAustin
Mateus 26
Barclay adds that "The Romans and the Jews divided the night into four watches – 6 pm to 9 pm; 9 pm to midnight; midnight to 3 am; 3 am to 6 am. It was between the third and the fourth watch that the cock was supposed to crow. What Jesus is saying is that before the dawn comes, Peter will deny him three times." J. Ligon Duncan: The early church fathers said that Peter, for the rest of his life, could not hear a cock crow without his tears welling in his eyes. You will deny (aparneomai) Me three times - And now Jesus gives the prophetic promise that Peter would deny knowing Jesus, not once, but three times! It probably would have been better had Peter not boasted that he would never fall away, because not only will he fall away but he is the only disciple who will deny Jesus. It is notable that Jesus did not use the verb arneomai for deny, but the stronger form of this verb aparneomai which Peter knew spoke of utterly, completely denying association with another! Peter must have thought "Surely not I!"
Mateus 26
Barclay writes that...We best get the meaning of this from the corresponding verb (doloun). Doloun has two characteristic usages. It is used of debasing precious metals and of adulterating wines. Dolos is deceit; it describes the quality of the man who has a tortuous and a twisted mind, who cannot act in a straightforward way, who stoops to devious and underhand methods to get his own way, who never does anything except with some kind of ulterior motive. It describes the crafty cunning of the plotting intriguer who is found in every community and every society." (Daily Study Bible - Romans) In another writing Barclay explains that dolos can be translated "guile" and that "It comes from a word which means bait; it is used for trickery and deceit. It is used for instance of a mousetrap. When the Greeks were besieging Troy and could not gain entry, they sent the Trojans the present of a great wooden horse, as if it was a token of good will. The Trojans opened their gates and took it in. But the horse was filled with Greeks who in the night broke out and dealt death and devastation to Troy. That exactly is dolos. It is crafty, cunning, deceitful, clever treachery. Dolos is the trickery of the man who is out to deceive others to attain his own ends, the vice of the man whose motives are never pure. (Daily Study Bible - Mark) Matthew 26:5 But they were saying, “Not during the festival, otherwise a riot might occur among the people.” Not during the festival,: Ps 76:10 Pr 19:21 Proverbs 21:30 Isa 46:10 La 3:37 Mk 14:2,12,27+ Lu 22:7+ Joh 18:28+ Ac 4:28+ otherwise a riot : Mt 14:5+ Matthew 21:26+ Lu 20:6+ WISE AS SERPENTS NO ARREST DURING FEAST But they were saying, “Not during the festival (heorte), otherwise a riot (thorubos) might occur among the people - These snakes are ever watching out for their own interests. They knew the city was filled with pilgrims and had swelled from 3 to 5 times the normal population, from 50,000 to up to 250,000 (Passover was required attendance for all males above 20 - Lev. 23:2, 4, 17, 44+; Nu. 29:39+). So even with their depraved minds, they reason that to attempt arrest of Jesus with the large crowds might result in a riot. They knew that at the Triumphal Entry Jesus had received a "standing ovation" from the crowds. Their fear was that these crowds might revolt and incur the wrath of Rome on Israel. And of course this would disrupt their lucrative sale of acceptable sacrificial lambs and their advantageous changing of foreign coins for coins acceptable to purchase the lambs. They certainly did not want to rock their financial bonanza associated with the Passover feast. They could wait until the feast had passed. William
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Barclay: In Greek there are two words for good. There is agathos which describes a thing which is morally good; and there is kalos which describes a thing which is not only good but lovely. A thing might be agathos, and yet be hard, stern, austere, unattractive. But a thing which is kalos is winsome and lovely, with a certain bloom of charm upon it.
Mateus 26
Barclay - When a disciple met a beloved Rabbi, he laid his right hand on the Rabbi’s left shoulder and his left hand on the right shoulder and kissed him. It was the kiss of a disciple to a beloved master that Judas used as a sign of betrayal. Mattoon on Judas' kiss - The kisses were hollow with hypocrisy, corrupt with chicanery, masked with misery, teeming with treachery, and plagued with penury of any passion for Jesus Christ. NET NOTE - Judas’ act of betrayal when he kissed Jesus is especially sinister when it is realized that it was common in the culture of the times for a disciple to kiss his master when greeting him.
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Barclay - The Galileans spoke with a burr; so ugly was their accent that no Galilean was allowed to pronounce the benediction at a synagogue service.”