Matthew 14:28-29

14:28 Peter¹ said to him,² “Lord, if it is you, order me to come to you on the water.” 14:29 So he said, “Come.” Peter got out of the boat, walked on the water, and came toward Jesus.

Matthew 16:22

16:22 So Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him:³ “God forbid,⁴ Lord! This must not happen to you!”

Matthew 18:21

18:21 Then Peter came to him and said, “Lord, how many times must I forgive my brother⁵ who sins against me? As many as seven times?”

Matthew 19:27

19:27 Then Peter said⁶ to him, “Look,⁷ we have left everything to follow you!⁸ What then will there be for us?”

Matthew 26:35

26:35 Peter said to him, “Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you.” And all the disciples said the same thing.

Matthew 26:58

26:58 But Peter was following him from a distance, all the way to the high priest’s courtyard. After⁹ going in, he sat with the guards¹⁰ to see the outcome.

Matthew 26:69

Peter’s Denials

26:69 Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A¹¹ slave girl¹² came to him and said, “You also were with Jesus the Galilean.”

Matthew 26:75

26:75 Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said: “Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.¹³

¹tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

²tn Grk “answering him, Peter said.” The participle ἀποκριθείς (apokriqeis) is redundant and has not been translated.

³tn Grk “began to rebuke him, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant in English and has not been translated.

⁴tn Grk “Merciful to you.” A highly elliptical expression: “May God be merciful to you in sparing you from having to undergo [some experience]” (L&N 88.78). A contemporary English equivalent is “God forbid!”

⁵tn Here the term “brother” means “fellow believer” or “fellow Christian” (cf. BDAG 18 s.v. ἀδελφός 2.a), whether male or female. Concerning the familial connotations, see also the note on the first occurrence of this term in v. 15.

⁷tn Grk “Then answering, Peter said.” This construction is somewhat redundant in contemporary English and has been simplified in the translation.

⁸sn Peter wants reassurance that the disciples’ response and sacrifice have been noticed.

⁹tn Grk “We have left everything and followed you.” Koine Greek often used paratactic structure when hypotactic was implied.

⁹tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

¹⁰sn The guards would have been the guards of the chief priests who had accompanied Judas to arrest Jesus.

¹¹tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

¹²tn The Greek term here is παιδίσκη (paidiskh), referring to a slave girl or slave woman.

¹³sn When Peter went out and wept bitterly it shows he really did not want to fail here and was deeply grieved that he had.