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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
Then saith "the kinsman of him whose ear Peter cut off, (grieving at what had taken place,) Did I not see thee in the garden?" But neither did the garden bring him to remember what had taken place, nor the great affection which Jesus there had shown by those words, but all these from pressure of anxiety he banished from his mind. But why have the Evangelists with one accord written concerning him? Not as accusing the disciple, but as desiring to teach us, how great an evil it is not to commit all to God, but to trust to one's self. …
Cyril of Alexandria
For it was the bounden duty of the wise Evangelist to make mention of such things, that his hearers might know what even the teachers of the world were in themselves before Christ's Resurrection, and before the Holy Spirit descended upon them; and what they were thereafter, when they had received the grace of the Spirit, Which Christ called power from on high. …
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
After this Peter returned so as to avoid seeming to be a follower of Christ and sat with the others. As he was sitting there, bystanders, who had heard it from the maid, questioned him again, as Matthew says (Mt 26:73). Or, one of the servants asked first, as John has here (v 26) and then other bystanders joined in. This was Peter's third denial. About this third denial, John says, One of the servants of the high priest, a kinsman of the man whose ear Peter had cut off. …
Bonaventure
"One of the servants of the high priest said to him." Here is set forth the completion of the denial; and there is set forth the inquiry of the servant, then the denial of Peter and the sign, which is the crowing of the cock. "One of the servants of the high priest, a kinsman of him whose ear Peter cut off, said to him." The reason is given why he accused him more insistently, in vengeance for his kinsman: "Did I not see you in the garden with Him?" As if to say: you cannot hide yourself from me.
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