What Does Matthew 26:74 Mean in the King James?
Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
Fear can turn a known person into “the man,” yet the immediate crow exposes the denial as it leaves the mouth.
THE MEANING
Fear can make a person deny a bond they know, reducing the known person to “the man.” The cry comes immediately, exposing the denial in the very moment it is spoken.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The false belief is that saying “I know him not” can make a relationship disappear; the immediate cry shows that denial does not erase what is known.
THE ROOT
οἶδα
oida
GROWS FROM
εἰδ
eid
See, perceive; extended to know.
Greek οἶδα belongs to the εἰδ root family, whose basic image is seeing or perceiving. Peter’s words deny recognition itself: he says he does not know the person he recognizes.
ALSO GROWS
eidon: I saw; I perceived.
εἶδον
This branch makes the seeing beneath “know” visible and sharpens the force of Peter’s denial.
eidos: Form, visible appearance.
εἶδος
This branch names what can be seen, echoing the recognition that Peter’s words disown.
eidenai: To know; to have seen.
εἰδέναι
This infinitive shows how the root’s sense of seeing is carried into knowing.
THE PATTERN
Fear can make a person deny an allegiance aloud, while the denial reveals what is at stake.
The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.Peter then denied again: and immediately the cock crew.If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:THE THREAD
He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.Peter’s “thou knowest” uses the same Greek verb, οἶδα, as “I know not” here. The root returns in a changed sentence: the mouth that denied knowing now says that Jesus knows him.
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