Luke - 22:59



59 After about one hour passed, another confidently affirmed, saying, "Truly this man also was with him, for he is a Galilean!"

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Explanation and meaning of Luke 22:59.

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And about the space of one hour after another confidently affirmed, saying, Of a truth this fellow also was with him: for he is a Galilaean.
And after the space of about one hour another confidently affirmed, saying, Of a truth this man also was with him; for he is a Galilaean.
And after the space, as it were of one hour, another certain man affirmed, saying: Of a truth, this man was also with him; for he is also a Galilean.
And after the lapse of about one hour another stoutly maintained it, saying, In truth this man also was with him, for also he is a Galilaean.
And about the space of one hour after, another confidently affirmed, saying, In truth this man also was with him; for he is a Galilean.
And one hour, as it were, having intervened, a certain other was confidently affirming, saying, 'Of a truth this one also was with him, for he is also a Galilean;'
After an interval of about an hour some one else stoutly maintained: "Certainly this fellow also was with him, for in fact he is a Galilaean."
And after about an hour, another man said, with decision, Certainly this man was with him, for he is a Galilaean.
And after the interval of about one hour had passed, someone else affirmed it, saying: "Truly, this one also was with him. For he is also a Galilean."
About an hour later another man declared positively, "This man also was certainly with him. Why, he is a Galilean!"

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And about the space of one hour after,.... After the first assault, or rather after the second:
another confidently affirmed; who was one of them that stood by the fireside, and heard what had passed; and not only so, but was a kinsman to him, whose ear Peter had cut off, and who had seen him in the garden with Christ, and therefore with all assurance asserted it, as a matter of fact, as an unquestionable truth, and beyond all doubt:
saying of a truth, this fellow also was with him; a disciple and follower of Jesus, and was with him when he was apprehended; I saw him there, and it may be depended on as a truth; and then added this reason,
for he is a Galilean; you may be assured of this yourselves, his speech betrays him; you may know him by his language, and which confirms my assertion.

And about one hour after - So he did not recollect himself in all that time.

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