John Gill - Exposition
John Gill
Jesus answered him, wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake,.... Christ speaks these words as questioning, not Peter's sincerity, but his strength; or as deriding him, or rather pitying him; as if he should say, thou poor vain self-sufficient man, thou dost not know what thou talkest of: verily, verily, I say unto thee, the cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice; not that Peter...