Mark 14:67 And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked on him, and said, And you also were with Jesus of Nazareth. Peter's tempter is a woman, a silly maid, a very weak party. 1. To show him his frailty. Peter thought no man could cast him down, when lo! a woman does. 2. To humble his pride. How easily God overthrows the pride of man! He need not come in His own person He need not bring a champion or man of war against him; a mere woman shall be tempter too strong for as presumptuous a professor as Peter. The Lord, who resists all sinners, is said often to "resist the proud," i.e., after a special and severe manner, because they seek to draw God's glory upon themselves. Pharaoh. Jezebel. Herod. Historians write of a city in France that was depopulated and wasted, and the inhabitants driven away, by frogs. It is reported also, that a town in Thessalonica was rooted up and overthrown by moles. And we read of Pope Adrian being choked with a fly. Thus the Lord plays, as it were, with His enemies, scorning to come Himself into the field against them, but sending the meanest of His creatures to east them down. Let this humble us under the mighty hand of God; presume of nothing in ourselves, be proud of nothing, lest we know by woeful experience that a thing of nothing is strong enough to overthrow us. If our pride shall resist God, God's weakness shall resist us, and we shall know to our cost that the weakness of God is stronger than man. Never was pride of heart unrevenged with falls, sin, and shame. (Dr. Thomas Taylor.) Parallel Verses KJV: And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked upon him, and said, And thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth. |
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