{They that stood by} (hoi hest(9374)es). The talk about Peter
continued. Luke ( Lu 22:59 ) states that the little while was
about an hour. The bystanders came up to Peter and bluntly assert
that he was "of a truth" (al(8874)h(9373)) one of the followers of
Jesus for his speech betrayed him. Even the Revised Version
retains "bewrayeth," quaint old English for "betrayeth." The
Greek has it simply "makes thee evident" (d(886c)on se poiei). His
dialect (lalia) clearly revealed that he was a Galilean. The
Galileans had difficulty with the gutterals and Peter's second
denial had exposed him to the tormenting raillery of the loungers
who continued to nag him.