## insisted and said ##

"said insistently" or "said loudly" (UDB)

## Truly this man ##

"This man" refers to Peter. The speaker probably did not know Peter's name.

## he is a Galilean ##

Matthew [Matthew 26:73](../../mat/26/73.md) says that the people could tell Peter was from Galilee from the way he talked.

## I do not know what you are saying ##

This idiom is used to say very strongly "What you said is not true at all" or "What you said is completely false." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

## while he was speaking ##

"while Peter was speaking"