John 13:38
Jesus answered him: Will you lay down your life for me? Verily, verily I say to you, the cock will not crow till you have denied me three times.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
37Peter said to him: Lord, why can I not follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thee.
Cross References
Matthew 26:34Jesus said to him: Verily I say to you, This night, before the cock crows, you will deny me three times.
Mark 14:30And Jesus said to him: Verily I say to you, this day, during this very night, before the cock crows twice, you will deny me three times.
Luke 22:34He replied: I tell you, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day before you have three times denied that you know me.
John 16:31Jesus answered them: Do you now believe?
John 18:25And Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. Then they said to him: Are not you also one of his disciples? He denied, and said: I am not.
Matthew Henry on John 13:37-38
Peter's Self-Confidence. 36 Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards. 37 Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thy sake. 38 Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice. In these verses we have, I. Peter's curiosity, and the check given to that. 1.… Read the whole commentary →