Matthew 26:74

Then he began to curse and to swear, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.

In Context

73After a little while, those who stood by came and said to Peter: Of a truth you also are one of them, for your speech betrays you.

75And Peter remembered the word which. Jesus had spoken to him: Before the cock crows, you will deny me three times. And he went out, and wept bitterly.

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Cross References

Matthew 10:28And fear not them that kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. But rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Matthew 27:25And all the people answered and said: His blood be upon us and upon our children.

Mark 14:68But he denied, saying: I neither know, nor understand what you say. And he went out into the entrance, and the cock crew.

Luke 22:60But Peter said: Man, I know not what you say. And immediately, while he was speaking, the cock crew.

John 21:15When, therefore, they had taken breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter: Simon, son of Jonah, Do you love me more than these? He said to him: Yes, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. He said to him: Feed my lambs.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 26:70-75

Christ Denied by Peter. 69 Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee. 70 But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou sayest. 71 And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth. 72 And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man. 73 And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of… Read the whole commentary →

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