Mark 14:72
And for the second time a rooster crowed. Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had said to him, “Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” And when he thought about it, he began to weep.
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
In Context
71Then he began to curse and to swear, “I do not know this Man whom you are speaking of.”
Cross References
Matthew 26:34Jesus said to him, “Assuredly I say to you that on this night, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.”
Mark 14:30Jesus said to him, “Assuredly I say to you, that you, today on this night, before the rooster crows twice, you shall deny Me three times.”
Luke 15:17“But having come to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father's hired servants have an abundance of bread, and I am perishing with hunger!
Matthew Henry on Mark 14:67-72
Peter's Fall. 66 And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest: 67 And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked upon him, and said, And thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth. 68 But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what thou sayest. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew. 69 And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by, This is one of them. 70 And he denied it again. And a little after, they that stood by said again… Read the whole commentary →