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.” He broke down and started to cry.
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In Context
71Then he began to curse and to swear, “I do not know this man of whom you are speaking!”
Cross References
Matthew 26:34Jesus said to him, “Assuredly I say to you that this night, before any rooster crows, you will deny me three times.”
Mark 14:30Jesus said to him, “I tell you assuredly that you, today, this very night, before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.”
Luke 15:17But when he came to himself he said: ‘How many of my father's hired servants have an abundance of bread, while I am dying of 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 →