Mark 14:71

Peter began calling down curses on himself and he swore, “I don't know this man you're talking about.”

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In The King James Version

But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak.

In Context

70Once more Peter denied it. A little while later they said to Peter again, “You're definitely one of them because you're a Galilean too!”

72Immediately the rooster crowed the second time. Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said to him: “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” When he realized what he'd done, he burst into tears.

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Cross References

2 Kings 8:12“Why are you crying, my lord?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the evil things you are going to do to the Israelites,” Elisha replied. “You will set their fortresses on fire, kill their young men with the sword, dash to pieces their little ones, and rip open their pregnant women.”

Jeremiah 17:9The mind is more deceptive than anything else—it's incurably sick! Who can possibly understand it?

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 →

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