Mark 14:68

But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you are talking about.” Then he went out into the courtyard. + 14:68 Some ancient copies add, “Then the rooster crowed,” but the best ancient copies do not have this phrase.

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In The King James Version

But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what thou sayest. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew.

In Context

67She saw Peter warming himself, and she looked closely at him and said, “You were also with the Nazarene, Jesus.”

69But the servant girl there saw him and began to say again to those who stood there, “This man is one of them!”

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Cross References

Matthew 26:71When he went out to the gateway, another servant girl saw him and said to those there, “This man was also with Jesus of Nazareth.”

Mark 14:72The rooster immediately crowed a second time. Then Peter remembered the words that Jesus had said to him: “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times,” and he broke down and wept.

2 Timothy 2:12If we endure, we will also reign with him. 1 If we deny him, he also will deny us. 1

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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