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Scripture Analysis

Mark 14:30

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Jesus said to him, “Most certainly I tell you, that you today, even this night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.”

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  • Did Jesus say before the cock crow or before the cock crows twice?

    Matthew 26:34, Luke 22:34, and John 13:38 all have Jesus tell Peter he will deny him three times *before the cock crows*. Mark 14:30 alone has Jesus tell Peter the denials will happen *before the cock crows twice*.

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