He said, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster will by no means crow today until you deny that you know me three times.”
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He said, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster will by no means crow today until you deny that you know me three times.”
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And he sayde: I tell the Peter the cocke shall not crowe this daye tyll thou have thryse denyed that thou knewest me.
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But he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cocke shall not crowe this day, before thou hast thrise denied that thou knewest me.
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- John 13:38 Jesus answered him, “Will you lay down your life for me? Most certainly I tell you, the rooster won’t crow until you have denied me three times.
- Matthew 26:34 Jesus said to him, “Most certainly I tell you that tonight, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.”
- Mark 14:30 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.”
- Matthew 26:74 Then he began to curse and to swear, “I don’t know the man!” Immediately the rooster crowed.
- Mark 14:71-72 But he began to curse, and to swear, “I don’t know this man of whom you speak!” The rooster crowed the second time. Peter remembered the word, how that Jesus said to him, “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” When he thought about that, he wept.
- John 18:27 Peter therefore denied it again, and immediately the rooster crowed.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 34 And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the…
34 And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me.
Ver. 34. See Mat 26:34; Mar 14:30; Joh 13:38.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he said unto them,.... To the disciples, as…
And he said unto them,.... To the disciples, as the Persic version reads; not to Peter only, but to them all:
when I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes; without the necessaries of life, without proper accommodations for a journey, without provisions, or money, to buy any with: so , "without a purse", is, by the Scholiast on Aristophanes (t), interpreted by , "without money and expense": Christ here refers to his mission of them in Mat 10:5
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lacked ye any thing? any of the common blessings of life, food to eat, or raiment to wear?
and they said, nothing; they lacked nothing at all; wherever they came, they had friendly accommodations; they were provided with every thing necessary for them; they had both food and raiment, and good lodgings in every place; the houses and hearts of men were opened by Christ to receive them, though they were sent out by him so empty and destitute.
(t) In Avibus, p. 548.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain It shall not be the time of cock crowing…
It shall not be the time of cock crowing this day - The common time of cock crowing (which is usually about three in the morning) probably did not come till after the cock which Peter heard had crowed twice, if not oftener.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 34. The cock shall not crow this day]…
Verse 34. The cock shall not crow this day] Mt 26:34, and Mr 14:30, say, this night; both expressions are right, because the Jewish day, of twenty-four hours, began with the evening, and ended at the evening of the following day. On Peter's denial, see the notes on Mt 26:31-35.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain cock . . . crow--"twice" (Mar 14:30).
cock . . . crow--"twice" (Mar 14:30).
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 34. Peter] The only occasion on which Jesus is…
34. Peter] The only occasion on which Jesus is recorded to have used to him the name He gave. It is used to remind him of his strength as well as his weakness.
the cock shall not crow this day] It was, perhaps, already past midnight. St Mark says more exactly (Luk_14:30) ‘shall not crow twice.’ But St Luke’s expression merely means, ‘that part of the dawn which is called the cock-crow (alektorophonia, gallicinium) shall not be over before, &c.’
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (34) I tell thee, Peter.—See Notes on Mat_26:34-35; Mar_14:30-31,
(34) I tell thee, Peter.—See Notes on Mat_26:34-35; Mar_14:30-31,
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 22:34 On Thursday evening, Jesus said that Peter would…
22:34 On Thursday evening, Jesus said that Peter would deny him before the rooster crows tomorrow morning (literally before the rooster crows today): This does not contradict Mark’s “this very night, before the rooster crows twice” (Mark 14:30); Luke and Matthew are simply more general, and in Jewish reckoning, sunset was the beginning of the next day.
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