Peter Denies Jesus the Second and Third Times

25 Now Simon Peter was standing there and warming himself. So they said to him, “You are not also one of his disciples, are you?”[a] He denied it[b] and said, “I am not!” 26 One of the slaves of the high priest, who was related to the one whose ear Peter had cut off, said, “Did I not see you in the garden with him?” 27 So Peter denied it[c] again, and immediately a rooster crowed.

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Footnotes

  1. John 18:25 *The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here, indicated in the translation by the phrase “are you
  2. John 18:25 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  3. John 18:27 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

Peter’s Second and Third Denials(A)

25 Meanwhile, Simon Peter was still standing there warming himself.(B) So they asked him, “You aren’t one of his disciples too, are you?”

He denied it, saying, “I am not.”(C)

26 One of the high priest’s servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off,(D) challenged him, “Didn’t I see you with him in the garden?”(E) 27 Again Peter denied it, and at that moment a rooster began to crow.(F)

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