70 Again he denied it.(A)

After a little while, those standing near said to Peter, “Surely you are one of them, for you are a Galilean.”(B)

71 He began to call down curses, and he swore to them, “I don’t know this man you’re talking about.”(C)

72 Immediately the rooster crowed the second time.[a] Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows twice[b] you will disown me three times.”(D) And he broke down and wept.

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  1. Mark 14:72 Some early manuscripts do not have the second time.
  2. Mark 14:72 Some early manuscripts do not have twice.

70 But the one was again denying it. And after a little while, again the ones standing near were saying to Peter, “Truly you are one of them, for you also are a Galilean”. 71 But the one began to curse[a], and to swear-with-an-oath[b] that “I do not know this man Whom you are saying”. 72 And immediately a rooster crowed for a second-time. And Peter remembered the word, how Jesus said to him that “Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three-times”. And having put his mind upon[c] it, he was weeping.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 14:71 That is, to bind himself under a curse, such as, May I be cursed if I know Him.
  2. Mark 14:71 For example, By heaven, I do not know Him.
  3. Mark 14:72 Or, having put his hands on his face; having thrown himself over. The exact nuance of this phrase is not certain.