Peter’s Denials

66 (A)And while Peter was below in (B)the courtyard, one of the slave women of the high priest *came, 67 and seeing Peter (C)warming himself, she looked at him and *said, “You were with Jesus the (D)Nazarene as well.” 68 But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you are talking about.” And he (E)went out onto the [a]porch.[b] 69 The slave woman saw him, and began once more to say to the bystanders, “This man is one of them!” 70 But again (F)he denied it. And after a little while the bystanders were again saying to Peter, “You really are one of them, (G)for you are a Galilean as well.” 71 But he began to [c]curse himself and to swear, “I do not know this man of whom you speak!” 72 And immediately a rooster crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had made the remark to him, “Before (H)a rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” And [d]he hurried on and began to weep.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 14:68 Or forecourt, gateway
  2. Mark 14:68 Later mss add and a rooster crowed
  3. Mark 14:71 Lit put himself under a curse
  4. Mark 14:72 Or after thinking of this, he began

Peter Denies Jesus Three Times

66 And while[a] Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the female slaves of the high priest came up 67 And when[b] she saw Peter warming himself, she looked intently at him and[c] said, “You also were with the Nazarene, Jesus.” 68 But he denied it,[d] saying, “I neither know nor understand what you mean!” And he went out into the gateway, and a rooster crowed.[e] 69 And the female slave, when she[f] saw him, began to say again to the bystanders, “This man is one of them!” 70 But he denied it[g] again. And after a little while, again the bystanders began to say[h] to Peter, “You really are one of them, because you also are a Galilean, and your accent shows it!”[i][j] 71 And he began to curse and to swear with an oath, “I do not know this man whom you are talking about!” 72 And immediately a rooster crowed for the second time. And Peter remembered the statement, how Jesus had said to him, “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times,” and throwing himself down, he began to weep.[k]

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 14:66 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was”)
  2. Mark 14:67 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
  3. Mark 14:67 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“looked intently at”) has been translated as a finite verb
  4. Mark 14:68 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  5. Mark 14:68 Several important and early manuscripts lack the words “and a rooster crowed”
  6. Mark 14:69 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
  7. Mark 14:70 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  8. Mark 14:70 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to say”)
  9. Mark 14:70 Literally “is like”
  10. Mark 14:70 Some manuscripts omit “and your accent shows it”
  11. Mark 14:72 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to weep”)