27 (A)[a]Then Jesus said unto them, All ye shall be offended by me this night: for it is written, (B)I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.

28 But after that I am risen, I will go into (C)Galilee before you.

29 [b]And Peter said unto him, Although all men should be offended at thee, yet would not I.

30 Then Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, this day, even in this night before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice.

31 But he said [c]more earnestly, If I should die with thee, I will not deny thee: likewise also said they all.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 14:27 Christ foretelleth how he shall be forsaken of his, but yet that he will never forsake them.
  2. Mark 14:29 Here is set forth in an excellent person, a most sorrowful example of man’s rashness and weakness.
  3. Mark 14:31 That doubling of words, setteth out more plainly Peter’s vehement affirmation.

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