Mark 14:71

71 Then he started to curse^[a] and to swear with an oath, "I don't know this man you're talking about!"

Mark 14:71 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 14:71

But he began to curse and to swear
To wish the most dreadful things upon himself, and to swear by the living God;

[saying], I know not this man of whom ye speak:
(See Gill on Matthew 26:74).

Mark 14:71 In-Context

69 When the servant saw him again she began to tell those standing nearby, "This man is one of them!"

70 But again he denied it. After a little while those standing there said to Peter again, "You certainly are one of them, since you're also a Galilean!"

71 Then he started to curse and to swear with an oath, "I don't know this man you're talking about!"

72 Immediately a rooster crowed a second time, and Peter remembered when Jesus had spoken the word to him, "Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times." When he thought about it, he began to weep.

Footnotes

• [a]. To call down curses on himself if what he said weren't true