Mark 14:30

30 Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, tonight before the rooster crows twice you will say three times you don't know me."

Mark 14:30 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 14:30

And Jesus saith unto him, verily I say unto thee
As confident as thou art of standing by me, and abiding with me; that this day,
which was then begun; for the Jews reckoned their days from evening, as in ( Genesis 1:5 ) ; even in this night;
this night to be observed, this night of the passover, before it is past: before the cock crow twice;
for there was a first and second cock crowing, the one at midnight, and the other near break of day, and which last is properly the cock crowing: the word "twice" is left out in the Ethiopic version: thou shalt deny me thrice; as he did; (See Gill on Matthew 26:34).

Mark 14:30 In-Context

28 But after I rise from the dead, I will go ahead of you into Galilee."
29 Peter said, "Everyone else may stumble in their faith, but I will not."
30 Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, tonight before the rooster crows twice you will say three times you don't know me."
31 But Peter insisted, "I will never say that I don't know you! I will even die with you!" And all the other followers said the same thing.
32 Jesus and his followers went to a place called Gethsemane. He said to them, "Sit here while I pray."
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