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Matthew 26:74
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Then he started to curse and to swear with an oath, “I don’t know the man!” Immediately a rooster crowed,
Then beganne hee to curse and to sweare, saying, I know not the man. And immediatly the cocke crew.
Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.
Then he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, "I do not know the man." And immediately the rooster crowed.
Then he began to curse and swear, "I do not know the Man!" And immediately a rooster crowed.
Then Peter began to place a curse on himself and swear, "I don't know the man." At once, a rooster crowed.
Then he began to curse and swear, "I do not know the man!" And immediately a rooster crowed.
Then he began to curse and swear, "I do not know the man!" And immediately a rooster crowed.
At that he began to curse and swear to them, "I do not know the man!" And immediately a rooster crowed.
Peter began to curse and swear, "I don't know that man!" Right then a rooster crowed,
This time he began to invoke a curse on himself as he swore, "I do not know the man!" — and immediately a rooster crowed.
Then he began to curse and to swear, I know not the man. And immediately [the] cock crew.
Then Peter began to curse. He said, "I swear to God, I don't know the man!" As soon as he said this, a rooster crowed.
Then began hee to curse himselfe, and to sweare, saying, I knowe not the man. And immediately the cocke crewe.
Then he began to curse and to swear, I do not know the man. At that very hour the cock crowed.
Then Peter said, "I swear that I am telling the truth! May God punish me if I am not! I do not know that man!" Just then a rooster crowed,
Then he began to curse and to swear with an oath, "I do not know the man!" And immediately a rooster crowed.
Then he began to curse and to swear, I do not know the man. And immediately a cock crowed.
Then began he to curse and to swear, I know not the man. And straightway the cock crew.
Then with curses and oaths he said, I have no knowledge of the man. And straight away there came the cry of a cock.
Then began he to curse and to swear, "I don't know the man!" Immediately the cock crowed.
Then he began to invoke a divine curse and to swear with an oath, "I don't know the man!" Just then a rooster crowed.Mark 14:71;">[xr]
Then began he to imprecate and to swear, I know not the man ! And in that hour the cock crowed.
Then he began to imprecate and to swear, I know not that man. And in that hour the cock crew.
Then began he to curse, & to sweare, that he knewe not the man. And immediatly the Cocke crewe.
Then began he to curse and to swear, I know not the man. And straightway the cock crew.
Then began he to curse and to swear, "I don't know the man!" Immediately the cock crowed.
Then began he to curse and to swear, I know not the man.
Then with curses and oaths he declared, "I do not know the man." Immediately a cock crowed,
Thanne he bigan to warie and to swere, that he knewe not the man. And anoon the cok crewe.
Then he began to curse and to swear, I don't know the man. And right away the rooster crowed.
Then began he to curse and to swear, [saying], I know not the man. And immediately the cock crowed.
At that he began to curse, and he swore with an oath, "I do not know the man!" At that moment a rooster crowed.
Then he began to curse and swear, saying, "I do not know the Man!" Immediately a rooster crowed.
Peter swore, "A curse on me if I'm lying—I don't know the man!" And immediately the rooster crowed.
Then he began to say bad words and swear. He said, "I do not know the Man!" At once a rooster crowed.
Then he began to curse, and he swore an oath, "I do not know the man!" At that moment the cock crowed.
Then, began he to be cursing and swearing - I know not the man! And, straightway, a cock crowed.
Then he began to curse and to swear that he knew not the man. And immediately the cock crew.
Then he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, "I do not know the man." And immediately the cock crowed.
Then beganne he to course and to sweare that he knewe not the man. And immedyatly the cocke krewe.
Then began he to anathematise, and to swear -- `I have not known the man;' and immediately did a cock crow,
Then begane he to curse and to sweare: I knowe not the man. And immediatly the cock crew.
then he fell to solemn imprecations, and swore, "I don't know the man." and immediately the cock crew:
Then he got really nervous and swore. "I don't know the man!" Just then a rooster crowed. Peter remembered what Jesus had said: "Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times." He went out and cried and cried and cried.
Then Pete started cussin' himself and everyone else and said, "I ain't never rode with no man named Jesus!"Immediately, off in the distance, a rooster crowed.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
began: Matthew 27:25, Judges 17:2, Judges 21:18, 1 Samuel 14:24-28, Mark 14:71, Acts 23:12-14, Romans 9:3, 1 Corinthians 16:22
saying: Matthew 10:28, Matthew 10:32, Matthew 10:33, John 21:15-17, Revelation 3:19
And: Mark 14:30, Mark 14:68, Mark 14:72, Luke 22:60, John 18:27
Reciprocal: Numbers 5:21 - an oath 2 Samuel 11:6 - Send me Psalms 22:11 - none to help Psalms 31:11 - a fear Proverbs 16:18 - General Proverbs 30:9 - and take the name Matthew 26:72 - I do not Mark 14:70 - a little Luke 22:34 - the cock Luke 22:59 - confidently John 21:17 - the third James 3:9 - therewith curse
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Then began he to curse, and to swear,.... He swore before, and now he began "to curse"; not Christ, as Saul compelled some to blaspheme him, who professed him, and as the Jews formerly cursed Christ, and his followers, in their synagogues: for Peter's crime was bad enough, it need not be made worse than it was: he could never call Jesus accursed; in so doing he would have sinned the sin against the Holy Ghost; but he cursed himself; "he began to imprecate himself", as the Arabic version renders it; he made dreadful imprecations and wishes; wished that all the miseries and calamities he could think of might fall upon him, if he was one of the disciples of Jesus of Nazareth, or knew anything of him: saying,
I know not the man; if I do, God do so to me, or more also: let vengeance light upon me; may I be the most miserable creature in the world, if I know anything of him;
and immediately the cock crew: as he was swearing and cursing in this manner; as soon as ever the words were out of his mouth, and he had in this sad and solemn manner three times denied that he knew Christ, or was ever with him, or a disciple of his. It is forbid, by a Jewish canon, to keep cocks at Jerusalem; it runs thus c:
"they do not bring up cocks in Jerusalem, because of the holy things, neither do the priests in all the land of Israel, because of the purifications.''
Whether this canon was then in being, or how it was dispensed with, or whether there was any particular providence in the cock being here now, and so nigh the high priest's palace, is not certain; but one there was: nor can the Jews deny that there were cocks at Jerusalem; for they themselves speak of a cock, ×©× ×¡×§× ××ר×ש××× d, "that was stoned at Jerusalem".
c Misn. Bava Kama, c. 7. sect. 7. T. Bab. Bava Kama, fol. 82. 2. Abot R. Nathan, c. 35. Maimon. Hilch. Beth Habechirah, c. 7. sect. 14. Shalshelet Hakabala, fol. 9. 2. d T. Hieros Erubin, fol. 26. 1. Caphtor, fol. 42. 1.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Then began he to curse ... - Peter was now irritated beyond endurance. He could no longer resist the evidence that he was known. It had been repeatedly charged on him. His language had betrayed him, and there was a positive witness who had seen him. He felt it necessary, therefore, to be still more decided, and he accordingly added to the sin of denying his Lord the deep aggravation of profane cursing and swearing, affirming what he must have known was false, that he knew not the man. Immediately then the cock crew - that is, the second crowing, or not far from three in the morning.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Matthew 26:74. Then began he to curse and to swear — Rather, Then he began positively to affirm - καÏαθεμαÏιζειν, from καÏα intensive, and Ïιθημι, I lay down, place, affirm. But the common reading is καÏαναθεμαÏιζειν, which signifies to wish curses on himself. The former reading is supported by almost every MS. of value, and is, beyond dispute, the true reading, and has been received by Griesbach into the text. The business is bad enough, but the common reading makes it worse. In Matthew 26:72, Peter is said to deny with an oath; here, he positively affirms and swears, probably by the name of God, for this is the import of the word Î¿Î¼Î½Ï ÎµÎ¹Î½. This makes the fourth and final gradation in the climax of Peter's fall. From these awful beginnings it is not unfair to conclude that Peter might have gone almost as far as Judas himself, had not the traitorous business been effected before. Yet all this evil sprung simply from the fear of man. How many denials of Christ and his truth have sprung since, from the same cause!
The cock crew — This animal becomes, in the hand of God, the instrument of awaking the fallen apostle, at last, to a sense of his fall, danger, and duty. When abandoned of God, the smallest thing may become the occasion of a fall; and, when in the hand of God, the smallest matter may become the instrument of our restoration. Let us never think lightly of what are termed little sins: the smallest one has the seed of eternal ruin in it. Let us never think contemptibly of the feeblest means of grace: each may have the seed of eternal salvation in it. Let us ever remember that the great Apostle Peter fell through fear of a servant maid, and rose through the crowing of a cock.
