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John 18:27

Peter denied it once more, and immediately a rooster crowed.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Court;   Cowardice;   Falsehood;   Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Peter;   Priest;   Prisoners;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Caiaphas;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Endurance;   Persecution;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - John the Apostle;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Birds;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Cock;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Animals;   Cock-Crowing ;   Denial;   Peter;   Trial of Jesus;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Peter denied it again. Immediately a rooster crowed.
King James Version (1611)
Peter then denied againe, and immediatly the cocke crew.
King James Version
Peter then denied again: and immediately the cock crew.
English Standard Version
Peter again denied it, and at once a rooster crowed.
New American Standard Bible
Peter then denied it again, and immediately a rooster crowed.
New Century Version
Again Peter said it wasn't true. At once a rooster crowed.
Amplified Bible
So Peter denied it again, and immediately a rooster crowed.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Peter then denied it again, and immediately a rooster crowed.
Legacy Standard Bible
Peter then denied it again, and immediately a rooster crowed.
Contemporary English Version
Once more Peter denied it, and right then a rooster crowed.
Complete Jewish Bible
So again Kefa denied it, and instantly a rooster crowed.
Darby Translation
Peter denied therefore again, and immediately [the] cock crew.
Easy-to-Read Version
But again Peter said, "No, I was not with him!" As soon as he said this, a rooster crowed.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Peter then denied againe, and immediatly the cocke crewe.
George Lamsa Translation
Simon again denied; and at that very hour the cock crew.
Good News Translation
Again Peter said "No"—and at once a rooster crowed.
Lexham English Bible
So Peter denied it again, and immediately a rooster crowed.
Literal Translation
Then again Peter denied, and immediately a cock crowed.
American Standard Version
Peter therefore denied again: and straightway the cock crew.
Bible in Basic English
Then again Peter said, No. And straight away a cock gave its cry.
Hebrew Names Version
Kefa therefore denied again, and immediately the rooster crowed.
International Standard Version
Peter again denied it, and immediately a rooster crowed.Matthew 26:74; Mark 14:72; Luke 22:60; John 13:38;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
And again Shemun denied. And in the same hour the cock crowed.
Murdock Translation
And again Simon denied: and at that moment the cock crew.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Peter therefore denyed againe: And immediatly the Cocke crewe.
English Revised Version
Peter therefore denied again: and straightway the cock crew.
World English Bible
Peter therefore denied again, and immediately the rooster crowed.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Peter denied again, and immediately the cock crew.
Weymouth's New Testament
Once more Peter denied it, and immediately a cock crowed.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Petre eftsoone denyede, and anoon the cok crew.
Update Bible Version
Peter therefore denied again: and right away the rooster crowed.
Webster's Bible Translation
Peter then denied again, and immediately the cock crowed.
New English Translation
Then Peter denied it again, and immediately a rooster crowed.
New King James Version
Peter then denied again; and immediately a rooster crowed.
New Living Translation
Again Peter denied it. And immediately a rooster crowed.
New Life Bible
Again Peter lied and said he did not know Jesus. At once a rooster crowed.
New Revised Standard
Again Peter denied it, and at that moment the cock crowed.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Again, therefore, Peter denied. And, straightway, a cock crew.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Again therefore Peter denied: and immediately the cock crew.
Revised Standard Version
Peter again denied it; and at once the cock crowed.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Peter denyed it agayne: and immediatly the cocke crewe.
Young's Literal Translation
again, therefore, Peter denied, and immediately a cock crew.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then Peter denyed agayne. And immediatly the cock crew.
Mace New Testament (1729)
but Peter denied this too, and immediately the cock crew.
THE MESSAGE
Again, Peter denied it. Just then a rooster crowed.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Pete denied knowing Jesus a third time. At that moment, a rooster began to crow.

Contextual Overview

13They brought Him first to Annas, who was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest that year. 14Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it would be better if one man died for the people. 15Now Simon Peter and another disciple were following Jesus. Since that disciple was known to the high priest, he also went with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest. 16But Peter stood outside at the door. Then the disciple who was known to the high priest went out and spoke to the doorkeeper, and brought Peter in. 17At this, the servant girl watching the door said to Peter, "Aren't you also one of this man's disciples?" "I am not," he answered. 18Because it was cold, the servants and officers were standing around a charcoal fire they had made to keep warm. And Peter was also standing with them, warming himself. 19Meanwhile, the high priest questioned Jesus about His disciples and His teaching. 20"I have spoken openly to the world," Jesus answered. "I always taught in the synagogues and at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret. 21Why are you asking Me? Ask those who heard My message. Surely they know what I said." 22When Jesus had said this, one of the officers standing nearby slapped Him in the face and said, "Is this how You answer the high priest?"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

and: John 13:38, Matthew 26:34, Matthew 26:74, Matthew 26:75, Mark 14:30, Mark 14:68, Mark 14:71, Mark 14:72, Luke 22:34, Luke 22:60-62

Reciprocal: Matthew 26:73 - Surely Mark 14:70 - a little Luke 22:57 - he denied Luke 22:59 - confidently John 21:17 - the third

Cross-References

Genesis 2:7
Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
Genesis 3:19
By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground-because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return."
Genesis 18:1
Then the LORD appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre in the heat of the day, while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent.
Genesis 18:2
And Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.
Genesis 18:6
So Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, "Quick! Prepare three seahs of fine flour, knead it, and bake some bread."
Genesis 18:8
Then Abraham brought curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared, and he set them before the men and stood by them under the tree as they ate.
Genesis 18:30
Then Abraham said, "May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak further. Suppose thirty are found there?" He answered, "If I find thirty there, I will not do it."
Genesis 18:32
Finally, Abraham said, "May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak once more. Suppose ten are found there?" And He answered, "On account of the ten, I will not destroy it."
Ezra 9:6
and said: "O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.
Job 4:19
how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth!

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Peter then denied again,.... A third time, as the Ethiopic version renders it; and that, according to other evangelists, with cursing and swearing; for now he was more affrighted than before, lest should he be taken up, and it be proved upon him, that he was the person that cut off Malchus's ear, he should be sentenced to a fine, or it may be some capital punishment. The fine for plucking a man's ears, and which some understand of plucking them off, was four hundred "zuzim" s, or, pence; which, as they answer to Roman pence, amount to twelve pounds ten shillings; a sum of money Peter perhaps could not have raised, without great difficulty: and therefore, that it might be believed he was not a disciple of Christ, so not the man; he swears in a profane manner, and imprecates the judgments of God upon him:

and immediately the cock crew; the second time; which was a signal by which he might call to remembrance, what Christ had said to him; that before the cock crowed twice, he should deny him thrice,

Mark 14:72. It was now early in the morning, about three o'clock, or somewhat after.

s Misn. Bava Kama, c. 8, sect. 6. Vid. L'Empereur in ib.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 27. And - the cock crew. — Peter denied our Lord three times: -

Peter's first denial.

I. This took place, when he was without, or beneath, in the hall of Caiaphas's house. He was not in the higher part where Christ stood before the high priest; but without that division of the hall, and in the lower part with the servants and officers, at the fire kindled in the midst of the hall, John 18:16; John 18:18; and the girl who kept the door had entered into the hall, where she charged Peter.

Peter's second denial.

II. This was in a short time after the first, Luke 22:58. Having once denied his Master, he naturally retired from the place where his accuser was to the vestibule of the hall, Matthew 26:71, and it was the time of the first cock-crowing, or soon after midnight. After remaining here a short time, perhaps an hour, another girl sees him, and says to them who were standing by in the vestibule, that he was one of them. Peter, to avoid this charge, withdraws into the hall, and warms himself. The girl, and those to whom she had spoken, follow him; the communication between the two places being immediate. Here a man enforces the charge of the girl, according to Luke; and others urge it, according to St. John; and Peter denies Jesus vehemently.

Peter's third denial.

III. He was now in the hall, and also within sight of Jesus, though at such a distance from him that Jesus could not know what passed, but in a supernatural way. And, about an hour after his second denial, those who stood by founded a third charge against him, on his being a Galilean, which St. Luke says, Luke 22:59, one in particular strongly affirmed; and which, according to John, John 18:26, was supported by one of Malchus's relations. This occasioned a more vehement denial than before, and immediately the cock crew the second time, which is eminently called αλεκτοροφωνια. The first denial may have been between our twelve and one; and the second between our two and three.

At the time of the third denial, Luke 22:61 proves that Jesus was in the same room with Peter. We must farther observe that Matthew, Matthew 26:57, lays the scene of Peter's denials in the house of Caiaphas: whereas John, John 18:15-23, seems to intimate that these transactions took place in the house of Annas; but this difficulty arises from the injudicious insertion of the particle ουν, therefore, in John 18:24, which should be omitted, on the authority of ADES, Mt. BH, many others; besides some versions, and some of the primitive fathers. Griesbach has left it out of the text. See Bishop Newcome's Harm. notes, p. 48.

The time of Peter's denials happened during the space of the third Roman watch, or that division of the night, between twelve and three, which is called αλεκτοροφωνια, or cock-crowing, Mark 13:35. Concerning the nature and progress of Peter's denial, see the notes on Matthew 26:58; Matthew 26:69-75.


 
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