John 18:27

Complete Jewish Bible

So again Kefa denied it, and instantly a rooster crowed.

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.

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

Contemporary English Version
Once more Peter denied it, and right then 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

¹³ and took him first to ‘Anan, the father-in-law of Kayafa, who was cohen gadol that fateful year. ¹⁴ (It was Kayafa who had advised the Judeans that it would be good for one man to die on behalf of the people.) ¹⁵ Shim‘on Kefa and another talmid followed Yeshua. The second talmid was known to the cohen hagadol, and he went with Yeshua into the courtyard of the cohen hagadol; ¹⁶ but Kefa stood outside by the gate. So the other talmid, the one known to the cohen hagadol, went back out and spoke to the woman on duty at the gate, then brought Kefa inside. ¹⁷ The woman at the gate said to Kefa, "Aren't you another of that man's talmidim?" He said, "No, I'm not." ¹⁸ Now the slaves and guards had lit a fire because it was cold, and they were standing around it warming themselves; Kefa joined them and stood warming himself too. ¹⁹ The cohen hagadol questioned Yeshua about his talmidim and about what he taught. ²⁰ Yeshua answered, "I have spoken quite openly to everyone; I have always taught in a synagogue or in the Temple where all Jews meet together, and I have said nothing in secret; ²¹ so why are you questioning me? Question the ones who heard what I said to them; look, they know what I said." ²² At these words, one of the guards standing by slapped Yeshua in the face and said, "This is how you talk to the cohen hagadol?"

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 Adonai , God, formed a person from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, so that he became a living being.

Genesis 3:19
You will eat bread by the sweat of your forehead till you return to the ground — for you were taken out of it: you are dust, and you will return to dust."

Genesis 18:1
Adonai appeared to Avraham by the oaks of Mamre as he sat at the entrance to the tent during the heat of the day.

Genesis 18:2
He raised his eyes and looked, and there in front of him stood three men. On seeing them, he ran from the tent door to meet them, prostrated himself on the ground,

Genesis 18:6
Avraham hurried into the tent to Sarah and said, "Quickly, three measures of the best flour! Knead it and make cakes."

Genesis 18:8
Then he took curds, milk and the calf which he had prepared, and set it all before the men; and he stood by them under the tree as they ate.

Genesis 18:30
He said, "I hope A donai won't be angry if I speak. What if thirty are found there?" He said, "I won't do it if I find thirty there."

Genesis 18:32
He said, "I hope A donai won't be angry if I speak just once more. What if ten are found there?" He said, "For the sake of the ten I won't destroy it."

Ezra 9:6
and said, "My God, I am ashamed. I blush to lift my face to you, my God! For our sins tower over our heads; our guilt reaches up to heaven.

Job 4:19
much more those living in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust. They are crushed more easily than a worm;

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.