Matthew 26:74

“Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.”

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Matthew 26:74 Context

⁷¹And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth. ⁷²And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man. ⁷³And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth thee. ⁷⁴Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew. ⁷⁵And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly.

Translation Details for Matthew 26:74

Other Translations for Matthew 26:74

Then beganne hee to curse and to sweare, saying, I know not the man. And immediatly the cocke crew.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

Then he began to curse and swear, "I do not know the man! And immediately a rooster crowed."
- New American Standard Version (1995)

Then began he to curse and to swear, I know not the man. And straightway the cock crew.
- American Standard Version (1901)

Then with curses and oaths he said, I have no knowledge of the man. And straight away there came the cry of a cock.
- Basic English Bible

At that he began to curse and swear to them, "I do not know the man!" And immediately a rooster crowed.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

Then he began to curse and to swear, I know not the man. And immediately [the] cock crew.
- Darby Bible

Then he began to curse and to swear that he knew not the man. And immediately the cock crew.
- Douay-Rheims Bible

Then began he to curse and to swear, I know not the man. And straightway the cock crew.
- English Revised Version

Then he began to curse and to swear, "I don't know the man!" Immediately the rooster crowed.
- World English Bible

Bible Commentary for Matthew 26:74

Wesley's Notes for Matthew 26:74

26:74 Then began he to curse and to swear - Having now quite lost the reins, the government of himself.

People's Bible Notes for Matthew 26:74

Mt 26:74 Began he to curse and to swear. Peter's "third" denial. He not only, with an oath, repeats what he had said in the second, but he affirms it with imprecations of divine wrath on himself if he spoke not the truth. The gradations of guilt in the denials of Peter: (1) ambiguous evasion; (2) distinct denial with a false oath; (3) awful abjuration with solemn imprecations on himself. Immediately the cock crew. This was at the opening of the fourth or morning watch, at about three o'clock. The cock often crows about midnight, or not long after; and again always about the third hour after midnight, or three o'clock. This shows that the second trial of Jesus took place before the dawn.

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