Mark 14:68

Mark 14:68

Peter Denies Jesus, and Weeps

66 ^aNow as Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest came.

67 And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked at him and said, “You also were with ^aJesus of Nazareth.”

68 But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you are saying.” And he went out on the porch, and a rooster crowed.

69 ^aAnd the servant girl saw him again, and began to say to those who stood by, “This is one of them.”

70 But he denied it again. ^aAnd a little later those who stood by said to Peter again, “Surely you are one of them; ^bfor you are a Galilean, and your² speech shows it.”

71 Then he began to curse and swear, “I do not know this Man of whom you speak!”

72 ^aA second time the rooster crowed. Then Peter called to mind the word that Jesus had said to him, “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” And when he thought about it, he wept.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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I neither know nor understand (oute oida oute epistamai). This denial is fuller in Mark, briefest in John.

What thou sayest (su ti legeiv). Can be understood as a direct question. Note position of

thou (su), proleptical.

Into the porch (eiv to proaulion). Only here in the New Testament. Plato uses it of a prelude on a flute. It occurs also in the plural for preparations the day before the wedding. Here it means the vestibule to the court. Matthew 26:71 has pulwna, a common word for gate or front porch.

And the cock crew (kai alektwr efwnhsen). Omitted by Aleph B L Sinaitic Syriac. It is genuine in verse Mark 14:72 where "the second time" (ek deuterou) occurs also. It is possible that because of verse Mark 14:72 it crept into verse Mark 14:68. Mark alone alludes to the cock crowing twice, originally (Mark 14:30), and twice in verse Mark 14:72, besides verse Mark 14:68 which is hardly genuine.

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Mark 14:68:**

Mark 14:68
John 18:26
1 Peter 4:16

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