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70 But again he denied it [a]falsely and disowned Him. And after a short while, again the bystanders said to Peter, [b]Really, you are one of them, for you are a Galilean [c]and your dialect shows it.

71 Then he commenced invoking a curse on himself [should he not be telling the truth] and swearing, I do not know the Man about Whom you are talking!

72 And at once for the second time a cock crowed. And Peter remembered how Jesus said to him, Before a cock crows twice, you will [d]utterly deny Me [disclaiming all connection with Me] three times. And [e]having put his thought upon it [and remembering], he broke down and wept aloud and [f]lamented.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 14:70 Hermann Cremer, Biblico-Theological Lexicon.
  2. Mark 14:70 Hermann Cremer, Biblico-Theological Lexicon.
  3. Mark 14:70 Some manuscripts contain this phrase instead.
  4. Mark 14:72 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
  5. Mark 14:72 Kenneth Wuest, Word Studies.
  6. Mark 14:72 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.

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