Mark 14:68

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

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WEBBE

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

BSB

But he denied it. “I do not know or even understand what you are talking about,” he said. Then he went out to the gateway, and the rooster crowed.

KJV

But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what thou sayest. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew.

ASV

But he denied, saying, I neither know, nor understand what thou sayest: and he went out into the porch; and the cock crew.

BBE

But he said, I have no knowledge of him, or of what you are saying: and he went out into the doorway; and there came the cry of a cock.

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ὁ ho (the) G3588 δὲ de But G1161 ἠρνήσατο ērnēsato he denied [it] G720 λέγων legōn saying G3004 οὔτε oute Neither G3777 οἶδα oida I know G6063 οὔτε oute nor even G3777 ἐπίσταμαι epistamai understand G1987 σὺ su you yourself G4771 τί ti what G5101 λέγεις legeis say G3004 καὶ kai And G2532 ἐξῆλθεν exēlthen he went forth G1831 ἔξω exō out G1854 εἰς eis into G1519 τὸ to the G3588 προαύλιον proaulion porch G4259 καὶ kai and G2532 ἀλέκτωρ alektōr [the] rooster G220 ἐφώνησεν ephōnēsen crowed G5455

The early church

(ubi sup.) The other Evangelists do not mention this crowing of the cock; they do not however deny the fact, as also some pass over many other things in silence, which others relate. There follows: And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by, This is one of them
Bede · d. 735Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
The Lord allowed this to happen to him by His providence, that is, lest he should be too much elated, and at the same time, that he might prove himself merciful to sinners, as knowing from himself the result of human weakness. There follows: And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew.
Theophylact of Ohrid · d. 1107Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
Peter when he had not the Spirit yielded and lost courage at the voice of a girl, though with the Spirit he was not afraid before princes and kings. But in a mystical sense, the first maid means the wavering, the second, the assent, the third man is the act. This is the threefold denial which the remebrance of the word of the Lord washes away through tears. The cock then crows for us when some preacher up our hearts by repentance to compunction. We then begin to weep, when we are set on fire within by the spark of knowledge, and we go forth, when we cast out what we were within.
Pseudo-Jerome · d. 9999Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 66–72

Peter's denying Christ began by keeping at a distance from him. Those that are shy of godliness, are far in the way to deny Christ. Those who think it dangerous to be in company with Christ's disciples, because thence they may be drawn in to suffer for him, will find it much more dangerous to be in company with his enemies, because there they may be drawn in to sin against him. When Christ was admired and flocked after, Peter readily owned him; but will own no relation to him now he is deserted and despised. Yet observe, Peter's repentance was very speedy. Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall; and let him that has fallen think of these things, and of his own offences, and return to the Lord with weeping and supplication, seeking forgiveness, and to be raised up by the Holy Spirit.

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Matthew 26:69–71Luke 22:56–57John 18:17

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.