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Mark 14:72
And immediately the rooster crowed a second time. Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” And he broke down and wept.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Peter stands at the courtyard gate after his third denial in Mark 14:71, where he cursed and swore he did not know Jesus. The moment occurs that same night as Jesus' warning is fulfilled.
The words — The text emphasizes εὐθὺς (euthus), meaning "immediately," and ἀνεμνήσθη (anemnēsthē), meaning "remembered." These terms record the sudden timing of the crow and Peter's immediate recall of Jesus' statement.
The thread — Jesus originally made this prediction in Mark 14:30, and Peter's denials progress through Mark 14:68 and Mark 14:71 before this fulfillment. The pattern of sudden judgment and weeping parallels Ezekiel 7:16.
Why it lands — The verse documents Peter's immediate collapse after recalling his failed prophecy, requiring honest acknowledgment of broken resolve. It demands the reader face the reality of human failure without softening the text's plain record.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept.
Cross-references
- Mark 14:30 “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.”
- Mark 14:68 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.
- Ezekiel 7:16 The survivors will escape and live in the mountains, moaning like doves of the valley, each for his own iniquity.
- 2 Samuel 24:10 After David had numbered the troops, his conscience was stricken and he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD, I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”
- Psalms 119:59 I considered my ways and turned my steps to Your testimonies.
- Jeremiah 31:18 I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.
- Ezekiel 16:63 so that when I make atonement for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your disgrace, declares the Lord GOD.”
- Ezekiel 36:31 Then you will remember your evil ways and wicked deeds, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and abominations.
- Matthew 26:34 “Truly I tell you,” Jesus declared, “this very night, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.”
- Matthew 26:74 At that he began to curse and swear to them, “I do not know the man!” And immediately a rooster crowed.