Matthew 26:34 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 26:34

“Truly I tell you,” Jesus declared, “this very night, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, that this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.

KJV

Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.

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Commentary

1 voice

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Verse 34.) Jesus said to him: Truly I say to you, that in this night before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times. And Peter, with fervor of faith, promised, and the Savior, as if God, knew the future. And note that Peter will deny in the night, and deny a third time. But after the rooster crowed, and the darkness diminishing, the approaching light was announced, he turned and wept bitterly, washing away the stains of denial with tears of repentance.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Before cock crowing thou wilt deny me thrice - That is, before three in the morning, the usual time of cock crowing: although one cock was heard to crow once, after Peter's first denial of his Lord.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

These verses describe the appointment of the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper. Our Lord knew well the things that were before him, and graciously chose the last quiet evening that he could have before his crucifixion as an occasion for bestowing a parting gift on his church. How precious must this ordinance have afterwards appeared to his disciples when they remembered the events of the night! How mournful is the thought that no ordinance has led to such fierce controversy, and been so grievously misunderstood, as the ordinance of the Lord’s Supper!

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἔφη	Ephē	was saying	G5346 →
αὐτῷ	autō	to him	G846 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰησοῦς·	Iēsous	Jesus;	G2424 →
ἀμὴν	amēn	Amen	G281 →
λέγω	legō	I say	G3004 →
σοι	soi	to you	G4771 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
ἐν	en	during	G1722 →
ταύτῃ	tautē	this	G3778 →
τῇ	tēa	<the>	G3588 →
νυκτὶ	nukti	night	G3571 →
πρὶν	prin	before [the]	G4250 →
ἀλέκτορα	alektora	rooster	G220 →
φωνῆσαι	phōnēsai	crowing	G5455 →
τρὶς	tris	three times	G5151 →
ἀπαρνήσῃ	aparnēsē	you will deny	G533 →
με.¶	me	Me.	G3165 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 13:38
“Will you lay down your life for Me?” Jesus replied. “Truly, truly, I tell you, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.
leads to
- Mark 14:30
  “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Luke 22:34
  But Jesus replied, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you have denied three times that you know Me.”
Through
Luke 22:34
But Jesus replied, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you have denied three times that you know Me.”
leads to
- John 13:38
  “Will you lay down your life for Me?” Jesus replied. “Truly, truly, I tell you, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Mark 14:71–72
  But he began to curse and swear, “I do not know this man of whom you speak!”
- Matthew 26:74
  At that he began to curse and swear to them, “I do not know the man!” And immediately a rooster crowed.
Through
Matthew 26:75
Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken: “Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.
leads to
- Romans 7:18–20
  I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh; for I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.
- Luke 22:31–34
  Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift each of you like wheat.
- Luke 22:61–62
  And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word that the Lord had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows today, you will deny Me three times.”