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Mark 14:31

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But Peter kept insisting, “Even if I have to die with You, I will never deny You.” And all the others said the same thing.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

But he spake exceeding vehemently, If I must die with thee, I will not deny thee. And in like manner also said they all.

KJV

But he spake the more vehemently, If I should die with thee, I will not deny thee in any wise. Likewise also said they all.

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This verse in Mark 14

Commentary

10 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jerome

ON THE PSALMS, HOMILY 54 · Written before 420.

One of twelve deserted; eleven remained loyal. The cross came; they fled; one remained—Peter, one with One. This one himself fled, and would that he had! He denied Christ. We may say, then, that the entire human race was lost. Because it had perished, the complaint of the Lord crucified is: "The wine press I have trodden alone, and of my people there was no one with me." Then was the Psalm fulfilled: "Help, O Lord! For no one now is dutiful." "There is none who does good, no not even one."

This site's exposition

Even if all fall away, I never will.

on Mark 14:29-31

Peter declared, Even if all fall away, I never will. Papias traced this Gospel to Peter’s preaching, so this record of his fall is his own.

This site's exposition

Even if I have to die

Mark's last line spreads the boast across the whole group, and every one of them fled at verse 50. Bede finds real love in Peter's promise, while Theophylact calls it a vain fervour that set itself against the word of Christ. Their confidence lasted a few hours.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Tertullian

On Prayer · Written before 220.

proposed

This passage He confirms by subsequent ones, saying, "Pray that ye be not tempted; " yet they were tempted, (as they showed) by de-setting their Lord, because they had given way rather to sleep than prayer.

The Medieval Church3 voices

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Theophylact of Ohrid

Catena Aurea by Aquinas · Written before 1107.

proposed

The other disciples also showed a fearless zeal. For there follows, Likewise also said they all, but nevertheless they acted against the truth, which Christ had prophesied.

A commentator

Bede

Catena Aurea by Aquinas · Written before 735.

proposed

(ubi sup.) The faith of the Apostle Peter, and his burning love for our Lord, is shown in what follows. For it goes on: But he spake the more vehemently, If I should die with thee, I will not deny thee in any wise.

A commentator

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on Mark · Written before 1107.

proposed

Expressing vain fervor, all the other disciples as well, like Peter, made promises not to forsake the Lord, as if thereby turning into a lie the word of Self-Existent Truth. Therefore the Lord also permits it, and human nature reveals its own weakness. For there …

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

But he spake the more vehemently,.... With a louder voice; with more spirit and eagerness; in a more peremptory and self-confident way. If I should die with thee, I will not deny thee in any wise. The Syriac version adds, "O my Lord", my dear Lord, I will never deny thee upon any consideration whatever; and the Persic version, O Lord: likewise also said they all; as he said, so said "all the disciples", as the Syriac version reads it; See Gill on Mat 26:35.
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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

We see in these verses, how well our Lord foreknew the weakness and infirmity of His disciples. He tells them plainly what they were going to do: "All of you shall desert Me." He tells Peter in particular of the astounding sin which he was about to commit, "This night, before the rooster crows twice, you shall deny Me three times." Yet our Lord's fore-knowledge did not prevent His choosing these twelve disciples to be His apostles. He allowed them to be His intimate friends and companions, knowing perfectly well what they would one day do.
We see in these verses, how well our Lord foreknew the weakness and infirmity of His disciples. He tells them plainly what they were going to do: "All of you shall desert Me." He tells Peter in particular of the astounding sin which he was about to commit, "This night, before the rooster crows twice, you shall deny Me three times." Yet our Lord's fore-knowledge did not prevent His choosing these twelve disciples to be His apostles. He allowed them to be His intimate friends and companions, knowing perfectly well what they would one day do. With a clear foresight of the melancholy weakness and lack of faith which they would exhibit at the end of His ministry — He granted them the mighty privilege of being continually with Him, and hearing His voice. This is a remarkable fact, and deserves to be had in continual remembrance. Let us take comfort in the thought that the Lord Jesus does not cast off His believing people because of failures and imperfections . He knows what they are. He takes them, as the husband takes the wife — with all their blemishes and defects; and once joined to Him by faith, He will never leave them. He is a merciful and compassionate High-priest. It is His glory to pass over the transgressions of His people, and to cover their many sins. He knew what they were before conversion — wicked, guilty, and defiled; yet He loved them. He knows what they will be after conversion — weak, erring, and frail; yet He loves them. He has undertaken to save them, notwithstanding all their shortcomings, and what He has undertaken He will perform. Let us learn to pass a charitable judgment on the conduct of professing believers. Let us not set them down in a low place, and say they have no grace — because we see much weakness and corruption in them.

The words behind it

18 Greek words

Every Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

15 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Luke 22:33“Lord,” said Peter, “I am ready to go with You even to prison and to death.”9 worksJohn 13:37“Lord,” said Peter, “why can’t I follow You now? I will lay down my life for You.”4 worksExodus 19:8And all the people answered together, “We will do everything that the LORD has spoken.” So Moses brought their words back to the LORD.4 worksJob 40:4–5“Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.3 worksProverbs 18:24A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.3 worksDeuteronomy 5:27–29Go near and listen to all that the LORD our God says. Then you can tell us everything the LORD our God tells you; we will listen and obey.”3 works
The other 9 cross-references, with their words ▾
Proverbs 16:18Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.3 worksJeremiah 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?3 works2 Kings 8:13“But how could your servant, a mere dog, do such a monstrous thing?” said Hazael. And Elisha answered, “The LORD has shown me that you will be king over Aram.”3 worksProverbs 29:23A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.3 worksJeremiah 10:23I know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not his own; no one who walks directs his own steps.3 worksPsalms 30:6In prosperity I said, “I will never be shaken.”2 works1 Kings 11:22But Pharaoh asked him, “What have you lacked here with me that you suddenly want to go back to your own country?” “Nothing,” Hadad replied, “but please let me go.”2 worksMatthew 14:28“Lord, if it is You,” Peter replied, “command me to come to You on the water.”2 worksMark 10:39“We can,” the brothers answered. “You will drink the cup that I drink,” Jesus said, “and you will be baptized with the baptism that I undergo.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Proverbs 18:24

    A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.

    it leads to

    • Proverbs 17:17

      A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

    • John 15:13–15

      Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

    • Proverbs 27:9

      Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend is counsel to the soul.

    • 2 Samuel 1:26

      I grieve for you, Jonathan, my brother. You were delightful to me; your love to me was extraordinary, surpassing the love of women.

    • 1 Samuel 19:4–5

      Then Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul and said to him, “The king should not sin against his servant David; he has not sinned against you. In fact, his actions have…

  • Through

    Exodus 19:8

    And all the people answered together, “We will do everything that the LORD has spoken.” So Moses brought their words back to the LORD.

    it leads to

    • Exodus 24:7

      Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people, who replied, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.”

    • Exodus 24:3

      When Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all responded with one voice: “All the words that the LORD has spoken, we will do.”

    • Joshua 24:24

      So the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the LORD our God and obey His voice.”

Where this verse is studied

About Mark

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This page draws on 9 works. Open the list of works

This page draws on Bede, Catena Aurea by Aquinas; J. C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospels, Mark; J.C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, ON THE PSALMS, HOMILY 54; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Tertullian, On Prayer; Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on Mark and Theophylact of Ohrid, Catena Aurea by Aquinas.

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