KJV ORIGINALPeter then denied again: and immediately the cock crew.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLEPeter denied knowing Jesus again, and right at that moment, a rooster crowed.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINESometimes our worst moments happen exactly when we were warned they would.
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Mark 14:30
Jesus looked at him and said, 'I'm telling you the truth — tonight, before you hear the rooster crow twice, you're going to deny you even know me three times.'
Mark 14:72
Right then, the rooster crowed for the second time. That's when it hit Peter — Jesus had told him, 'Before the rooster crows twice, you'll deny knowing me three times.' When Peter realized what he'd just done, he broke down and cried.
Luke 22:34
Jesus looked at Peter and said, 'Listen, I'm telling you right now — before you hear that rooster crow tomorrow morning, you're going to deny three times that you even know me.'
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