Matthew 26:74
New International Version
Then he began to call down curses, and he swore to them, “I don’t know the man!” Immediately a rooster crowed.

New Living Translation
Peter swore, “A curse on me if I’m lying—I don’t know the man!” And immediately the rooster crowed.

English Standard Version
Then he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, “I do not know the man.” And immediately the rooster crowed.

Berean Standard Bible
At that he began to curse and swear to them, “I do not know the man!” And immediately a rooster crowed.

Berean Literal Bible
Then he began to curse and to swear, "I do not know the man!" And immediately a rooster crowed.

King James Bible
Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.

New King James Version
Then he began to curse and swear, saying, “I do not know the Man!” Immediately a rooster crowed.

New American Standard Bible
Then he began to curse and swear, “I do not know the man!” And immediately a rooster crowed.

NASB 1995
Then he began to curse and swear, “I do not know the man!” And immediately a rooster crowed.

NASB 1977
Then he began to curse and swear, “I do not know the man!” And immediately a cock crowed.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then he began to curse and swear, “I do not know the man!” And immediately a rooster crowed.

Amplified Bible
Then he began to curse [that is, to invoke God’s judgment on himself] and swear [an oath], “I do not know the man!” And at that moment a rooster crowed.

Christian Standard Bible
Then he started to curse and to swear with an oath, “I don’t know the man! ” Immediately a rooster crowed,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then he started to curse and to swear with an oath, “I do not know the man!” Immediately a rooster crowed,

American Standard Version
Then began he to curse and to swear, I know not the man. And straightway the cock crew.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he began to curse and to swear, “I do not know the man”, and at that moment, a cock crowed.

Contemporary English Version
Peter began to curse and swear, "I don't know that man!" Right then a rooster crowed,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then he began to curse and to swear that he knew not the man. And immediately the cock crew.

English Revised Version
Then began he to curse and to swear, I know not the man. And straightway the cock crew.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then Peter began to curse and swear with an oath, "I don't know the man!" Just then a rooster crowed.

Good News Translation
Then Peter said, "I swear that I am telling the truth! May God punish me if I am not! I do not know that man!" Just then a rooster crowed,

International Standard Version
Then he began to curse violently. "I don't know the man!" he swore solemnly. Just then a rooster crowed.

Literal Standard Version
Then he began to curse, and to swear, “I have not known the Man”; and immediately a rooster crowed,

Majority Standard Bible
At that he began to curse and swear to them, “I do not know the man!” And immediately a rooster crowed.

New American Bible
At that he began to curse and to swear, “I do not know the man.” And immediately a cock crowed.

NET Bible
At that he began to curse, and he swore with an oath, "I do not know the man!" At that moment a rooster crowed.

New Revised Standard Version
Then he began to curse, and he swore an oath, “I do not know the man!” At that moment the cock crowed.

New Heart English Bible
Then he began to curse and to swear, "I do not know the man." Immediately the rooster crowed.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crowed.

Weymouth New Testament
Then with curses and oaths he declared, "I do not know the man." Immediately a cock crowed,

World English Bible
Then he began to curse and to swear, “I don’t know the man!” Immediately the rooster crowed.

Young's Literal Translation
Then began he to anathematise, and to swear -- 'I have not known the man;' and immediately did a cock crow,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Peter Denies Jesus
73After a little while, those standing nearby came up to Peter. “Surely you are one of them,” they said, “for your accent gives you away.” 74At that he began to curse and swear to them, I do not know the man!” And immediately a rooster crowed. 75Then 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.…

Cross References
Matthew 26:34
"Truly I tell you," Jesus declared, "this very night, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times."

Matthew 26:73
After a little while, those standing nearby came up to Peter. "Surely you are one of them," they said, "for your accent gives you away."

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.

John 18:27
Peter denied it once more, and immediately a rooster crowed.


Treasury of Scripture

Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.

began.

Matthew 27:25
Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.

Judges 17:2
And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son.

Judges 21:18
Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.

saying.

Matthew 10:28,32,33
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell…

John 21:15-17
So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs…

Revelation 3:19
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

And.

Mark 14:30,68,72
And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice…

Luke 22:60
And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And immediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew.

John 18:27
Peter then denied again: and immediately the cock crew.

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Matthew 26
1. Jesus foretells his own death.
3. The rulers conspire against him.
6. The woman anoints his feet.
14. Judas bargains to betray him.
17. Jesus eats the Passover;
26. institutes his holy supper;
30. foretells the desertion of his disciples, and Peter's denial;
36. prays in the garden;
47. and being betrayed by a kiss,
57. is carried to Caiaphas,
69. and denied by Peter.














(74) To curse and to swear.--We may infer from the two words that he used some common formula of execration, such as, e.g., "God do so to me and more also" (1Kings 19:2; 1Kings 20:10), as well as the oath-formula, "By Heaven," or "By the Temple."

Immediately the cock crew.--St. Mark alone records the first cock-crow. The Greek has no article; "a cock crew." We find from Mark 13:35 that "cock-crowing" had become a familiar phrase, as with us, for the earliest hour of dawn.

Verse 74. - To curse and to swear. Peter fortifies this, his third denial, by imprecating curses on himself (καταθεματίζειν) if he spake not the truth, and again (ver. 72) confirming his assertion by a solemn oath. There is a certain gradation in his denials: he first simply asserts; he then asserts with an oath; lastly, he adds curses to his oath. "One temptation unresisted seldom fails to be followed by another; a second and greater infidelity is the punishment of the first, and often the cause of a third. Peter joins perjury to infidelity. Deplorable progress of infidelity and blindness in an apostle in so short a time, only out of fear of some under servants, and in respect of a Master whom he had acknowledged very God. He might possibly have proceeded even as far as Judas, had God left him any longer to himself" (Quesnel). Immediately the cock crew. This was the second crowing (Mark 14:72); the first had been heard at the first denial (Mark 14:68).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
At that,
Τότε (Tote)
Adverb
Strong's 5119: Then, at that time. From ho and hote; the when, i.e. At the time that.

he began
ἤρξατο (ērxato)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 756: To begin. Middle voice of archo; to commence.

to curse
καταθεματίζειν (katathematizein)
Verb - Present Infinitive Active
Strong's 2653: To curse, devote to destruction. From kata and anathematizo; to imprecate.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

swear [to them],
ὀμνύειν (omnyein)
Verb - Present Infinitive Active
Strong's 3660: A prolonged form of a primary, but obsolete omo, for which another prolonged form omoo is used in certain tenses; to swear, i.e. Take oath.

“I do not know
οἶδα (oida)
Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1492: To know, remember, appreciate.

the
τὸν (ton)
Article - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

man!”
ἄνθρωπον (anthrōpon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 444: A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.

And
Καὶ (Kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

immediately
εὐθέως (eutheōs)
Adverb
Strong's 2112: Immediately, soon, at once. Adverb from euthus; directly, i.e. At once or soon.

a rooster
ἀλέκτωρ (alektōr)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 220: A cock, rooster. From aleko; a cock or male fowl.

crowed.
ἐφώνησεν (ephōnēsen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 5455: From phone; to emit a sound; by implication, to address in words or by name, also in imitation.


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